Week 37: And you shall be my witnesses

 What does Christ's command to his disciples mean to a sixth grader?  (Mt. 28:19-20, Acts 1:8)  This is the topic we explored in our religion classes as we have looked at the gift of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and early church. As the disciples were instructed to witness in first Jerusalem, then to the neighboring countryside, then to the ends of the earth, we Christians are encouraged to be witnesses where we are at: in our school, workplaces, and families then reach out, even to the ends of the earth.   Where do we get equipped for such a task?  In Word and Sacrament - with the fellowship of believers.  

In our last weeks, students had opportunities to learn of the witness of the early disciples.  We researched online devotion to share where students can stay connected to God's Word over the summer. Kids wrote and shared devotions based on contemporary Christian music. (Will be posted soon in their Google Classrooms).   If you have gotten out of the habit of worship or devotional time with God - this is an opportunity for you, too, to be enriched by the Holy Spirit.  I encourage you to be involved in summer worship both at home and in your travels.   Invite a friend or neighbor.  We, too, have the power of the Holy Spirit and can look for those opportunities for God to use us to spread his word!

 

                Zion's Summer Worship Schedule (June-Aug)
                 Saturday Worship:  5 PM
                 Sunday Worship:  8, 10:30AM

                 Monday Worship: 7:00 p.m. 

 

Dear families:

Thank you for all of your support and partnership this year.  I have appreciated your prayers, your notes of encouragement, your time working with your child on projects, and your child.  It has been a pleasure being a part of your lives this year.  May God bless your family this summer!     

      

                  In His Service,

                  Mrs. Riemenschneider  

 

 Our Memories video 

Playing coordinate plane battleship

Telling our "immigrant" stories

 

Field Day art:  Hands up for a Great Year

Tube Relay

STEM - straw building

The cup flip challenge

Hula Hoop relay

Stomp rockets!