Family Time with God: March

For Christian parents, integrating faith into family life is a top priority. One of the best ways parents can model a living, active relationship with Christ is to emphasize the importance of the Bible in your family's day-to-day life. You can hide God's Word in your own hearts and the hearts of your children by learning verses as a family and discussing together what those verses mean in your lives. These calendar pages from Awana will help you do just that!

How To Use These Pages:

To help make this a family project, we've divided the verses into three parts. Preschoolers memorize the words printed in bold. Elementary kids memorize the words in bold and italics. Older teens and parents learn the complete verse.

Calendar Highlights

March 17 St. Patrick Patrick was just 14 when he was captured and taken from his home country of England to live as a slave in Ireland. Ironically, it was during his enslavement that he found freedom in the love of Christ.

Years later, Patrick escaped and went back to Britain. But he believed that the people of Ireland were lost without Christ. He returned as a missionary and spent the rest of his life telling the Irish people about Christ and starting churches all across the country.

Saint Patrick's writings are a testimony to God's grace and our need for his presence in our lives. A song many of us sing in church, "Christ Be Beside Me," is from St. Patrick's statement of his beliefs.

March 21 Responsive Bible Reading Have Dad and Mom read the verses in bold print and the kids read the verses in the regular print.

Psalm 148:7-13

7 Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
8 Lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding,
9 You mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
10 Wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds,
11 Kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth,
12 Young men and maidens, old men and children,
13 (All read). Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

What is Awana?

Awana is a nondenominational youth ministry committed to reaching boys and girls with the gospel of Christ and training them to serve him. Each week, more than one million kids in over 110 countries attend Awana clubs where they play games, memorize Bible verses, and learn practical truths from God's Word. From preschool through high school, Awana offers a fun environment in which children and youth hear the life-changing message of the Bible. To learn more about Awana and locate an Awana club near you, visit www.awana.org/about.asp.

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