Resolution - to read the Bible

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Let's see .....VBS, after school programs ,choirs, confirmation classes, Youth group to name a few.

With the decline of young families I have to wait and see from the posters what is still going on.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Well, for our youth group, Wednesdays over a dinner they prep together.
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Hmm... I'm just trying to figure out the differences. In our Baptist churches we tend to call the classes we have for kids on Sundays, "Sunday School." Youth Group activities, on the other hand, we tend to call "Youth Group."
 
crazyheart said:
Let's see .....VBS, after school programs ,choirs, confirmation classes, Youth group to name a few.
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We have those things, but we tend to call each thing it'
own name, rather than grouping them all together under a banner like, 'BAPTIST Church Schools."
 
crazyheart said:
So do you just have 2 things for children and youth, Sunday School and Youth Group?
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Churches in my denomination vary, as we operate with a congregational polity.

That said, at my church for kids-youth we have Sunday School, Youth Group, and VBS. Our Worship Team is also largely composed of youth. We had a Junior Youth Group going for a short time.
 
Just to confuse things, we call what happens on Sunday mornings "Junior Church" (plus we have a nursery and a youth group meeting), and all of the other things (Hallowe'en party, Vacation Bible Camp, March Break Camp, etc.) are under the umbrella Faith Formation and Christian Education, along with adult Christian Ed.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Just to confuse things, we call what happens on Sunday mornings "Junior Church" (plus we have a nursery and a youth group meeting), and all of the other things (Hallowe'en party, Vacation Bible Camp, March Break Camp, etc.) are under the umbrella Faith Formation and Christian Education, along with adult Christian Ed.
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Rather than a Halloween party, we offer an alternative celebration - which is for all ages.
 
Jae said:
Yeah, that's true Luce. It was some time ago I enjoyed being a member of the UCCanada.
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Why do you continue to speak about it as if you knew everything about it ... a pane in the asa so as to teach us something to a' void ...
 
Luce NDs said:
Why do you continue to speak about it as if you knew everything about it ... a pane in the asa so as to teach us something to a' void ...
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Why? Well, let's see... I was baptized in the UCCanada, I was confirmed in the UCCanada, I was a member of the UCCanada, I sang in choirs of the UCCanada; and I participated in a theatre group and cell groups of the UCCanada.
 
Jae said:
Why? Well, let's see... I was baptized in the UCCanada, I was confirmed in the UCCanada, I was a member of the UCCanada, I sang in choirs of the UCCanada; and I participated in a theatre group and cell groups of the UCCanada.
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But Jae that was a long time ago for an ole forgetting blast ... remember you have trouble understanding presence of abstract and incarnates ...
 
Luce NDs said:
But Jae that was a long time ago for an ole forgetting blast ... remember you have trouble understanding presence of abstract and incarnates ...
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Perhaps Luce, it would be wise for you to spend some time reflecting on the reasons you so often insult my family and I.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Maybe it depends on your memorization style. I always have to understand things before I can negotiate with them. So, when a decade or so ago, I had to memorize a major passage from Richard III (Now is the winter of our discontent...), by the time I "got it", I "got it"...
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"Senior Antonio, many a time and oft . . . "

I think the passage is from Merchant of Venice but that's about all I can say.
 
We didn't really memorize things in Sunday School. I do remember having to recite some things from memory for Explorers and CGIT. The purpose, motto and so on.
 
Whereas I grew up Lutheran, and we memorized a lot. For confirmation, we had to know quite large chunks of the catechism by heart.
 
Did you know? 2 Sam 7 and 1 Chron. 17 are similar? So much so, that when I started reading 1 Chronicles I had to check to see that I had read the proper passage from Samuel. They are almost word for word.
As much as I am enjoying this journey through the scriptures I wouldn't want to use my time accidentally reading the same passage twice, but that was what it seemed like. Either one copieed the other or both used the same soource.

ps/ I enjoyed the discussioon of memorization. I might be in the minority but I enjoyed memorizing. I eenjoyed memorizing poems at school as well. I am glad that I am able to recall passages from scripture and great writing (The Ancient Mariner, The Highway Man, Shakespear, Robert Frost). Though I admit it is probably less important to those who can access the internet in a moment.
It''s time to move on to reading the Bible.
 
Jae said:
Perhaps Luce, it would be wise for you to spend some time reflecting on the reasons you so often insult my family and I.
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Did you ever imagine you insult others? Perhaps the sensitivity is lost because of other factors ...
 
May I suggest some psalms.
Psalms 25 / 29 / 33 / 36 / 38 / 39
David's (and Our) humility in the face of the glory of God of power, righteousness, justice, and love.
 
More Psalms: 20 / 50 / 53 / 60 / 75
I must admit that I'm enjoying reading the narratives more than the Psalms. I thought it would be the other way round.

2 Sam. 8 and 10 are very much like 1 Chron. 18 and 19 - telling of battles fought against neighbouring nations resulting in thousands of deaths. I don't know how many people these lands could support at that time, but it seems impossible that it would support the numbers mentioned here. For instance in one battle David's men are said to have killed 47,000 Armean fighting men. That's a lot. I also note that horses and chariots are mentioned more frequently than in earlier wars.

Chronicles doesn't seem to have a parallel to 2 Samuel 9 which tells of David searching oout Saul's only surviving family member - Saul''s grandson, Jonathan's crippled son, Mephibosheth. David brings him home to eat at David's table, and restores Saul's land to Mephibosheth. Ruthless warrior? or Gentle Caregiver?
 
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