Hello again! Hope everyone is having a great week! Great to have everyone in Sunday School this week and if you couldn't make it we missed you and hope you can make it this Sunday!
This week in we dug into chapter 4 of John and the story of Jesus revealing himself to a Samaritan woman at the well, which was also Doug's sermon this week. She is not only a woman, but a Samaritan, a people which were generally looked down by the Jews as outcasts. Jesus not only engages in conversation, but directs the topic toward spiritual matters. His direction is immediately shown by the mention of God and the metaphor of "living water". Jesus offers a source of refreshment, life-giving water, which the woman takes to mean literal flowing water. The significance of living-water offered by Jesus is not obvious to the woman, she does not think of something more than physical water even after Jesus mentions in 'the gift of God.' Third, Jesus tells her what he has to give her, explained by the living water metaphor which leads to eternal life.
For the next few weeks, we will be continuing to take a deeper look into the scriptures that are being preached on in the services. So far these have stemmed really great discussions so please come and join our conversations!
IMPORTANT: We will NOT have Sunday School on Easter Sunday! This coming Sunday, Cary and I will be playing Handbells (NOT handball) during the offering in the 11:00 service if you want to come watch!
*Parents' Night Out is coming up on April 8th, do we want to plan a get together or a fun night out? Leave a comment and lets see if we can set something up!
*You can still join the girls in reading The Shack! We are meeting on Thursday nights and this week we will have read thru chapter 9! Come join us!
If I forgot anything please let me know or leave a comment!! Look for the Prayer Requests in an email!
Have a GREAT week! Hope to see everyone on Sunday! Chuck and I will be attending the Traditional service for the month of April for anyone else who might want to join us!
~*Ashley*~
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