Honor

This was the last week of our CATCH series.  Over the past five weeks, we've  focused on the beginning of the church, the importance of being plugged in and CONNECTED to the body.  The life of Paul shows us how to ACCEPT and TREASURE others, face CHALLENGES when times get tough, and HONOR others as Jesus did.

Paul wrote to a church in a place named Thessalonica.  He was encouraging the church to be examples of Jesus by the way they acted toward other people.  Jesus talked about how what goes into our life eventually spills out of our life. The types of things we allow our eyes to see and our ears to hear become a part of who we are.  When we have Jesus in our heart, in our life, he fills us up on the inside - like a cup of water. When life around us gets hard or difficult, we can get angry or mad and stomp off, or we can be kind, loving and understanding of others.  When pushed and shoved our response is love!

Connecting Points

Take turns doing the following items with your kids this week.  Create meaningful conversation.  Adjust as needed.  Use one or two of these to begin a conversation.  Look for teachable moments - at home, in the car, wherever.  Pray and ask God to provide you opportunities to have spiritual conversations with your kids.

1. What does honoring others look like?
2. Talk about a time when you were treated unfairly and you responded with love or kindness.
3. What can keep us from honoring others?
4. How can God help you honor others?

March Missions Madness - Lost Change for Lost Souls

Who can bring the most change in April 6?  Search your home, car, couch, washing machine, dresser drawers, etc. for "lost change."  By giving this "lost change" to BGMC, lost souls will be reached with the gospel.