Sparks Highlights 4.27.16

****Sparks Highlights****    Tonight is the last night of formal Sparks!  Next week is the AWANA Awards night where each AWANA child will be recognized and all parents, grandparents, cousins, neighbors – whoever is welcome to come!  There will be a meal and program.   Please plan to come!   Tonight we finished up our discussion of The Great Commission which is to preach the gospel all around the work.   Ask your Sparkie why we made flags.  We can start by sharing our key verse John 3:16 with anyone we see!  This whole year we learned about why we need a Savior, how God saves us and why we can trust Jesus as that Savior to save us!

You are welcome to join us anytime at Sparks!   We will miss everyone this summer, but there will still be summer activities at the church on Wednesday nights.  You can also check out the AWANA program at www.fbc.littletonil.org.     Mrs. Jennifer Schroeder, Mrs. Barb Stein.

Sparks Highlights 4.20.16

****Sparks Highlights****    After Jesus resurrected from death, He appeared to multitudes of people to prove His resurrection.  Everything He ever said was true – including His resurrection from the dead.    His time on earth was then done and it was time for him to ascend back to Heaven to sit at the right hand of God the Father.  Before ascending back to Heaven, Jesus instructed His followers to teach all the world His gospel.   After we are born again, as we discussed last week, our responsibility is to spread the gospel as Jesus commanded.  We are to spread the gospel to all those in the world – and we start right here in our own neighborhoods.  So how do we do that?  We tell others about everything we have learned about thus far in Sparks - how Jesus came to the earth, a perfect sacrifice for the penalty of our sin, how He rose again, and thus is our Savior as he saves us from the sure punishment of our sins.   This enables others to believe and understand that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and thus believe on Him and have eternal life.   John 3:16 our Sparkie key verse is an easy verse to share that wraps up the gospel in just a few words – these are God’s words to us.  God’s Word is the Bible and that is where we should point others to reading the gospel and hearing it from us.   We made bracelets tonight to help us remember how to share God’s Word.  Next week will will talk more about how God’s World gets shared around the world.

We have one more night of Sparks next week, then Wednesday 5/4/16 is the AWANA Banquet where each club participant will be recognized.  This is for parents, grandparents and whoever else might want to come!  A yummy meal will be provided for you.  You can check out the AWANA program at www.fbc.littletonil.org.    

Mrs. Jennifer Schroeder, Mrs. Barb Stein.