Like a Donkey

"Are you as smart as a donkey?" asked Mr. Jim, the leader of the children's church. The kids laughed, and Mr. Jim continued. "If you are, you can serve Jesus. The donkey in today's lesson did."

"I don't get it," said Trevor. "Jesus rode on the donkey's back, didn't He? (See

today's Scripture reading.) You mean we're supposed to give people rides on our backs?" Trevor liked to ask questions that might make the kids laugh.

Mr. Jim smiled. "No," he said, "but the donkey gives us a

great picture of a servant. First of all, he was where God wanted him to be-he was available. We should ask ourselves, 'Am I in a place where God can use me? Am I available to Him?'"

Trevor shrugged. "I am," he said. "I'm here all the time-whether I want to be or not." Some of the kids laughed, and he looked pleased with himself. "But I'm not good at singing or speaking," he added, "and I don't have any money to give, either."

"I've sat in front of

you in church, Trevor," said Mr. Jim. "I happen to know you actually have a very good singing voice." He smiled as he added, "The donkey had to be untied. Maybe you need to let Jesus untie your fears-maybe you're afraid to try to serve Him."

Trevor frowned. He couldn't think of any smart reply, and Mr. Jim

continued the lesson. "Also, the donkey was willing to let Jesus control him," said Mr. Jim, and he explained that even though the donkey had never been ridden before, he did what Jesus wanted him to do. "Have you truly let Jesus control you, or have you been stubborn?" asked Mr. Jim. Trevor began to feel more uncomfortable.

"How about it, class?" asked Mr. Jim at the end of the

lesson. "Will you ask God to take control of your life, to loosen your tongue

and untie your fears? Will you be a servant just like the little donkey

was?"

HOW ABOUT YOU?

Are you afraid to sing or play an instrument to serve Jesus? Do you think kids will laugh if you make a mistake? Are you willing to give a testimony or share a Scripture verse if you sense God wants you to do that? Take a lesson from the donkey. Be available for wh

atever task, great or small, God has for you. Ask Him to remove your fear. Let Jesus control your life.

TODAY'S KEY VERSE:

"Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God." Romans 12:1

(taken from CBHMinistries' Keys for Kids)

Class Attendance Jul - Nov 2010

Hello class,

I'm posting your class attendance from July to November 2010, so that you can look back and check how often you come to Sunday School. If you come more often, chance for you to get stamp for your memory verse is higher ^_^. Not only that, your understanding of God's words is better too.

Please click on the image below to get bigger picture. Those week when you are present in Sunday School will be marked by "Peeble" - the ham....(i mean hamster). And those days when you are not in sunday school will be left blank.

For those who maintain good attendance, keep it up. For the rest, please come to sunday school more regular ya.

Enjoy your holidays, God bless all of you

LS

Mission Trip to Yobel, Batam 2010

Hello kids,

What is mission? Is it something similar to a movie, named "Mission Impossible?". Hmm....not really. Mission is an activity where we, Christians, shows that we care about others. Just like what some of you did when you were in Batam, this November.

I've uploaded some photos of the event. Hope you can treasure the moment. God bless you all.



Psst....one last thing: You can actually see the full size of it, or even download it, when you go to:

http://picasaweb.google.com/gpbb.sm/YobelNov2010#

If you encounter any problem, let your parents or the teachers know. ok ? :-)

Babies are amazing ....

Have you ever observed when a baby is drinking milk from the bottle? I realized how amazing the babies are when our family doctor told me that actually a baby is able to drink from bottle and breath almost at the same time. Yes! Bigger kids or adults may be choked if doing so. God's creations are amazing!

abp

Children's Outing 2010

Hello all,

Last week, you all still remember about our outing to Singapore Zoo? I'm sure you remember. Do you know that Singapore Zoo is one of the best Zoo in the world? It is in one of the top 10 zoos in the world.

In the zoo, we all see God's creation, some of them are crocodiles, monkeys, elephants, Rhino, big fish, and many many land creatures. How rich is our God! Praise the Lord.

Here are some of your photos on the day.



If you like to download or see it in bigger size, do visit:

http://picasaweb.google.com/gpbb.sm/OutingAnak2010#

God bless you all,

Peeble

A misunderstanding chick

Hi Kids,

I believe you have visited a farm, either here in Singapore or Indonesia. Have you experienced playing with a chick? Have you tried to communicate with it? Could it understand your language? Here I have a story.

There was a man who saw a chick that was in danger, it was walking too close to the road. Preventing something bad happened to the chick, the man tried to approach and safe it. Unfortunately, the chick was not able to understand and even ran closer to the road.

The man then refrained to do further, realizing that his action might endanger its life. He thought, "if I was a roaster, I should be able to communicate with the chick....".

Above illustration remainds us why Jesus came as a human and not any other kind of creature. He came to safe our lives, blended with us, humans.

So, now we understand one of many reasons why Jesus came as a human.

Have a blessed week and cheers!

abp

Class Attendance - July - August 2010

Hello Kids,

Remember the tictactoe game? If you attend the class and pay attention to what was taught, I believe you can answers all questions easily.

I present to you your class attendance for July and August 2010. Those column with Pebble- the hamster, means you attended the class, while an empty space means you didn't.

Some of you have maintained very good attendance....keep it up. While to some, I wish you to attend more regularly.



Please click on the image so that it shows bigger image.

See you back to our class.
Love,

LS
(no, I'm not Pebble). Pebble is below:

God's Creation & tictactoe

Hello kids,

remember what Kak Aini taught us last weekend? How God created the universe: the sun, moon, sea, lands, creatures in land and sea, and finally humans.

In the picture below are some of your drawings.....let it remind us how GREAT is our God in creating universe for us, which runs not only today, but from millions of years ago to many many years ahead too!

And after that, there were Tic Tac Toe game! Boys vs Girls....This is to test if you follow the stories in the class for the past few weeks well. If you can answer it right, you can place your team member on the chair and whichever team able to place 3 members vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, will win the game.

Oops, first round ended draw for both team, but we got the winner on 2nd round. See you next week in our Sunday School!

POMG - Class Performance

Hi Kids,

Really glad of your performance during POMG (Pertemuan Orang Tua Murid dan Guru) last week (29 August 2010). You can take a look how was it look like, and you can also show it to your friends!

Here are the photos taken by our "professional" photographer on the day. Enjoy!



Oops! forgot to tell you. If you want to see the fullsize of it.....please go to:
http://picasaweb.google.com/gpbb.sm

and find in the album "POMG-Aug2010". You can put it on your desktop wallpaper if you like :)

Cheers!

Red sea and dead sea

Hi Kids,

Remember about last week story by Kak Ipei? When God instruct Israelites to cross Jordan river, He helped them to do it. Israelites just need to trust God and follow His commands!

Some of you asking why Red Sea is named after Red color?
Here is a map of Red sea….between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. This is the sea which was parted by Moses with God’s help.


Picture 1. Location of Red Sea

There are many opinions why is it called Red. Here are some opinions about why Red sea is named after “red”:
1. It was near a land name “Edom” (in ancient time) which in English means “red”.
2. Because the mountains surrounding are made from reddish minerals.
3. Because of a type of algae called Trichodesmium erythraeum which is found in the sea. When these blooms of algae die off they appear to turn the blue-green color of the ocean to a reddish-brown.


Picture 2. Algae Trichodesmium erythraeum under microscope

So Red sea doesn’t always look red…:-). This answer is the most common answer I found over internet.


Picture 3. Red sea which looks reddish because of Trichodesmium erythraeum algae

What about Dead Sea? I heard some of you asking also why dead sea is named after a word “dead”.

Take a look at the picture below:


Picture 4. Dead sea location

The face of dead sea lies 400m below sea level….it is like a basin, where waters are entrapped there, along with the minerals and salts carried by the water. Because of that, it become the saltiest sea in the world…around 8.9 times more salty than normal sea. And because of that, there is no fish or animal live in it…therefore it is called “dead”.

And thanks to the salts in dead sea, you can float without even swimming!


Some of you might think: “ if Jordan river constantly flowing to Dead Sea….and there is no water coming out from dead sea….why dead sea is not constantly flooding?”

There is a little amount of water flowing to Dead sea from Jordan river…most of them stopped a Sea of Galilee and being used as Israel’s main water supply, and the rest evaporates. Anyway, the region around dead sea, is very hot! And now in modern era, some companies took the water out of dead sea and sell it as medicine!

have a blessed week!