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Children’s Ministry This Month’s Spotlight Julia Buehl My first memory of our first visit to Upland Bible Church was meeting this very pregnant woman who immediately turned around with a welcoming hand and said, “Hi, my name is Judi Astadurian!” Who knew after that early spring day in 1991 that I would be working alongside her in Children’s Ministry today. It wasn’t until after our first child was born in August of 1993 that we started regularly attending the newly merged Foothill Bible Church. This summer my husband Scott and I will be celebrating 30 years of marriage. We have two children, Hannah (22) and Blake (20). Hannah is a junior at Cal Poly Pomona and Blake is at Mt. San Antonio College studying architecture. Being used by God to serve is humbling and rewarding. I have served in the nursery for several years, as an AWANA leader and director for ten years, a 3rd grade Sunday school teacher,
Kids for Christ leader, ONE28 leader for five years, and now the 5th and 6th grade Training Hour teacher for the past two and a half years. As you can see, I LOVE working with children. Jesus tells us that unless we turn and become like children, we will never enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:3). That simple childlike faith is what draws me to teaching the children. I love teaching the truths of the Bible by asking questions and letting the students find the answers. This encourages these young people to see that God’s word has the answers to their questions if we just seek Him and look into His perfect law. It is truly a blessing to be able to give back to the young families what has been given to my family as we raised our children in this church that upholds the infallibility of the Scriptures and calls us to repent of our sins, acknowledging that Jesus died in our place on the cross, and making Him Lord of our life.
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FBC CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
APRIL 2016
Bible Lessons for April Date
Bible Story
Bible Reference Jonah 1-4
Bible Truth & Application
April 3
God shows mercy to Jonah and Ninevah
April 10
God Uses Daniel to Interpret the King’s Dream
Daniel 2
Through God’s power, Daniel revealed and interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. We can trust that God controls all of human history.
April 17
God Protects Daniel’s Friends
Daniel 3
The king praised God for delivering the three men. Testify to God’s greatness by your obedient life.
April 24
God Humbles Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 4
King Nebuchadnezzar was proud then God humbled him. Thank God for the gifts He gives you and use them for His glory.
Jonah disobeyed God’s plan to go preach to Ninevah. God showed his mercy to both Jonah and Ninevah.
Kids for Christ Sheila Sutton is the Children’s Church leader for the month of April. The children in 1st through 6th grade will review the Bible lessons noted above from the books of Jonah and Daniel as well as participate in Bible Drills and group prayer.
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APRIL 2016
Book Review By Chloe Mikat, age 10 I read the book Clara Barton – Courage Under Fire by Janet and Geoff Benge. When Clara was a child, her family attended a barn raising. Her brother climbed high to attach the rafters and fell. He was bedridden for two years during which time Clara helped
to
nurse
him.
This
experience helped her to know that she wanted to help people all her life. When she grew up, she started the American Red Cross to help everyone who was in need. I really enjoyed this book and was encouraged to learn about how Clara risked her life to save the wounded soldiers during
FBC
CHILDREN’S
the Civil War. _____________________ As Christians, we, too, can show compassion to people who are ill or injured. Check out any of the other fine books in the Heroes of History series at the Children’s Library.
Editors, Julia Buehl and Judi Astadurian
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Children’s Ministry This Month’s Spotlight Julia Buehl My first memory of our first visit to Upland Bible Church was meeting this very pregnant woman who immediately turned around with a welcoming hand and said, “Hi, my name is Judi Astadurian!” Who knew after that early spring day in 1991 that I would be working alongside her in Children’s Ministry today. It wasn’t until after our first child was born in August of 1993 that we started regularly attending the newly merged Foothill Bible Church. This summer my husband Scott and I will be celebrating 30 years of marriage. We have two children, Hannah (22) and Blake (20). Hannah is a junior at Cal Poly Pomona and Blake is at Mt. San Antonio College studying architecture. Being used by God to serve is humbling and rewarding. I have served in the nursery for several years, as an AWANA leader and director for ten years, a 3rd grade Sunday school teacher,
Kids for Christ leader, ONE28 leader for five years, and now the 5th and 6th grade Training Hour teacher for the past two and a half years. As you can see, I LOVE working with children. Jesus tells us that unless we turn and become like children, we will never enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:3). That simple childlike faith is what draws me to teaching the children. I love teaching the truths of the Bible by asking questions and letting the students find the answers. This encourages these young people to see that God’s word has the answers to their questions if we just seek Him and look into His perfect law. It is truly a blessing to be able to give back to the young families what has been given to my family as we raised our children in this church that upholds the infallibility of the Scriptures and calls us to repent of our sins, acknowledging that Jesus died in our place on the cross, and making Him Lord of our life.
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FBC CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
APRIL 2016
Bible Lessons for April Date
Bible Story
Bible Reference Jonah 1-4
Bible Truth & Application
April 3
God shows mercy to Jonah and Ninevah
April 10
God Uses Daniel to Interpret the King’s Dream
Daniel 2
Through God’s power, Daniel revealed and interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. We can trust that God controls all of human history.
April 17
God Protects Daniel’s Friends
Daniel 3
The king praised God for delivering the three men. Testify to God’s greatness by your obedient life.
April 24
God Humbles Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 4
King Nebuchadnezzar was proud then God humbled him. Thank God for the gifts He gives you and use them for His glory.
Jonah disobeyed God’s plan to go preach to Ninevah. God showed his mercy to both Jonah and Ninevah.
Kids for Christ Sheila Sutton is the Children’s Church leader for the month of April. The children in 1st through 6th grade will review the Bible lessons noted above from the books of Jonah and Daniel as well as participate in Bible Drills and group prayer.
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APRIL 2016
Book Review By Chloe Mikat, age 10 I read the book Clara Barton – Courage Under Fire by Janet and Geoff Benge. When Clara was a child, her family attended a barn raising. Her brother climbed high to attach the rafters and fell. He was bedridden for two years during which time Clara helped
to
nurse
him.
This
experience helped her to know that she wanted to help people all her life. When she grew up, she started the American Red Cross to help everyone who was in need. I really enjoyed this book and was encouraged to learn about how Clara risked her life to save the wounded soldiers during
FBC
CHILDREN’S
the Civil War. _____________________ As Christians, we, too, can show compassion to people who are ill or injured. Check out any of the other fine books in the Heroes of History series at the Children’s Library.
Editors, Julia Buehl and Judi Astadurian
