Peeking inside is what some windows are all about.
No curtains, or dark shades to keep your eye from wandering over to that inviting window where the light glows warmly, showing a living portrait. What may we see through those open welcoming windows? An empty room? A full room? People? People playing a game? Watching television? Cooking? Eating? Listening to music? Sitting around a fire? Visiting about the day? Hugging? Praying together? Laughing? Crying? Having a Bible study? The possibilities are endless of what we might see through an open window.
Most windows are welcoming and I have especially been attracted to windows with awnings. They somehow demand attention!
At our congregation, outside the office area, is a small foyer with little round tables and padded chairs. This foyer made me think of a cafe’ setting, which lead me to think about our bulletin boards in this particular area. They needed something to complete the look of a cafe’. With no pattern except what was in my mind, I got started and this is how they turned out. Others liked the look of the awnings and they certainly helped with that cafe’ setting of feasting on His Word.
The Awning is what gave me the idea for a classroom “picture window.” A window that would demand attention and make our students want to take a peek!
Imagine a wall (your classroom wall) with a window that lets us peek into the past. The real past! The past of Bible events! We might see a night scene where Rahab lets the servants down from her window and ties a scarlet cord in her window, Joshua 2:15-21. We might see Noah receiving the Dove back into the ark with an olive leaf, Genesis 8:6-12. Then again we might see into a town where Eutychus is sleeping in the window before falling out of it, Acts 20:7-12. This particular window can take us places! The Dessert, River Jordan, to the walls of Jericho, on the ark that Noah built, maybe even under the water with the big fish that swallowed Jonah!
Today I want to share with you how to make this “picture window” that lets us peek into the Bible past! I think it will be a useful tool that your students will enjoy as it displays the main picture of where your studies are taking you!
Here is your “Gold Star” visual aid link! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sTLQinhFmPxG84bf6JgapotQjE3lrK2y?usp=sharing
As Bible class teachers, I appreciate everything you do!! Time and money spent, your dedication as christians in loving our Lord, others, and yourself. Thank you for helping the The Word of God live in the hearts of so many!
My prayers go with you all and thanks for stopping by!
She enjoys opening the Word of God with various ages, but children are one of her all-time favorites. Gwen has had the pleasure of putting the Word into the hearts of children for over 40 years and loves it still! Gwen also loves to conduct personal home Bible studies.
Gwen has been married to her husband Dan for over 45 years. He has been the pulpit minister at the Owasso Church of Christ in Owasso Oklahoma for over 26 years. They both love working with this congregation. They are richly blessed with 3 grown children who along with their spouses love and serve in the Lord’s kingdom in various ways. Gwen and Dan are even further blessed to have Jonathan, Matthew, Micaiah, Lydia, and Esther Rose join the ranks making them Grandma/Nina and Opa!
Gwen enjoys lectureships, outdoors, good movies, reading, crafting/sewing, organizing, pizza, and a comfortable chair.
She is the author of the book, Mary Rose & Me Learn Bible Truths Together! Mary Rose will help you love God, others, and yourself! Check it out at the link below!
https://www.amazon.com/Keaac-Womens-Pieces-Crewneck-Sleeve/dp/1943245150#customerReviews
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Welcome! We are so glad you stopped by. Come Fill Your Cup is a group of Christian ladies dedicated to equipping women for study and service. We know you are busy and that life’s hectic pace pulls you in so many directions, but you can’t truly be the woman God desires unless you take time to fill your own cup…not with spa days (though we love a good spa!) or the latest novel…but with God’s Holy Word. We want to help you with that! Our goal is to reach you in the midst of your busy day and give you encouragement, education, and fellowship as you strive to live the life God has laid before you. Our prayer is that we can help fill your cup so that you, in turn, can overflow to all those around you. So, as we like to say…come fill your cup, and let it overflow!
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