Tree of Life

Happiness is all around me...

2012-01-15T07:08:00.001-08:00

Happiness is all around me..., a photo by Ebby's Touch|NJ Stevenson on Flickr.

happiness is when something good happens. like when you win the lottery without spending a lot on tickets.

How To Celebrate Christmas

2011-11-20T07:21:00.001-08:00

christmas lights, a photo by Reno Tahoe Window Cleaning & Christmas Lights on Flickr.

There are many different ways of celebrating Christmas. Most people put up a tree, bake cookies, and spend time with family, but do they know the reason why? Or are they just doing it because of tradition?
Some other ways you could celebrate Christmas is singing. This can bring joy to both you and others. Another thing you could do, which I found pretty cool, is baking a cake for Jesus. It is his birthday we are celebrating, so why not give him a proper birthday celebration?
Another thing you could do is taking pictures. The more pictures you take, the more memories you make.

Bhuddism

2011-10-30T07:31:00.001-07:00

Buddah, a photo by Feli(6) on Flickr.

Buddhists believe that there is no god. They don't worship Buddah, they pay respect to him. They also believe in reicarnation. They believe that when somebody dies it isn't the end of their life but another step in their life. They don't usually pray because they don't have a god, but they do have prayer wheels or flags that are supposed to send off good thoughts. They also meditate. Meditation is supposed to help reach enlightenment. It involves deep concentration which takes years to master. To help them concetrate they stare at an object or say the same word over and over again.

Many DIfferent Religions

2011-10-16T07:22:00.001-07:00

indian-religions, a photo by turtle5001tw on Flickr.

Everyone believes in something whether you bielive in one god or many gods or even no god. Before today I knew nothing about Shintoism. Shintoism is a religion that is only in Japan. It believes that a little bit of their god is in everything, like rocks and trees and animals and thing like that.

Da Jesus Book

2011-09-18T07:10:00.001-07:00

Da Jesus Book, a photo by ingridvasi on Flickr.

There are many differnt versions of the bible, but they all give the same message. This is a picture of "Da Jesus Book" which was translated into Hawaiian Pidgin. Even though it sounds different, it still gives you the same stories as the NIV or the CEV or the King James.

Prayer

2011-02-20T07:21:00.001-08:00

prayer 320 text
Originally uploaded by Photography by Sabreena

Who do we pray to? We pray to God because he is the only one who can answer prayers. When do we pray? It dosn't matter when we pray or how many times a day we pray. Where do we pray? We can pray anywhere in the world as long as we are focused on God. Why do we pray? We pray because we are sinful by nature. How do we pray? In a place that is quiet, we close our eyes, fold our hands, and pray.

The Bible

2011-01-30T07:21:00.001-08:00

KJV Bible
Originally uploaded by knowhimonline

In some bibles, there is a thing called a concordance. In the concordance, you can look up any phrase and it will tell where it is in the bible. There is also an introduction to the chapters of the Bible in some bibles. In these introductions, it tells you who the author was, God's grace in the chapter, the background, and some other things. It really comes in handy when you want to know who wrote the chapter and put it in historical background. The concordance comes in handy when you know theres a verse in the Bible, but you don't know where it is in the Bible.

Books of the Bible

2011-01-23T07:21:00.001-08:00

Torah
Originally uploaded by davidanthonyporter

The first five books of the Bible are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. That is whats in the Torah and only that. The Torah is so big that it looks like the whole Old Testement could fit in it! It's hard to believe that it's only five books of the Bible. The Torah is the Jewish holy book. It is usually written in Hebrew, but sometimes it's written in English. You cannot touch the Torah with your bare hands because of the very old parchment paper. It comes with a little silver finger type thing so that you don't lose your spot. I hope you enjoyed a little history of the Torah!

healing words

2011-01-16T07:24:00.000-08:00

I learned that words can really hurt a person down deep, but words can also be healing too. For example the whole word has been bitten by a "snake" and we have "the snake bite kit"." Snake" is the sin and the "snake bite kit" is the healing words of God. I also learned that their is alot of unusual remedies for many different things like pickle juice helps muscle cramps and meat tenderizers help insect bites, stings, swellings and wounds.

Trash Talk

2010-11-28T06:59:00.001-08:00

Happy Trash Can
Originally uploaded by lydiafairy

When you trash talk, you don't only hurt yourself but you hurt others too. When you trash talk, God isn't as much hurt as he is dissapointed. Especially when you use Gods name in vain is it the worst. You should think twice before you trash talk. To stop yourself from trash talking, try to:
1.Change the subject
2. Find a good verse to recall
3.Fine yourself when you swear
4.Give yourself helpfull reminders

Truth and Lies

2010-10-24T07:26:00.001-07:00

Blinded by truth
Originally uploaded by lorrainemd

It's really hard to tell a truth which is why we tell lies. When you lie, you will eventually get caught. I f you lie over and over again you can' be trusted. When you lie, you don't respect or love the person you lied to. Even thogh the truth may be harder to tell, if you lie you wil get caught as i said before. What desicion will you make?

Gossip

2010-10-17T07:15:00.001-07:00

candy girl
Originally uploaded by Amsterdamned!

If and when you gossip, you will pay for it. You will not be trusted, and you will probably lose a friend. You will have a bad reputation and have no friends if you gossip. But, if you don't gossip, you will be trusted, have lots of friends and be considered sensitive. Gossip is like cotton candy. It tastes so good at first, but when you eat too much, you get cavities.

Words Are Powerful

2010-10-10T07:17:00.001-07:00

words
Originally uploaded by question_f8

Your heart determines what comes out of your mouth. If you have a bad heart, you cannot say bad things, and vise versa. Your words can make someone fell horriable and miserable, or they can make someone feel happy and special. Words are kind of like matches and computer chips. A match is so little, yet it can start the biggest fires. A computer chip is so small, yet it can hold so much information. Same way with words. Words are small, yet powerful.

The widows mite

2010-05-16T07:01:00.001-07:00

The widows mite
Originally uploaded by returntogodsgarden

One day a young woman came to the treasury and put in two small copper coins. Although she was in poverty. Jesus said to his disciples that she was the one whom most contributed.

She trusted that God would take care of her so she gave everything that she had to him.

Choked: Not a Pretty Picture!

2010-05-09T07:28:00.001-07:00

Choked: Not a Pretty Picture!
Originally uploaded by Heart Windows Art

In this lesson we learn that Jesus was teaching some people that: A sower went out to sow. He went out and some seeds fell out in four different places. Rocky ground, thorns, a path, and good soil. He was saying that when people hear the word Satan comes and takes it away. That's the path. The ones on the rocky ground hear the word and are glad in it but then they die or run away from it. Some are sown in thorns. But since they are greedy they get choked. But then there is the good soil. People hear the word, accept it, And bear fruit of thirty to one hundredfold.

parables

2010-04-18T07:17:00.001-07:00

figs on tree
Originally uploaded by chotda

Jesus told the Lord to give him more time for us. But in the story it was a vinedresser and the owner. Jesus was the vinedresser. He was asking our Lord to give us more time. But we don't need more time. We can be prepared just like that.

Another parable from God is when he told some people about the 10 Virgins. Once ten virgins came and got lamps. 5 of them were wise and 5 of them were foolish. The foolish just got their lamps and left, but the 5 wise ones got their lamps and also got some oil. The bridegroom came to get them for a wedding feast but the foolish ones had to go out and find oil so the wise ones went with the bridegroom to the wedding feast. When the foolish ones came, the door was shut and they were too late. This teaches us that we should always be prepared to go to heaven.

my story was about how this master gave 5 talents and 2 to the next one and 1 talent and he did not use his talent right and he was foolish and selfish and the outher ones used ther talents right and they were not foolish and selfish.

Two Sons

2010-03-28T07:13:00.001-07:00

Vineyard
Originally uploaded by Habub3

Sometimes we say we will do something our parents ask us to do, but then later we dont do it. Other times we say we won't do it and then change our mind later and do it anyway. Jesus told a story like this about two sons who did this to a crowd and asked them "Which of the two did the will of his father?" and the crowd said the one who said he wouldn't, but he did.

One lost sheep

2010-03-21T07:02:00.001-07:00

One lost sheep
Originally uploaded by Nomina Dubia

First Week of Parables: looks like it will be next week, which is also Palm Sunday and Confirmation,Wow! This week OAFC was here and doing Sunday School.

Miracles? #7

2010-03-14T07:21:00.001-07:00

Race Crowd
Originally uploaded by lemontwist301

Another one of Gods miracles is when he fed 5000 men with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. God took all of the food that they had and broke it up into little pieces and gave it to the disciples and said to give it to the people in the crowd. Everyone ate and was satisfied and there were still 12 baskets left with bred and fish! This is just another way that Jesus works miracles.

Miracles? #6

2010-02-28T07:44:00.001-08:00

Lightning Storm
Originally uploaded by down_the_rabbit_hole

One day, Jesus's mother went to him and said that the wine ran out at a wedding. He told her " Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come." Jesus's mother without taking his words into consideration, told the servants to do whatever Jesus told them to. Jesus told them to take the water jars and fill them up. Just like magic the water turned into wine. It clearly shows that this is a nother one of God's miracle

one day peter was going on a boat ride and he went to the top of a mountain by him self and prayed to the lord he went back to his boat and it got beaten by waves and when he get to his boat he looks out in the water and thinks he saw a ghost but it wasnt it was jesus peter says can i come to you and jesus said come so he does and peter says im afraid and jesus said you have little faith,why so doubt and peter gets in the boat and the wind pushes him to the land

one day he got into a boat with his disciples and he said to themlet us go across to the other side of the lake.so they set out and so they sailed he fell asleep and a wind storm came down on the lake and they were filling with water and were in danger and they went and woke him saying master master we are perishing and he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves and they ceased and there was a calm he said to them where is your faith.

Miracles? #5

2010-02-21T07:30:00.001-08:00

Evil spirit
Originally uploaded by Ingvi Lar

Jesus has worked miracles many ways and one of those ways is with EVIL SPIRITS! One time a man was calling attention to Jesus in a bad way. Jesus said "Be silent and come out of him!" and the evil spirit left the man and the crowd was astonished by what he did because even he can command evil spirits and they obey him! Another one of his miracles dealing with evil spirits was when he went to the country of the Gerasenes and there was a mentally il man, who when he saw Jesus, fell to his feet saying "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me." And Jesus said, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" And he gave them permission to go into the pigs and so they did and the pigs went into the water and drowned.

Miracles? #4 (Valentines Day)

2010-02-14T07:15:00.001-08:00

The Blind Man's Meal, 1903
Originally uploaded by Maulleigh

One of the many miracles Jesus has given us is the healing of blindness. One time, there were two men crying out to Jesus saying, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" The crowdkept telling them to be silent, but they kept yelling, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" Finally, Jesus said "What do you want me to do for you?" and they answered, "Lord, let our eyes be opened." Jesus touched their eyes and they immediately were healed! Jesus told them to not say a word about it to anyone, but instead they did tell everyone.

Miracles? #3

2010-01-31T07:25:00.001-08:00

All Gizah Pyramids
Originally uploaded by liber

Once, Jesus raised a man from the dead. But it wasn't just anyone. It was his buddy, Lazarus. Mary and Martha Lazarus's sisters sent to him with news. Lazarus was sick. Jesus stayed two more days in the place that he was staying before going to check on Lazarus. Because he knew already. They went to the tomb. and Jesus told them to move the rock. But Martha said: But he will surely stink. He has been in there for four days. He told them to move it anyway. they did. He called out: Lazarus come out. And he did. It was yet another miracle of God.
There was once a miracle in the town of Nain. A young boy had died and his mother was left alone. Jesus heard of this story and he went to the town of Nain. When he got there the boys mother was weeping so he told her: Do not weep. Jesus went to the boy and said to him: Young man, I say to you, arise.. The boy rose and Jesus gave him back to his mother. This story was told and spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.This was also a miracle of God!

Miracles? #2

2010-01-24T07:37:00.001-08:00

Pool, Sofitel VinPearl Resort, Island Hon Tre, Nha Trang, Vietnam
Originally uploaded by _Zinni_

For thirty eight years a man lied on the ground close to the pool. The reason? He had a diease that made it impossible to walk to the pool when the angels stirred the waters. The first peron to get to the pool would be healed. Then one day Jesus came along and he said: "Get up and walk". And he could. Jesus also told the man to get up and carry the mat. On the Sabbath Day people asked the man why he was carrying the mat. He responded: "A guy healed me and told me to do it."' Another one of God's miracles was with a man with leperosy. A leper came and knelt to Jesus and said: "Lord if you will, you can make me clean." And Jesus said, "I will; be clean." And the man was clean.

Miracles?

2010-01-17T07:36:00.001-08:00

Empty bed (Tom seng)
Originally uploaded by Åsta

One of the ways Jesus did miracles was healing. There was a paralized man and he went to Jesus by being lowered through the top of the roof. When he got inside, Jesus said, "Your sins are forgiven." The people were shocked and had expected to hear, "You are better now." Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, "Which do you think is easier to say: 'your sins are forgiven' or 'Take up your bed and walk'?" Then he looked at the paralized man and said, "Get up, pick up your bed, and walk out of here on your own." And he did! Another miracle god has given was to a man with a shrivled hand. Jesus healed his hand on the Sabboth wich made all his enemies angry because they thought it was blasphemy. The third miracle was long distance healing because Jesus never saw the person. He just told the father his son would live. And he lived.

Esther

2009-11-15T07:02:00.001-08:00

Stained Glass Window - Purim
Originally uploaded by Glass&Light

Esther was a very wimpy woman. It took 12 months for all the virgins to come before the King because they had to go throught cosmetic treatments. She was chosen by the King after his wife said no to him and he got rid of her. So the corination began. Haman decided to ask the king if he could pass a law about persecution. So Esther asked the king if they could have a party and the only guest would be Haman. On the second day of the party, Esther told the king about the law and that she was a Jew. Esther saved the Jews from persecution and also the kind executed Haman.

Do children make good kings?

2009-11-08T07:23:00.001-08:00

Michael Lau Crazy King Child f.
Originally uploaded by Yardarm51

Joash hid in the temple for 6 years with a priest named Jehoiada. When Joash was 7 years old, he became king! Joash was a good king. He tore down the alters to Baal and rebuilt the temple. After Jehoiada died he turned his back against God. He even ordered that Jehoiada's son, a prophet, to be killed in the same temple that Joash had rebuilt.

Not Solomon's Temple

2009-10-25T06:45:00.001-07:00

Agrigento Temple of Concordia - Sicily
Originally uploaded by Giuseppe Finocchiaro

Solemen had 300 wives and 700 concubines (girl friends).So far what i have been reading in the story of Solemen is that he had become king,also their was these two women who were pregnant and one had rolled over in the night while sleeping and suficated her baby. The other baby had lived and had been born safely.They went to to the temple to talk to the king, these women were the kings only prostitutes. The one with the living baby brought it the other lady wanted to have her baby thats why they were at the temple.One of the guards grabbed a sword and the missing baby lady said,"neither of us will have him cut him in two!" another guard grabbed the baby and the sword went up but the lady with the surviving baby said,"NO! Give her the baby, don't kill him please.Guard give her the baby shes the true mother she would do anything to save his life." The real mother got the baby. THE END

Friendship, Space and Time

2009-10-18T06:39:00.001-07:00

Friendship, Space and Time
Originally uploaded by chokkolat

I missed you guys today. See you next week?

Caravaggio's David with the head of Goliath

2009-10-11T06:33:00.001-07:00

Caravaggio's David with the head of Goliath
Originally uploaded by Paul Cook

Sometimes life seems a little huge. Maybe if we approached it like David...trusting in the Lord. David was the seventh son of Jesse. David was a shepherd for his father's sheep. He faced a wolf and mountain lion and won. He had lots of practice with his slingshot. Samuel came to Jesse to find a new king. After he saw most of the sons he asked Jesse if he had anymore sons. Jesse said that he had one more son and he was out with the sheep. He called David over and god said that David was the new king. He went to Israel to fight Goliath, the ten foot giant. Needless to say, everyone was scared to fight Goliath, besides David. So he went to Saul he he said that he was to fight Goliath. Saul just laughed. But, then he gave David all of his armor. David couldn't walk. So, he took all of the armor off and grabbed his staff and slingshot, went down to the stream and picked up 5 smooth stones the size of baseballs. He went over to Goliath and killed him. Then he chopped Goliath's head off.

Every Grain of Sand

2009-09-27T06:47:00.001-07:00

Every Grain of Sand
Originally uploaded by dragon762w

Ruth followed the threshers in the field and meet a man named Boaz. Boaz liked Ruth and so he told the threshers to leave some grain behind for Ruth to gather. Ruth went back to her mother-in-law, Naomi who had changed her name to Mara. When Mara saw how much flour Ruth had made, she immediately had aplan. She told Ruth to lay at Boaz's feet and in the morning when Boaz awoke and found Ruth by his feet, she asked him if he would marry her.

108 braids

2009-09-20T06:39:00.001-07:00

108 braids
Originally uploaded by Buzia

Seven was an auspicious number for Samson. He always had his hair in seven braids and never had his hair cut because if he did he would lose his streagth. His mother was sterille and childless and so god told her that she would give birth to a son. She went to tell her husband and he didn't beileive her so god came down and told him. She gave birth and named him Samson. Sampson grew up to be not a very nice man. when ever he got angry, he would kill. Sampson was born a Nazarite but fell in love with a Philistine named Delilah. The other Philistines hated Sapson and wanted him killed so they told Delilah that they would give 1,100 siver coins if she found Sampsons weakness. She finally found that his weakness was his hair. She cut it of as he was sleeping and he lost his streagth. He never learned how to use his power so he lost it.

At the end.....

2009-05-31T06:48:00.001-07:00

Rainbow
Originally uploaded by [ Kane ]

We have come to an end of the first year? season? of Sunday School in which we tried out the blog idea. Was it a success? Only the Lord knows.

What i didnt know and what i found intersting

2009-05-17T07:04:00.001-07:00

I never knew what sea moses used to cross now i do(the red sea).I never juses had a life but i never knew he had such a full and dblessed for everyone life.

A Lion by Candlelight 1

2009-05-17T06:41:00.001-07:00

A Lion by Candlelight 1
Originally uploaded by Dan Harrod Photography Blog

We are getting to the end of this year in Sunday School, sometimes I think the lion won, Daniel.

Happy Easter !

2009-04-19T06:58:00.001-07:00

Happy Easter ! - Sci-Fi Alternative :)
Originally uploaded by ellie 6

The light on this picture struck me as wonderful. All the others I saw had flowers etc, but this one was mostly light.

Bird bread vogel brood

2009-03-22T07:12:00.001-07:00

Bird bread vogel brood
Originally uploaded by picobella70

The Israelites were slaves to Egypt but because of God, they became free. However, even though God was so generous with this deed, they complained and complained, although God provided them with bread and birds to eat and water to drink. They refused to go into the promised land so they were banished to the wilderness for 40 years and then they would be allowed back into the promised land. They should have trusted God, but oh well.

Happy Mardi Gras...

2009-02-22T07:02:00.001-08:00

Happy Mardi Gras...
Originally uploaded by pixe_annie

I tried to find some pictures or youtube video to post on the blog. People do strange things at parties when they get drunk. Maybe Mardi Gras is not my idea of fun. Oh well, like I will get to New Orleans anytime. I understand the attractions of dressing up, floats, light shows, etc. just too many people for me to handle.

Red Sea; White Sand

2009-02-15T07:22:00.001-08:00

Red Sea; White Sand
Originally uploaded by pierluigi.ricci

Just me today again. I wonder where Moses crossed. I wonder if he was tired of the whole thing already.

Moses

2009-02-08T07:25:00.001-08:00

i learned that it was not the pharoah's wife that found moses it was his daughter.The pharoah decided that the israelites might rebel so he decided to kill every newborn boy.

Moses in the Basket

2009-02-08T07:04:00.000-08:00

Joseph in Egypt

2009-01-25T07:24:00.001-08:00

(0395) Giza Plateau Egypt
Originally uploaded by Joanot

I learned that Potiphars wife liked to sleep with any man who came along . Also I learned that Joseph went to jail After he got sold. Jesus also saved every one in the world that belives in him.

TheStory Of Joeseph

2009-01-11T07:27:00.003-08:00

I learned that Joseph was favored by his father . His father gave him a very colorful coat , his brothers were very mad because they didnt get favored so they wanted to throw him in the well.

Winter Coat

2009-01-04T06:54:00.001-08:00

Winter Coat
Originally uploaded by NatureWalk

Will we get to talk about Joseph's coat this year? Find out later. I was looking for pictures of colorful coats when I found this one. God paints his creation more beautifully than any of the other coats I saw.

Burnt Offerings

2008-11-23T07:31:00.001-08:00

Sur Offering Burning, A Cloud of Incense, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
Originally uploaded by Wonderlane

The burning for offering in this picture is in a Buddist Monastery but our story today was of Issac and his near miss. Which leads us to Christ who followed through for us and sacrificed himself.
No Sunday School for a while because of Christmas Program Practice. See you next year.

Make A X-mas Wish Upon A Star

2008-11-16T06:52:00.001-08:00

Make A X-mas Wish Upon A Star
Originally uploaded by * Nina *

Abraham was promised offspring "as the stars of heaven". I guess I'm one of them in a way. (Probably not the big one though.)
Boy Christmas is coming so fast. We only have one more week of Sunday School and then Christmas Program practice. May this Christmas be blessed.

Hi

2008-11-09T06:53:00.000-08:00

The tower of babble didn't not fall on top of the people working on it. It didn't fall at all. God only stop the group from working on it by changing their languages so they couldn't finish the tower together. So, because the group couldn't speak to each other they all got into a group of people that could understand them and went their separate ways. No one knows for sure what really happened to the group of people working on the tower or what happened to the tower itself. I strongly dought we will ever know!

Ziggurat in Ur

2008-11-09T06:44:00.001-08:00

Ziggurat in Ur
Originally uploaded by Whitebread84

This is a picture of a ziggurat in Ur. We will be talking about this area in class today.

Happy Reformation

2008-10-26T06:48:00.003-07:00

I added a list to the blog. You add more to it guys.

See you next week

2008-10-19T07:22:00.000-07:00

That's the problem with a small class. Sometimes there is no one to come. Next week we will finish the Babel project and move on. See you next week.

Babbley

2008-10-12T07:31:00.000-07:00

We learned about the tower of Bable. We learned how the different languages came into place.

Tree on Monument Hill

2008-09-28T07:09:00.001-07:00

Tree on Monument Hill, originally uploaded by zachstern.

Today we learned about The Flood and Noah's Ark. They ate clean animals, but kept unclean animals.That the rainbow is Gods promise. Seven pairs of clean animals.:)

First Blog

2008-09-21T07:06:00.000-07:00

Ok, so we're going to talk about what we are learning in Sunday School!
We are talking about The Garden of Eden.