How to... MEMORIZE

Found this article called 18 Tricks to Memorize More Scripture which you may find helpful. Leave me a comment and let me know if you tried any of these this week and if it worked for you.

The Evolution of the Blog.

Or of THIS blog. This blog was started in September to be the main website for the young adults at Westhill to check what events were planned and the details for those, and the occasional thought that I wanted to pass on. It has been that, but really, the young adults get the info by email and on facebook, and now I find that I'm more interested in getting my thoughts and encouragements / chllenges out there, so this will become that more, while still offering the details of upcoming events. Plus, we now have a staff blog on the church website, and through chatting with Randy (web guru) today, things are changed up a bit so now there is a feed to all the different staff people's blogs on the 'staff blog' site. What I do at Westhill is not limited to young adults; I'm hoping this will be a way to connect with our larger family there, and with you out there in blogland, as well. (And if you really wanted to get to know me, you are invited to check out my personal blog, too.) Blessings on your Thursday!

Next Event

On Wednesday, March 25, 2009, we're going to meet at Westhill at 7 PM, then head to the prayer house put on by Regina's 24/7 prayer group. They are doing 40 days of non-stop prayer, and we're going to be a part of it. We'll head to the Simpson's place for snacks and debriefing after. If you'd like to get an email when we have events going on, leave a comment or email me at carolyn@westhillchurch.ca and I'll set you up with that. Check out the 24/7 links to get an idea of what we'll be doing: Global: http://www.24-7prayer.com/ Canada: http://www.24-7prayer.ca/welcome.html Regina: http://www.24-7prayerregina.ca/

Getting Ready for Easter

Children learn faith from their parents. Church definitely plays a role in teaching them, but all the teaching of theology and morals and all the great object lessons will mean nothing unless they are backing up what the child sees lived out, and hears talk of, at home. And so one of the side projects I have going at the moment is preparing a family devotional kit for the last two weeks of Lent. Lent is a time for preparing for Easter, just as Advent is the preparation before Christmas. I would love to offer something to help parents make Godly conversation more common in their home. I would love to know that parents in our church are teaching their children what it means to love Jesus. What it means that he died for us. Why it is that they go to church as a family. Pray for the families in our church, that they would understand that what the church is teaching their child is meant to back up what THEY are teaching, and that we would love to partner with them to help them do that at home.