St Pauls United Methodist Church

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Operation Christmas Child boxes are due back Sunday, November 15th. Drop offs can be made tomorrow, Friday, from 9-12 and 1-3 pm or Sunday from 8-12 pm. Please have your information marked. Thank you for all of your help and support in giving other kids Christmas! Stpunited.org #StPaulRaymore ... #LoveMyChurch #InThisTogether #OperationChristmasChild See more

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Whether worshiping online or with us in person, we are so glad to have you join us! Thank you church family for continuing to love and support our church and each other during this unpredicted time! You are each loved and prayer for on a daily basis! May God continue to show us ways we can be together and lift each other up! God bless. Stpunited.org #StPaulRaymore ... #LoveMyChurch #InThisTogether #RaymoreMO See more

Words from our Bishop

Follow up on David: A Heart for God Bible Basis:1 Samuel 15:1 17:51; 18:1 20:42; 2 Samuel 1:1 2:4; 1 Kings 2:1 3; Psalm 23:1 6 ... Bible Verse: 1 Samuel 16:7: Man looks at how someone appears on the outside. But I look at what is in the heart. Bible Point: David had a heart for God. I can have a heart for God too. Resource: The Beginner’s Bible A Good Heart(pages168172) David and Goliath(pages173180) Best Friends(pages181185) King David(pages186189) The Lord Is My Shepherd (pages 190 193) How to Use This Page This week, you can read the stories listed above in The Beginner’s Bible several times to help your child remember them. Use the Table Talk questions be- low to start a discussion around the dinner table, while driving in the car, or just about anywhere. The Living Faith activity is designed as a drama to help your child remember the Bible lesson. The Extra Mile provides interactive ways for your child to connect with the story. TABLE TALK 1. God saw that David had a good heart. What do you think God sees in your heart? 2. Why did people think that David wouldn’t be able to defeat Goliath? (David was small, and Goliath was big. David only had a slingshot and stones and no armor.) What kinds of big things can you ask for God’s help with? (Doing the right thing when other people aren’t, being a good example to a younger sibling or friend, telling someone about Jesus, etc.) 3. If you had a king, like Saul or David, here on earth, what would you want him to be like? 4. How can you show people that you have love in your heart for them? (Hug them, be nice to them, do something thoughtful for them, etc.) LIVING FAITH Have your child select one of the Bible stories from this week and act it out for you as you read the story aloud from The Beginner’s Bible. The story of David is a fun one to act out in the bathtub. Use plastic figures for the different characters. You can use a measuring cup or small container to pour oil over David’s head. Simulate slinging a rock at Goliath by using a spray bottle or even a squirt of shaving cream. When you come to the place(s) in the story where a Bible character speaks, instruct your child what to say. If possible (and if the acting doesn’t take place in the bathtub), have your child perform the Bible drama for other family members in per- son, via Skype, or using a video camera. EXTRA MILE Your child is learning that people see what is on the outside, but God looks at a person’s heart. Give your child a mirror and a cutout of a heart to hold. Describe a trait about a person, such as Miranda has a pretty dress or Miss Kristin is helpful. Tell your child to hold up the mirror if what you say describes something on the outside that we can see. Tell your child to hold up the heart if what you say describes something on the inside, in a person’s heart, that we can’t really see. Repeat with several different examples. Make a large cutout heart from construction paper. Ask your child about what’s in his or her heart. Add words, pictures, photos, and magazine cutouts to the heart to show what’s important to your child. It’s okay to have less serious items, like pizza! Count out ten cotton balls with your child. Tell your child to be the shepherd and these are the sheep. Send the shepherd into the other room to get some water for the sheep. While your child is out of the room, quick- ly hide the ten cotton balls in different places around the room. When your child returns, say, Oh, no! The sheep have all wandered off! It’s the shepherd’s job to find all ten and bring them back here for their water. Your child will enjoy searching for the cotton balls and counting to see if all ten sheep have been found. Make a musical instrument with your child to use in playing songs of praise. You can use recyclable objects around your home. For example, you can make a guitar by wrapping several rubber bands around a plastic tray from a frozen meal (or a similar container). Put on some praise music and let your child play along.