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| Sunday School Class Communication,
E-Newsletters, Sample 2 ... (Fictional names are
used as examples in prayer list) If your class
has E-newsletters, please send us a sample to share.
stew5529@bellsouth.net |
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Young Adults, Class E-Newsletter
Sent:
Sunday, September 24, 2006 ... 12:41PM
Subject:
Re: Sunday class 9/24
PRAYERS:
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Pray for M. B.
She could go into labor early. Her doctor has advised her to
take it easy and be prepared.
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Jackie's
mother passed away this week unexpectedly.
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A friend of
Caroline is on bed rest. She is expecting her baby in January,
but is experiencing complications.
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Poindexter
family: pray for safe travels returning home from their trip.
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ONGOING
PRAYER NEEDS:
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Marriane Johnson
- newborn has heart murmur - test on Aug 29th
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Alexandria Amos - pregnancy (due October)
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Beatrice Beatty - healthy pregnancy (due March)
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Henrietta Horton (due Feb)
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Kim - 14 year old boy in Baan Dtum, Thailand.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CLASS SOCIAL....Saturday, October 7th...at the
church...Jersey Mike's subs (each pay $5 or so-exact $to come). You
can sign up to bring chips, drinks or dessert. Playground/games for
the kids and games for adults. Sign up with (Name of class
fellowship leader) -(Phone) or (Email)
Women's Worship Book Club... beginning Tuesday,
September 26th from 7-9 at the church. The book is Small Changes
for a Better Life; Daily Steps for Living God's Plan for You by
Elizabeth George. The group will meet every other Tuesday evening at
the church. Sign up by emailing the church at (church secretary's
email address) Limited to 10 spaces
LESSON SUMMARY:
We discussed portions of Genesis chapter 6 - 8 today. We can learn
so much from Noah's life....obedience, patience, consistency,
gratitude, honor, faithfulness and acceptance. Can you imagine God
asking you to build a boat that would hold 45,000 animals, be the
size of 1 1/2 football fields and you would stay on it for a year?
Noah never questioned God"s command...he got straight to work. He
never worried about the details either. Just like me, you may have
immediately started wondering about all of the tiny aspects of this
project, especially how to round up all of the animals. Noah
immediately obeyed God and did what was asked of him while letting
God work out the details. Notice in verse 7:15 the animals came to
Noah. He did not have to worry about gathering them.
Why did God flood the earth? We read in 6:5-8 that God was "grieved"
over man's evil heart and thoughts and that he would wipe out man
and creatures because of this. Noah and has family were the only
righteous and blameless people left in this generation. Do we cause
God to grieve? Are our hearts righteous and blameless? Are we
influencing others to live a righteous life ? Just as Noah did, we
can find "favor in God's eyes" in spite of the sin that surrounds
us. God spared Noah because of his faithfulness and made a covenant
with him. He spared his life and the life of his family and promised
never to destroy the earth by water again. God also gave us the
promise of eternal life when he sent us his Son. We need to live out
that promise by living as Noah did...obedient, faithful, hopeful
and with gratitude for the blessings God has given us.
For next week read Genesis 9.
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| Much appreciation to Cynthia Thelen, Adult teacher at
Woodhaven Baptist Church, Apex, North Carolina, for permission to
adapt one of her class E-Newsletters for this article. |
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