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Today we are introducing you to Penny Lewis. Penny is teaching the 2nd-5th graders during the 10:30am Explore hour. This Summer Harmony and I got to see her teaching all the grades at VBS and were touched by her gift to talk about big concepts in very understandable ways to so many different ages. In the weeks following VBS we both were praying about who we could ask to take the 2nd – 5th grade Explore class. After seeing her in action at VBS we both wanted Penny, but were unsure with her other commitments at CCC if that would be a possibility for her. Penny is an answer to prayers and we are so excited to add her to the Core Teachers this year. Please take some time to get to know her and her family this year as she spends time with your second, third, fourth or fifth grader.
Here is some further information about the Penny and her family:
I have been a member at CCC since shortly after my family moved to Gainesville in March 2011, and have been teaching the Bible to kids–infants through high school–for seven years.
I love teaching because it’s exciting to hear God speak through His word today and to help children learn that it is for them! It’s a privilege to help other people know God more through what He says about Himself, and it’s amazing to see children grow in their relationship with Jesus.
I’m a science nerd and I love to read…a little too much. I am pretty clumsy on land but I love to be in the water, especially to swim and water ski. I’m not afraid of heights or spiders (any more. Ask me why!) I love to eat veggies (especially on pizza) and if it weren’t for my husband, I’d still eat cookie dough for dinner. But only once or twice a week.
some ways of understanding our world can leave you quite bothered
Today I would like to introduce you to Christy Johns. Christy teaches in the Preschool room during the 10:30 hour. Here is a little information about her
“Teaching the three, four and five year old class at Christ Community has been apart of my life for three years now. I have been attending CCC for four years and recently joined the church this summer.”
“I love getting to watch these kids grow throughout the years and see them come to understand the gospel more. I have watched them grow in kindness for one another as well as excitement for their God. I also love the great stories that I always get out of spending time with them. Just last week, one of my kids in class told me that they were an expert color-er. I especially love teaching this age group as the kids I teach always show me things about my own heart and my need for the gospel. I love building the kingdom with them.”
Christy graduated in May with a degree in Horticulture and is currently working as a lab technician on campus. “In my spare time I love to eat well, try new things, hear funny stories, and spend time with people that I love.”
Christy and her sister Jenny
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Lydia Brownback: “We women need practical advice for life, but even more than that, we need hearts set on the One who governs all our practicalities. The book of Proverbs unlocks the key to both. Its wisdom is timeless. Although the book of Proverbs was written to particular people—primarily young men in ancient Israel—its wisdom and the necessity of obtaining it are the same in every age for both men and women. What changes are the circumstances in which to apply it. We may not face the difficulties that ancient women did, but we do face very real challenges:
• practicing biblical womanhood in a world that scorns us for it;
• keeping sexually pure in a sex-saturated society;
• handling our freedom, independence, and material resources wisely;
• maintaining God-glorifying marriages;
• elevating biblical priorities ahead of day-to-day pressures.
Some may be surprised to learn that Proverbs addresses all these things. In fact, there is no area for which we need wisdom that Proverbs doesn’t address. That’s because all wisdom is summed up this way: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight” (9:10; see also 1:7 nkjv). Once we get this—and embrace it—we will find ourselves equipped to handle the how-tos.
———- The Tuesday Morning Women’s Bible Study will be studying the Proverbs together this Fall, and using Lydia Brownback’s book to steer the conversation. Tuesday Mornings @ 9-11AM, a new study begins September 4 Women’s Wisdom – How the Book of Proverbs Speaks to Everything.
Book: $12
Free? Childcare Provided
Contact Paige French pbemfrench AT gmail DOT com
