Author: Ben Copeland
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Jeremiah 3
This Kids Church lesson we prayed for countries that the kids had heard about this last week, whether in school (Reseda shared about her English referencing New Zealand), on the news (Evelyn shared that the leadership in New York could use prayer) or even just recognizing country names we’ve seen, which the kids found many…
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Jeremiah 1
I praise God for His grace and am blessed abundantly in it. As our church finishes Isaiah and moves into Jeremiah, I was unsure what direction to take with the children. God’s help I am grateful for—we began by singing a new song (all the time God is good) and for our ‘missionary minute’ rather…
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Released from Prison
In the winter, the evening comes a bit quicker, and colder, than before. Before and as we go, we pray, asking God for leading, empowerment, words and His love to share with others. The previous week, we connected with a few individuals and a group of teens at a bus stop, one of them named…
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Isaiah 61
In Kids Church, the Lord provided a wonderful lesson idea with the chapters of Isaiah that our church is reading and preaching through. Two weeks ago the Sunday before Christmas it was ‘find baby Jesus,’ in light of the many Messianic prophecies about Jesus, we, in a dark room, hid a small manger’d baby Jesus…
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The Choice
Today in December as I drove Zane and Alora to Portland, the weather had shifted from a 3-day streak of rain to warmer yet still overcast weather. Last night was only a little colder when we had gone out for evangelism. As I parked in front of the school, I walked around the car and…