​We finished up the month in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 and Exodus 12. In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul talks about taking time to celebrate Communion or the Lord’s Supper. When we eat the bread and drink the cup, we celebrate how Jesus lived, died, and rose again to make us right with God. As we think about what Paul wrote, we’ll also take time to remember that this celebration is rooted in the Passover celebration, where God’s people remembered how God rescued them from being enslaved in Egypt.
 
Bottom Line: Make a habit of being grateful. People often focus on bad habits that they need to stop. However, the best way to stop a bad habit is to replace it with a good one. Replace those sweets with healthy choices. Replace TV with exercise. Replace complaining with gratitude. We pray that kids will start to see that gratitude is a choice that God can help them make— especially when they remember all that Jesus did for us on the cross.
 
Today, we spent time practicing our songs for the Christmas program on December 24th. There will be no new scripture memory verses given out until after our Christmas play is over. For now, kids can still say their verses if they need to catch up with our verses that were given so far this season. 
 
We hope you all will enjoy this beautiful Christmas Season filled with Hope because our Savior came to earth for us to save us because He loved us!
Blessings!
The Reign Forest Team

​Hi Reign Forest Friends,
This Sunday, we continue with our monthly theme of Gratitude.
 
In week three, we head to Luke 17:11-19 and discover a significant moment when 10 men with a serious skin condition asked Jesus to heal them. As their skin cleared up, the men were so thrilled about the miracle that most of them ran off and never returned to thank Jesus. Only one man, a Samaritan, turned around and showed his gratitude. Jesus made a point to commend this man’s faith.
 
Bottom Line: Take time to say thank you. This is a simple idea, but it’s often so hard to put into practice. People offer their help with kindness and love, yet we often take those people for granted. We pray that through this moment in Jesus’ life, kids will understand the importance of remembering to show gratitude when others are kind to them.
 
The children spent some time going through their lines in the play. Then we passed out leaves and each child wrote something they were thankful for. On the take home papers, some children took home a color by number picture. Other children brought a "fill-in-the-blank" I'm grateful for... They were challenged to think of someone, write a response and give it to that person as a way to "live out" the monthly theme of Gratitude. Which we explained is letting others know you see how they’ve helped you.
 
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving day!
The Reign Forest Team 

​Hi Reign Forest Friends,
Our theme for November is gratitude. Throughout this month, we hope kids will learn to be grateful for everything God has done: for the world God made, for the promises God has kept, and for the new life God offers the world through Jesus. When we remember all of these things, we can always be thankful.
 
This week, we started off this series with something Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 5:18: "Give thanks no matter what happens. God wants you to thank him because you believe in Christ Jesus." It's pretty clear. Giving thanks is something God wants us to do. No matter what happens, we can be thankful for Jesus and God's gift of salvation.
 
Bottom Line: You always have something to be grateful for. When life is hard, or even if life is normal, it can be difficult to find why you should be thankful—especially for kids. We pray that as kids think about this bottom line, they'll remember that they can always be thankful to God for sending Jesus to be our Savior.
 
This week, we also started our Christmas play. With this, there will be no new memory verses until after Christmas. This is a great time for your child(ren) to get caught up with either Reign Forest verses or school verses if they need to. The children can say up to seven verses at this point. Kids saying school verses can't get ahead of the number of Reign Forest verses that were given.
 
Blessings,
The Reign Forest Team

Dear Reign Forest Friends,
On the fifth Sunday in October, we finished up the month with Philippians 4:8, where Paul writes: “Finally, my brothers and sisters, always think about what is true. Think about what is noble, right and pure. Think about what is lovely and worthy of respect. If anything is excellent or worthy of praise, think about those kinds of things.” If we want to have integrity with our entire lives, we have to fill our minds with good things in the first place.

Bottom Line: Focus on what’s true. Being a person of integrity takes work. We hope that this week, kids will discover how they can fill their minds with what is true and good and worth thinking about. If we fill our minds with what’s true, that will help us live our lives with honesty and integrity.

Memory Verse #7: Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. (Philippians 4:8, NLT)

Today, we read through this year’s new Christmas Play.  We are all excited for the Christmas Season! Rejoice!  A Savior has been given to us!
~The Reign Forest Team