Pastor Steve Peterson “Pure Satisfaction”
Wednesday March 25, 2020 Plan!
Hey everyone! We are excited that we are still going to have church… but from your homes! We hope you will join us.
Parents, we need your help tonight! Here is the plan:
6:00 – 6:15
We’ve recorded a short lesson for tonight and you can watch it here:
(Please forgive the about 10 second blank space near the end of the video, it does pick back up).
6:15 – 6:45
Ask the kids to share with you what the lesson was about. Encourage or help them to read the passage 2 Kings 4:1-17.
6:45 – 7:00
Get ready for a game (or more) of Quiplash. This is a party game that we’re going to try to play together via streaming. For full details on how to join and how to play please review this:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K6vDUXPuVQPJ56EcWtDawWgR3vy2XVarlGLGlL7_moY/edit?usp=sharing
If you know how to play, please at least skip to page 6 and review our rules.
Important: the link for the stream for Quiplash will be shared on a new blog post here about 6:45. We will start playing at 7:00. Watch here for it: http://www.elimqc.org/category/sparks/
Parents are welcome to play with us! Or join the audience and vote! If the first game fills quickly we will ask that parents let kids be players for sure in the second game. Each game lasts about 15 minutes.
7:00 – End
Quiplash!!!!!
Extra Fun!
Do you have a Schedule?
Good Morning Spark Families!
I hope some of you got to jump into the Parentzmatter: The Quarantined Family webinar the other night. I really enjoyed the input and reminders that the guest speakers gave. I especially loved Johnathon Banks advice to schedule in Honors Dishes and AP Laundry, and that Parenting is a FULL CONTACT SPORT :)! Also listening to Dannah Gersh speak about “meatloaf” moments, gave some relief that we all have conflict in our lives no matter where we are in life, I loved that she said conflict is proof of connection. If you didn’t have a connection, didn’t care, you wouldn’t have a reason to fight or have conflict. How powerful to think of it like that. Seriously if you didn’t get a chance to see it check it out, there is sooooo much good stuff to glean from it, the video is still up at the link below! https://www.facebook.com/ParentzMatter/videos/248314282870665/
After watching that yesterday, we sat down together as a family, made up and implemented a schedule. It wasn’t easy or fun but we let the kids choose 1 thing to be put into the schedule. We wanted to give them ownership of it. It worked well for the most part. 🙂 With 4 kids its hard not to have disagreements and being cooped up means frustrations happen more often than not. I found myself escaping to the bathroom to collect myself a couple of times through out the day, any other mamas feel me there? Sometimes a self issued time out is needed, once we are calm we can help them be. Our schedule isn’t perfect by any means but it helped structure the day so that we didn’t have kids lost in electronics mindlessly playing video games and not engaging with family and school work. I am going to share ours just so you can see it doesn’t have to be extravagant or anything crazy, in all honesty simple is the easiest and more often than not the best course of action! Tomorrow afternoon after our video lesson I will share with you some resources we have found useful during this time!
JOIN US TONIGHT…6pm below is a hint!
Quarantine
While we can’t meet in person, there are still ways for us all to stay connected!
Join our Sunday morning service online via streaming on Facebook or YouTube. Links to Elim’s pages are below.
Axis will meet 5:45-7:30 on Wednesday nights via Zoom!
Contact LJ or Rachel with any questions, concerns, or ideas. Stay healthy!
Facebook: facebook.com/elimonlineoasis/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfHF8nM6yZ1RKhrRbRKZxA
Jr. Sparks – Suit Up! – Armor of Godliness – March 22, 2020
The video will be available at 9:30 AM on March 22, 2020. We will try to embed it on this page at that time.
If you don’t see it here to play then you can find it on this playlist:
March 22nd, 2020 Sunday Sparks w/ Mrs. Victoria
Hey kiddos, I hope that you will be able to get on and see my video I know its not the coolest or most fun video ever but I promise to get better as we go. I am working on some fun new things for the next coming weeks, So don’t give up on me and keep coming back to see whats going on!
Today we are finishing up our Gods Wars series and Next week we will move on to something fun and exciting check the video for more details!!
KIDS BIBLE CHALLENGE – READ 1st Samuel Chapters 4-7 (yes 3 chapters!) Send us a video, picture, text or letter (I love getting mail) to share your favorite part of today’s bible story with us.
PARENTS CORNER – Hey parents if you have a moment I have a resource I would love to share with you Monday March 23, 2020 8 pm there is a free online event called The Quarantined Family hosted by an amazing Children’s Pastor and Publisher Ryan Frank with many other speakers as well. Topics covered during this 75-minute event include: How to schedule your day, How to help kids cope in times of uncertainty, Fun ways to gather around God’s Word, How to thrive as a family, embrace the positives, And more! You can register today even if you cant carve out a full 75 minute chunk of time register and after the event you will receive the video recording so you can view it on your own time, HOW COOL!! (Again totally free, registration is so that they have your email to send the video link to) just follow this link… https://kidzmatter.lpages.co/the-quarantined-family/
Join Me Sunday!
Hey everyone! I am so excited to try this new journey together so we can continue Church together. Come back tomorrow to check out our video lesson and service with Pastor Steve! We know that this is a crazy time but be brave. If you check back here I will be sharing pages, videos and lots of fun stuff, as well as on Facebook and the Marco Polo app for those on there. I miss seeing all your sweet faces and pray for you daily!
Remember :
THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU, JUST STAY CALM!! Exodus 14:14
Pastor’s Missive: It’s time to call 91:1
I thought that title would get your attention! Pastor Felipe shared it with me this morning: “It’s time to call 91:1. That is, it’s time to call on Psalm 91:1
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
And the rest of the Psalm has amazing promises for us to live into, as we engage our faith and stand on God’s Word.
Today I’ve read some alarming messages that were passed along by e-mail and Facebook. However, when I checked with Snopes.com, and did a little research, I found that these are bogus claims. So, if you read that Trump is going to enact the Stafford Act and create Martial Law, calling up the National Guard, it is false. Here’s the Snopes article on it: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-house-quarantine-text/
And as for Governor Pritzker calling for a “Shelter-in-Place” act for Illinois, yes that’s true. However, here’s the Chicago Tribune article, and as you read it, you’ll see that it’s nothing to be alarmed about.
Here’s the link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-shelter-in-place-lockdown-order-20200320-teedakbfw5gvdgmnaxlel54hau-story.html
Read the article, please! It is not a big deal, nor much of a change to what we’re already doing. We can still go to the pharmacy, the grocery store, the McDonald’s drive-thru. He even encourages you to go our for walks. The police will not arrest you! Nor is the National Guard being called in, except to help with social services: From the article: “Instead, 60 service members will be deployed to establish drive-up testing sites, help with food delivery to disadvantaged families impacted by school closures and possibly prepare closed hospitals to reopen.”
So please, as I’ve been saying all along, Remain fearless, and wise.
If you get any alarming e-mails or Facebook posts, check the source. Before you forward it along, practice due diligence. Don’t be drawn into a panic, and especially don’t draw others in, propagating a false story.
Finally, along with Elim’s wonderful leadership, we’ve been working hard this week at getting ourselves organized for on-line ministry. We still have work to do to expand it, but I’ll be sharing more, beginning Monday, and (hopefully) with regular updates.
Tomorrow morning, several of us are gathering at church to video record a worship service. Please pray for us! God willing, we’ll send out a link tomorrow night so you can worship Sunday morning, just as usual, but on-line. We’ll post the link to our website, so simply go there to view it: elimqc.org
Ultimately, remember that God is totally in control. He is sovereign, and none of this is shaking Him up! When we remain in Him, constant in prayer, and steadfast in His Word, the result will be (as is promised by God Himself!) a perfect peace (Isa. 26:3; Php. 4:7), an unshakable joy (Ps. 5:11; Jn. 15:11), and an unfailing love (Ex. 15:13; Ps. 36:7) surrounding us like a shield (Ps. 32:10). These are God’s promises! All we have to do is to rest in Him, and they are ours! So let us be true to our faith and truly live out what we believe. Amen!
God bless you all! May His promises be manifested in your hearts and homes. Amen!
