Bible Reading: Matthew 5:13-16; 2 Corinthians 3:1-6; 5:11-21 Rose squealed in excitement when her Mom handed her a letter. “It’s from my new pen pal!” Rose had been waiting for weeks to hear back from her pen pal. Her homeschool group had joined a pen pal service where they paired up kids from different states….
Bible Reading: Mark 8:34-38; Hebrews 12:1-3 “Hey, Jude!” Rowan called as he rode by on his bike. “Where were you this morning? I came by your house to see if you wanted to shoot hoops at the park, but you weren’t home.” “Oh, um…I was out,” Jude mumbled. He didn’t want to tell Rowan he’d…
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 Guinevere watched as Audra walked to a quiet corner of the playground with a book. Audra sat down and started reading. She really hasn’t made any friends since she moved here, Guinevere thought. Maybe she’d come to Bible club with me. Our teacher said we should share Jesus with others,…
Bible Reading: Matthew 5:14-16; John 8:12 Up…up…up…Aiden and his classmates were getting tired as they followed the lighthouse caretaker. Way up in the top room, the caretaker pointed to the powerful lamp. “This runs on electricity,” she said, indicating the heavy cables that went into the lamp. “Its light can be seen for many miles.”…
Bible Reading: Romans 13:11-14 Grant stirred and fumbled for the snooze button on the alarm clock. As soon as the noisy alarm stopped, he burrowed deeper under the covers. A few minutes later, the beeping sound of the alarm roused him again. Once more, he hit the snooze button and nestled back in his bed….
Bible Reading: Matthew 4:18-22 “Our teacher told us to start thinking of people we could invite to vacation Bible school this summer,” Asher told his dad after church. “We talked about being fishers of people in class today—which means telling others about Jesus, not real fishing,” he said with a grin. “Mr. Benson said that’s…
Bible Reading: Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Andrés looked closely at the small log Dad had brought home to show him. There was a long piece of straw sticking out from the wood. “Weird,” said Andrés. “How did that straw get into the wood?” “The tornado that passed by the other day did that,” said…
Bible Reading: Psalm 42:1; John 4:13; 7:38; Revelation 7:17; 21:6 “Look, Aunt Bonnie,” whispered Lanie. “There are deer by the creek!” Lanie and her aunt stopped and watched as a mother deer and her fawn drank from the clear stream that followed the mountain trail. The two hikers stood still and quiet, not wanting to…
Bible Reading: Romans 12:17-21 “Your yard’s looking good, Greg!” At the sound of his father’s voice, Mitch looked out the window and saw Dad give the guy next door a thumbs-up. Their neighbor—who most people referred to as Grumpy Guy—nodded curtly in response. When Dad came inside, Mitch asked, “Dad, why are you nice to…
Bible Reading: Acts 1:6-8 Camryn went to her brother’s room holding a slip of paper. “How in the world did you get Duke to bring me this? He came to my room and stuck his nose in my hand, and I noticed this message attached to his collar!” Micah laughed. “I knew he could do…
