Party Ideas

Looking for a few ideas for having a birthday party for your child and you want to include God in some way? Ideas can be found here and here. These are just suggestions that you can adapt to fit your needs. Have fun and more of our thoughts can be found at this post we made some time ago.


And don't forget this article at our site describing the party we had for our sixteen year old daughter.

Book Reviews

Here's a good place to get recommendations on good books for your children: Christian Children's Book Review. Bookmark the site and visit often to see what new items they're reviewing.

Farmer's Almanac Online Style

Just thought it's a good time to remind you once again of this great website which is full of riches for you and your children. Love gardening at your house? Then go here and the regular OFA site to take advantage of their gardening section. Start out here and go from there. Look around all over for info and fun for the family!

The general Farmers Almanac site is here.

Keys for Kids

In our opinion, it's still a nice devotional for your family.

Being Thankful

It's a rather sad thing, but one thing lots of people are noticing these days is that people are not as thankful as they used to be. Perhaps it's because we have too much? This is especially true if you live in a country like America where food and clothing and other things are more plentiful.

I hope you are teaching you children about the importance of gratefulness to God and others. The current excerpt from our Bright Gems book is the one from the Day 23 devotionals on being thankful. We hope you'll read it and be encouraged to commit to instilling this important quality of character in your youngsters.

Charlie Brown Christmas

Never forget.

Bible Reading Plan for Children

You may want to check this out for your family. Just passing it along for your information.

Great Truths Learned by Little Children

1. No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats..  

2. When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair. 

3. If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person. 

4. Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato. 

5. You can't trust dogs to watch your food.. 

6. Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.. 

7. Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.  

8. You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.

A Heritage from God

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Psalm 127:3

My precious grandchildren, shortly after the birth of Sariah Grace.

Enjoy your children and grandchildren;  remember to teach them Jesus.

For His glory,

Maxine

Prayer Reminder

"When children are young you talk to them about Jesus, and when they get older you talk to Jesus about them." ~ From 15 Minutes with God for Grandma by Emilie Barnes.

Just a reminder of the need to pray for our children and grandchildren.

VBS Idea

This is another article I thought interesting. Just an idea for the future. Why not focus on the persecuted church? Read the article here.

A Refuge for Displaced Children

You may not be inclined to read the entire article word for word, but please at least skim it so that you might be aware of this great work being done in Nigeria on behalf of children who are orphaned by violence in that country. Read it here.

Susannah's House Rules

[Quote from Raising Godly Children Facebook page] "Susannah Wesley was the mother of 19 children, including John and Charles Wesley. Through much adversity, she dedicated her life to instilling a sense of Christian Destiny into each of her children. Her children went on to change the world." These sixteen house rules by Mrs. Wesley are well worth your reading. Go here to the "Raising Godly Children" site to read them.

Being Humble

We've posted the bi-monthly excerpt from our Bright Gems book; so sorry to be late with it. It's all about being humble this time, an important lesson for young and old enough! Just click on the "Gems" tab to go to the short devotional and to learn more about our book if you don't have it.

Anna Cares

I want you and your children to read this article about nine year old Anna F. I can assure you it will be good reading for all of you. It doesn't hurt for our families, even the youngest ones, to be concerned about those who are persecuted.