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for Sunday, June 5, 2011 1. Praise & Worship God Is Not Dead, Hes Alive For Every Eyes Shall Look Up on Him Jesus Love Is Bubbling Over Deep and Wide 2.

3. Opening Prayer Lord let us be instruments of praise and vessels of honor. May You be
Above us - For blessings. Below us - For support. Before us - For guidance. Behind us - For protection. Beside us - For comfort. Inside us - For sustenance. Let your love surround us every second of the day. Amen

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Scripture Psalm 23, emp. vs. 6 Welcome & Greetings & Offering Who Am I? Moses and Miriam Talent Time/Testimonies 2 items Story Time I Want to Make Heaven My Home; Sub-topic: Heaven, Home Sweet Home Most beautiful places park, beach, garden, sunset/sunrise, hill/mountain, resort What makes them beautiful? How do you feel when you had to leave? (THINK) What do you know about Heaven? Scripture Rev. 21: 15-22, St John 14:2-3 Describe Heaven according to Rev. 21:15-22 i. City of Jerusalem ii.Streets of Gold iii.Gates are made of Pearls iv.Walls of Gemstones jasper, emerald, topaz, onyx, amethyst, etc. v.Our Mansions - John 14:2-3 vi.Life in Heaven no night/darkness, no sin, no sickness, no pain, no sorrow, no death vii.Who will be there God, angels, older saints, loved ones who are saved Heaven is a free gift! (Intro. to next lesson) 9. Activity Draw/Colour/Make Picture of Heaven - Heaven, Home Sweet Home; put on gates. Make Gift roll picture and tie with ribbon 10.Closure Review Topic, Heaven, Home Sweet Home Explain the Book of Life (if time is adequate) Altar Call Prayer Write names in book and issue crowns (if time is adequate) 11.Snack Time & Dismissal

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Psalm 23 The Message (MSG)
A David Psalm

GOD, my shepherd! I don't need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction.
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Even when the way goes through Death Valley, I'm not afraid when you walk at my side. Your trusty shepherd's crook makes me feel secure. You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies. You revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing. Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. I'm back home in the house of GOD for the rest of my life.

Psalm 23 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

A psalm of David.

The Lord is my shepherd. He gives me everything I need. 2 He lets me lie down in fields of green grass. He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He gives me new strength. He guides me in the right paths for the honor of his name. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid. You are with me. Your shepherd's rod and staff comfort me. 5 You prepare a feast for me right in front of my enemies. You pour oil on my head. My cup runs over. 6 I am sure that your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. And I will live in the house of the Lord forever.
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Memory Verse: "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:2-3

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Revelation 21 The Message (MSG)
Everything New

I saw Heaven and earth new-created. Gone the first Heaven, gone the first earth, gone the sea. 2I saw Holy Jerusalem, new-created, descending resplendent out of Heaven, as ready for God as a bride for her husband. 3-5I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: "Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They're his people, he's their God. He'll wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for goodtears gone, crying gone, pain goneall the first order of things gone." The Enthroned continued, "Look! I'm making everything new. Write it all downeach word dependable and accurate."
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Then he said, "It's happened. I'm A to Z. I'm the Beginning, I'm the Conclusion. From Water-of-Life Well I give freely to the thirsty. Conquerors inherit all this. I'll be God to them, they'll be sons and daughters to me. But for the restthe feckless and faithless, degenerates and murderers, sex peddlers and sorcerers, idolaters and all liarsfor them it's Lake Fire and Brimstone. Second death!"
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The City of Light

One of the Seven Angels who had carried the bowls filled with the seven final disasters spoke to me: "Come here. I'll show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb." He took me away in the Spirit to an enormous, high mountain and showed me Holy Jerusalem descending out of Heaven from God, resplendent in the bright glory of God.
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The City shimmered like a precious gem, light-filled, pulsing light. She had a wall majestic and high with twelve gates. At each gate stood an Angel, and on the gates were inscribed the names of the Twelve Tribes of the sons of Israel: three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, three gates on the west. The wall was set on twelve foundations, the names of the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb inscribed on them.
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The Angel speaking with me had a gold measuring stick to measure the City, its gates, and its wall. The City was laid out in a perfect square. He measured the City with the measuring stick: twelve thousand stadia, its length, width, and height all equal. Using the standard measure, the Angel measured the thickness of its wall: 144 cubits. The wall was jasper, the color of Glory, and the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. The foundations of the City walls were garnished with every precious gem imaginable: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate a single pearl.
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The main street of the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. But there was no sign of a Temple, for the Lord Godthe Sovereign-Strongand the Lamb are the Temple. The City doesn't need sun or moon for light. God's Glory is its light, the Lamb its lamp! The nations will walk in its light and earth's kings bring in their splendor. Its gates will never be shut by day, and there won't be any night. They'll bring the glory and honor of the nations into the City. Nothing dirty or defiled will get into the City, and no one who defiles or deceives. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life will get in.
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Revelation 21 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
The New Jerusalem

I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth were completely gone. There was no longer any sea.
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I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God. It was prepared like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
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I heard a loud voice from the throne. It said, "Now God makes his home with people. He will live with them. They will be his people. And God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or sadness. There will be no more crying or pain. Things are no longer the way they used to be."
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He who was sitting on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down. You can trust these words. They are true."
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He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. I am the Beginning and the End. Anyone who is thirsty may drink from the spring of the water of life. It doesn't cost anything! 7 Anyone who overcomes will receive all this from me. I will be his God, and he will be my child.
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"But others will have their place in the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. Those who are afraid and those who do not believe will be there. Murderers and those who pollute themselves will join them. Those who commit sexual sins and those who practice witchcraft will go there. Those who worship statues of gods and all who tell lies will be there too. It is the second death."
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One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me. The bowls were filled with the seven last plagues. The angel said, "Come. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."
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Then he carried me away in a vision. The Spirit took me to a huge, high mountain. He showed me Jerusalem, the Holy City. It was coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God. It gleamed like a very valuable jewel. It was like a jasper, as clear as crystal.
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The city had a huge, high wall with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates, one at each of them. On the gates were written the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east and three on the north. There were three gates on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had 12 foundations. Written on them were the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb.
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The angel who talked with me had a gold measuring rod. He used it to measure the city, its gates and its walls.
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The city was laid out like a square. It was as long as it was wide. The angel measured the city with the rod. It was 1,400 miles long. It was as wide and high as it was long.
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He measured the wall of the city. It was 200 feet thick. The angel did the measuring as a man would. 18 The wall was made out of jasper. The city was made out of pure gold, as pure as glass.
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The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of jewel. The first foundation was made out of jasper. The second was made out of sapphire. The third was made out of chalcedony. The fourth was made out of emerald. 20 The fifth was
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made out of sardonyx. The sixth was made out of carnelian. The seventh was made out of chrysolite. The eighth was made out of beryl. The ninth was made out of topaz. The tenth was made out of chrysoprase. The eleventh was made out of jacinth. The twelfth was made out of amethyst. The 12 gates were made from 12 pearls. Each gate was made out of a single pearl. The main street of the city was made out of pure gold, as clear as glass.
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I didn't see a temple in the city. This was because the Lamb and the Lord God who rules over all are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or moon to shine on it. God's glory is its light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
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The nations will walk by the light of the city. The kings of the world will bring their glory into it. 25 Its gates will never be shut, because there will be no night there. 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.
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Only what is pure will enter it. No one who fools others or does shameful things will enter it. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life will enter the city.
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Heaven
Have you ever wondered about heaven? Where is it? What it's like? Who lives there? The Bible talks a bit about heaven and God has given us some hints about what it will be like. However, a lot of it is still a mystery to us because God is still preparing a place for us. At least that's what Jesus told his disciples before he went up to heaven. He said he was preparing a place for us with many rooms or mansions. Which makes me think that if God created the world and everything in and around it in six days, how amazing will heaven be if he's taking longer than that? If you can think of a beautiful mountain, waterfall or even the prettiest flower you've ever seen and think of a place even more amazing than that, I think that's what heaven will be like. God can use whatever he wants gold, diamonds and amazing things we haven't even seen on earth. Maybe that's why the Bible doesn't give us a complete description of heaven because we wouldn't even be able to understand how amazing and beautiful it really is. We can talk more about what heaven is like later. First we should talk about how we can get to heaven and what are some ways we can prepare to go there. Don't worry you don't need to pack a suitcase. In fact, God specifically says that we shouldn't spend all our time on earth trying to collect a bunch of things because we can't take any of it with us. It might seem strange that we won't need any of our things like our favorite doll or toy truck or even a change of underwear!! God will give us everything we need plus much more. We won't even be bored in heaven because God knows what we need and he's getting it all ready for us. We still haven't answered the question about how we get to heaven. Actually one of Jesus' disciples named Thomas asked Jesus: We don't know where you're going, so how can we know the way? (John 14:5) Jesus answered: I am the way, the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through me. This might sound like strange directions but what Jesus was saying is that if you believe the Bible and believe that Jesus died and rose again for you, then you believe in the truth and He will bring you to Heaven. Not only that, the words God tells us in the Bible will help us in life right now and are like a map that will lead us on the right path and then eventually to Heaven. For example Jesus says that by helping others by feeding them if they're hungry, visiting the sick, giving clothes to those who don't have much, and even by visiting people in jail or who have done things that are wrong. When we do these things it's like we're doing it for Him. (Matthew 25:31-46) By helping others now, God will give us a reward in heaven. (Matthew 5:12) One of these rewards is a crown. The Bible says that the Lord will reward each person a crown of righteousness when we get there. Imagine your very own crown! The best part of all is what heaven will be like. Most of this is written in the last two chapters of the Bible. It says that God will wipe every tear from our eyes and there will be no more death, sadness, crying or pain. Everything will be made new again!

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You won't be able to get hurt anymore and there won't be any fighting or hitting or crying EVER! That sounds pretty neat. It also says that there won't be a church or temple there because the Lord God Almighty and Jesus are the church. Instead of going to church to learn and worship God we just can go right to Him. The city of heaven won't need a sun, moon or lights because God's glory will give light to everything. Plus there will be no night time there (I think that means no more naptime or sleeping)! It gets better! Nothing bad will ever enter heaven either. The Bible tells us a little about what it will look like. It talks in Revelation about the city walls and how they are decorated with precious stones. The wall will be made of pure gold and then 12 different kinds of beautiful stones will cover and decorate it. Some of these stones we don't even know about on earth and other stones we wear in rings and necklaces and are worth a lot of money. There will be twelve gates and each one will be made of one humungous pearl bigger than you! On top of that, the streets will be made of gold! I can't even imagine how amazing it will be. No dirt or dust just shiny beautiful streets and walls filled with different colored stones reflecting the light from God. The only tricky part before we get to heaven is how we move from this world to this amazing place. If we believe God, that He died and rose again, need his forgiveness and try to live the way God wants; then God writes our name in the book of life. (Philippians 4:3) Everyone who believes and accepts Jesus will go to heaven and live forever there. Then there are two ways we can move to heaven. The first way is if we die and the second way is when Jesus comes again while we're alive on earth. The thought of death can be scary (for grown-ups too) BUT, if we keep reminding ourselves how great heaven is maybe it wouldn't have to be so scary. That second way we can go to Heaven is called the second coming. When God decides it's time for everyone who believes in Him to come to heaven he is going to come get us. It says in the Bible that nobody will ever know when this will be and he will come and we'll all know and see Jesus. There will be angels and trumpets and it'll be very exciting for all those who believe. As you can see, heaven is going to be a big party and a fabulous place to be with God who made us and wants to reward us. God loves us even more than our parents and promises to take the best care of us. He hasn't forgot us either, he says three times in the last chapter of the Bible that Jesus is coming soon and to keep doing what is right and holy. Heaven is a wonderful place!

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E.A.C. Children Church (Little Lambs) Take Home Page
To parents: This page is to let you know what your child learned today in Children Church. Included is this month's memory verse and a suggested activity to reinforce the lesson. Being involved and interacting with your child can be very rewarding for both of you.

Sunday, June 5, 2011 What we learned: In our first lesson about Salvation (I Want To Make Heaven My Home), your child learned that heaven is real; it is a beautiful and wonderful place. We looked at the purpose of Heaven, and that it cannot be earned. It is a free gift. No amount of good works or trying to do the right thing will get anyone to Heaven. We must trust in Jesus Christ alone for the ift of eternal life.

Memory Verse: "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:2-3 Have your child look up this verse in his or her Bible and practice it several times each week. This will help him or her remember the verse and it will also help to reinforce what he or she learned during service.

Suggested Parent/Child Activity: Homework Assignment: Read the story about the The Rich Young Man found in Matthew 19:18-26. During Jesus' ministry, many people heard Him talk about the Kingdom of God and eternal life in Heaven. It was clear that life on earth was different than the life Jesus was talking about. One day, a young ruler came to Jesus to find out what he had to do to have eternal life in Heaven. Write down your answer to the question below and be prepared to share your answer during the next class. What was really keeping this man from having eternal life?

Daily Prayer: Almighty God, thank You for the free gift of Heaven. It is such a beautiful place that I would want to live there forever. Open my heart this month and let the Holy Spirit direct to me in whatever I think, say and do. Lord, keep me safe, warm, healthy and favoured. May Your grace and mercy follow my loved ones, friends and me till you come. Amen