After reviewing a survey taken by our KiDSCOR families, we

GPS
have revised our GPS to better meet the spiritual and family
goals that were expressed by many of you. We hope this re-
vised GPS becomes a tool that you can use to help your child
grow in their faith, get in the habit of regular scripture reading
Grow and develop an amazing spiritual foundation! For this first
week, we wanted to point out some of what you can expect in

Pray our new GPS!

After this week, you child will come home with a “half page”
3rd—5th Study sheet that gives them a little insight into the next week’s lesson,
scripture reading that will help them be prepared for what they
grade will be talking about the next week and some fun ways to build
on the information they will be gaining. And, of course, we will
January 10, 2010 have the memory verse they are currently learning in each GPS.

Stump Mr. Nick! Write down a “stumper” question from this week’s scripture There will be four activities that will rotate
reading here. You might get a chance to ask your questions next week in Bible through each month. Those include:
Theatre!
Stump Mr. Nick—one child will have a chance to ask Mr.
Nick a question in Bible Theatre that comes from their reading.
In order to be chosen, they must have the question written on
their GPS and have the GPS with them.
Question Of The Week—A question your child comes up with
Memory

Be strong and courageous; do not be

Verse:

from their reading. Something that makes them stop and think
frightened or dismayed, for the Lord more about the story.
your God is with you wherever you Stump The Grown Up—The kids will be given a question (and
may go. answer) that they can ask an adult about something they
Joshua 1:9 learned that week. The answer to the question will be on the
KiDSCOR blog in case they forget.
PARENT SPOT!
Question From The Lesson—A question that will be asked in
Yes! I’m proud to initial that my child has Bible Theatre that the child would know if they read their les-
worked on their GPS! son.

There is also a tiny little spot for a parent’s initial that their
child has done the GPS reading.
IN GOD’S WORD:
Monday: 1 Samuel 17:1-11
Tuesday: 1 Samuel 17:12-23 The scripture reading that is given will be the scrip-
Wednesday: 1 Samuel 17:24-29 ture for the upcoming lesson. We encourage you to
spend time with your child either reading the scripture
Thursday: 1 Samuel 17:30-37
together or discussing the story after they have read it.
Friday: 1 Samuel 17:38-48
Saturday: 1 Samuel 17:49-50 And just as we have done in the past, we will try and
find a great little “extra fact” that your child can share
with others!
So how tall was Goliath?
There will also be a “Coming Next Week” section to
Our Bible says he was six
cubits and a span. What preview the next lesson!
is that? A cubit is an an- Our survey indicated that our KiDSCOR families
cient unit of measure
based on the length of a have a strong desire for their children to grow
person’s arm from their spiritually and develop a relationship with
middle fingertip to their Christ. In addition, there was an expressed in-
elbow. Since everyone’s terest in ways for parents to facilitate that
arms were different spiritual formation in the home. But we know,
length—it was about 17
schedules are packed and there are a lot of de-
to 22 inches. That
makes Goliath about 9 mands on everyone's time so we have stream-
1/2 feet tall. lined the take home piece and made it so you
can use it effectively in just a few minutes a
Coming Next Week: day or in one or two short times a week.

Be sure and be here next week when we
talk about Goliath, the giant and his bat-
tle with David. It’s a cool story that you
might think you already know, but we are
going to work on giving you even more of
the story!
We are very excited about the new format!
Give it a try– remember it takes 30 days to
develop a great new habit and this is one
will have eternal impact!