Bibles Grace Lutheran encourages:
Baptism
birth-age 2 |
Sunday School
age 3-grade 2 |
3rd Grade
grades 3-7 |
Confirmation
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Study Bible
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On-line BiblesApp for phone
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Contact Grace church office for a Bible (453-4066)
We will:
- sell or order any of the above Bibles - great for gifts
- gift your children with the age appropriate version - if you missed the milestone at which it was given
- inform you of the next Milestone at which these will be given
- assist with questions
Introduce Jesus and the Bible to your child, grandchild, godchild, or neighbor
FIRST - seize an opportunity to learn and model faith, prayer, and Bible in your life.
THEN - give a Bible:
for age 3 - grade 3 |
Grace gifts at entering Sunday School
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additional Story Bibles you may gift
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Grace Lutheran's THIRD-GRADE Milestone - for parents & children :
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Each October for third graders & parents and children who have not been introduced to the Bible.
- Bibles are blessed on the first Sunday
- first two weeks people are invited to highlight their favorite Bible verse and write their name
- Bibles are presented by parents to their child on the last Sunday
Deepen love for Jesus and the Bible
Word of God
The Bible is fundamental to who we are. It is “the authoritative source and norm of our proclamation, faith, and life (C2.02 of Grace Lutheran Constitution).”
Yet people’s interpretation of the Bible is too often a source for division, exclusion and even hate. We need to be ever humbled by the disciples’ slowness to grasp Jesus’ mission (Mark 8:29-38; 9:30-37; 10:32-45), and ever wary of our pride in view of the scribes and chief priests action in crucifying Jesus (Mark 10:33, 14:1; 15:1).
Thus, whenever you think and hear “God’s Word”:
Yet people’s interpretation of the Bible is too often a source for division, exclusion and even hate. We need to be ever humbled by the disciples’ slowness to grasp Jesus’ mission (Mark 8:29-38; 9:30-37; 10:32-45), and ever wary of our pride in view of the scribes and chief priests action in crucifying Jesus (Mark 10:33, 14:1; 15:1).
Thus, whenever you think and hear “God’s Word”:
- May our first thought always be Jesus. The gospel of John emphasizes this in its very beginning: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1, 14) God choosing us and our love for God is also the central point of the Old Testament: Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (Deut.6:4-9)
- May God’s Word always connect us to God’s community. Not to know about God, but to be about God’s work and will: Whoever says, "I have come to know him," but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him: whoever says, "I abide in him," ought to walk just as he walked. (1 John 2:4-6)
- Whenever we open this ancient, treasured, written Word of God may it lead us to Jesus: The Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his form, and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent. "You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. (John 5:37-39)Click here to