HYMN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJdbLSwiBfs
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

1.   Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace; 
     streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. 
     Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above. 
     Praise the name! I'm fixed upon it, Name of God’s redeeming love. 

2.   Hither to thy love has blessed; And has brought me to this place; 
     And I know the end will bring me, safely to arrive at home. 
     Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God; 
     he, to rescue me from danger, bought me with his precious blood. 
 
3.   O to grace how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be! 
     Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee. 
     Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love; 
     here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above. 


Text: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790 
Music: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second 
Tune: NETTLETON, Meter: 87.87 D

Giving your children a spiritual heritage is the most important and only eternal thing you can give your kids.

The Bible commands parents to do it in Deuteronomy 6:4-9  4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

We are so glad to see you and your child every week at Philly Deaf, and what happens at HOME is the most important thing of ALL! 

• Read the Bible with your kids every day. Our family does this at bed time.
  
• Set a time once or twice a week when you have a “family worship time” with you and your kids at home. 
  
• When problems and difficulties happen at home or at school go to the Bible with your child to find God’s answer for that problem. 
  
• If something is important everyday to YOU, your children will think it’s important, too.
  

What to do for “Family Worship Time”??? (suggestions)

• Read the Bible (if your kids are young use a children’s Bible.
• Sign the Scripture songs and Hymns they have been learning at Philly Deaf Kids (many of the links for sign language are at phillydeaf.com)
• Ask the Catechism questions and help the kids learn the answers. (the Catechism list is here!)
• Pray: for unsaved Deaf souls, your children’s unsaved friends, the needs of your family, your children’s future spouses, etc.
  

Catechism

Q 26: What did God promise in the covenant of life?
A: To reward Adam with life if he obeyed God perfectly.

Q 27: What did God threaten in the covenant of life?
A: To punish Adam with death if he disobeyed God.

Q 28: Did Adam keep the covenant of life?
A: No. He sinned against God.

Q 29: What is sin?
A: Sin is any thought, word, or deed that breaks God’s law by omission or commission

Memory Verse
John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Song with lyrics in youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2iHNzNJkJw



Catechism Questions Review
Q 1: Who made you?
A: God.

Q 2: What else did God make?
A: God made all things.
 
Q 3: Why did God make you and all things?
A: For his own glory.

Q 4: How can you glorify God?
A: By loving him and doing what he commands.

Q 5: Why are you to glorify God?
A: Because he made me and takes care of me.

Q 6: Is there more than one true God?
A: No. There is only one true God.

Q 7: In how many Persons does this one true God exist?
A: In three Persons.

Q 8: Name these three Persons.
A: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Q 9: What is God?
A: God is a Spirit and does not have a body like men.

Q 10: Where is God?
A: God is everywhere.

Questions and Answers for January
Q 11: Can you see God?
A: No. I cannot see God, but He always sees me.

Q 12: Does God know all things?
A: Yes. Nothing can be hidden from God.

Q 13: Can God do all things?
A: Yes. God can do all his holy will.

Q 14: Where do you learn how to love and obey God?
A: In the Bible alone.

Q 15: Who wrote the Bible?
A: Chosen men who were inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Questions and Answers for February
Q 16: Who were our first parents?
A: Adam and Eve.

Q 17: How did God create Adam and Eve?
A: God created them, male and female, in his own image.

Q 18: Of what were our first parents made?
A: God made Adam's body out of the ground and Eve's body out of a rib from Adam.

Q 19: What else did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
A: He gave them soul/spirits that will last forever.

Q 20: Do you have asoul/ spirit as well as a body?
A: Yes. And my spirit is going to last forever.

New Questions and Answers for March
Q 21: How do you know your soul/spirit will last forever?
A: Because the Bible tells me so.

Q 22: In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?
A: He made them holy and happy.

Q 23: What covenant did God make with Adam?
A: The covenant of life.

Q 24: What is a covenant?
A: A relationship that God establishes with us and guarantees by his word.

Q 25: In the covenant of life, what did God require Adam to do?
A: To obey God perfectly.

HYMN (next month we will start learn a new hymn)
In Christ Alone

IN CHRIST ALONE my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! - who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied –
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine –
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand!

Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2001 Thankyou Music

MEMORY VERSE

Matthew 22:37 You shall love the Lord your God; with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind, and the second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nub38ZFsdQs

CATECHISM:

Q 21: How do you know your spirit will last forever?
A: Because the Bible tells me so.
Q 22: In what condition did God make Adam and Eve?
A: He made them holy and happy.
Q 23: What covenant did God make with Adam?
A: The covenant of life.
Q 24: What is a covenant?
A: A relationship that God establishes with us and guarantees by his word.
Q 25: In the covenant of life, what did God require Adam to do?
A: To obey God perfectly.

HYMN:
In Christ Alone
Written by: Keith Getty & Stuart Townend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnM3PrmZVbo  (sign language video)

IN CHRIST ALONE my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! - who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied –
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine –
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand!

Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2001 Thankyou Music

The kids have earned their first "Memory Party" they have memorized their scripture verses, Catechism questions and the first verse of the hymn, "In Christ Alone". Memorizing these things will "stick" with them for life and be helpful when tough situations come up. We will be celebrating with a cupcake decorating party....on February 10 at the end of class.  You parent can be very proud of them. Parents, Keep making opportunities to study their memory work at home.  

February 2013 
 
Hymn: 
We are still learning the HYMN "In Christ Alone"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnM3PrmZVbo

Memory Verse 
Matthew 6:25, 26, 34
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. 
Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink;
Is not life more important than food, and the body more than clothes?  
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. 
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. 

GODTUBE.COM VIDEO of the Memory Verse song!  http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=7KPYGWNX

Catechism
Q 16: Who were our first parents?
A: Adam and Eve.

Q 17:  How did God create Adam and Eve?
A: God created them, male and female, in his own image.

Q 18: Of what were our first parents made?
A: God made Adam's body out of the ground and Eve's body out of Adam's rib.

Q 19: What else did God give Adam and Eve besides bodies?
A: He gave them spirits that will last forever.

Q 20: Do you have a spirit as well as a body?
A: Yes. And my spirit is going to last forever.

Hymns can be very rich in theology. It is good for kids to learn christian songs. In the future when times are hard the words to a Hymn may be recalled to encourage and carry them.

The children of PD KIDS will be learning the Hymn: In Christ Alone

 In Christ Alone

Written by: Keith Getty & Stuart Townend

IN CHRIST ALONE my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! - who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied –
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine –
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand!

Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2001 Thankyou Music

To view this Hymn on go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnM3PrmZVbo

Verse Scripture
1 John 3:16 (NIV)

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

Catechism

Q 11: Can you see God?
A: No. I cannot see God, but He always sees me.

Q 12: Does God know all things?
A: Yes. Nothing can be hidden from God.

Q 13: Can God do all things?
A: Yes. God can do all his holy will.

Q 14: Where do you learn how to love and obey God?
A: In the Bible alone.

Q 15: Who wrote the Bible?
A: Chosen men who were inspired by the Holy Spirit.

New verse and Catechism questions for January, February and March. 

A Catechism is set of Questions and Answers used to teach about the Christian Faith and doctrine.
The idea is to ask a child a question and they give the answer that you have taught them. 

Repetition is a GREAT way to learn important information!

New Scripture Verse: God gave only Son, Jesus, because God loved world. John 3:16a

First 3 Catechism Questions:
Q 1: Who made you?
A: God.

Q 2: What else did God make?
A: God made all things.

Q 3: Why did God make you and all things?
A: For his own glory.