Alive! for November 4

Wow, ladies, my apologies - I completely let this post slip this week! I promise next week will be better. Also, I am having some technical difficulties with my links, so I will e-mail the lesson and this post out to you all separately.

This week we begin the news unit of Grapple, entitled What's the point? This unit explores some very personal topics:

• Why did God create me?
• How come I'm not perfect?
• Why didn't God make us like robots?
• What does God want from me?

You will want to enter this unit with prayer, and fill each week with the resounding message that God loves them through and through. Between the beginning of 4th grade and the end of 5th grade, Alivers will question  who they are for perhaps the first time. This is a great opportunity for the church to communicate a message of love and acceptance to them. And beyond that, we want them to know they are loved just the way they are, but they can also "take up their cross" and follow. Life with God is not always easy, but it is good. 

Let me know if you have any questions, and please accept my apologies for the late post!