WOW wk 2/24/2008

Archived: WOW in 2008, 2/24

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From: sam shen
To: sam shen ; jeff tseng ; jennyyh@sbcglobalnet.net; gerry swei ; sue swei ; ting gan ; chendong yang ; xiaodong lin ; david lee ; cliff lee ; nan wilson ; jenneyh@sbcglobal.net; David Lin ; yunlei li
Cc: kate deng ; Kate Deng ; shirley chen
Sent: Thu, February 28, 2008 12:07:09 AM
Subject: Update WOW wk 2/24/2008: 5th & 6th Grader at PCAC Sunday School

Hi parents,

THIS IS IT - we've reached the end of our quarter... what a blessing to have all of your child in the sunday school class!

Main theme: the Woman by the Well... (arrh, some of you may say, it's a famous account in Jesus's outreach to the woman - a Samaritan woman, 撒瑪利亞的婦人!)

Verses: John 4:4-32

Ice-Breaking -or- Attention.Grabber

Using a normal auto jumper cable to illustrate the concept of drawing "power" from a running vehicle to jump-start a dead-battery...

It's not the vehicle that is dying but rather its battery running out; Mapping that to our spiritual life, what is it like to have a abundandant life that always enjoy the living water flowing out of you!! As Jesus outreach to the woman by the well, he's pointed right into the center of her issue : married to 5 husbands (what a shameful and painful experience in that time!!) and still searching for truth and meaning in life.

Highlight of the verse: John 4:14

人若喝我所賜的水就永遠不渴．我所賜的水、要在他裡頭成為泉源、直湧到永生。

Challenges to student

Are you thirsty for eternal life just as your physical need for the water?

What a promise made and offered by Jesus: he said, "shall never thirst "!!

Mysterious Guest:

Several weeks back, I've made contact to E3 ministry to arrange someone to come in (portraited as a Mysterious Guest) to share with us the ministry they've been involved in South America.

Due to schedule conflict and other commitment they had, the physical presence cannot be possible; However, we managed to show students the mission trips they had to Bolivia and other parts of the South American via Video and PowerPoint slide.

Our point is to encourage students to live out the faith by actually going out - Mission trip is a typical example.

Some of their blog from E3 trips:

http://prairforce.blogspot.com/2006/10/from-lonely-to-unity.html

Pep.Talk (yeh, sort of)

The class may come to an end - actual faith journey has just began as we train up our child in the way he/she should go in God's path/words.

Thanks for the support you've been be part of PCAC's school effort. Look forward to seeing your child to continue growing in God's WORDs.

Keep Looking UP!

-Sam
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