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  • Welcome to the SONSHINER SPEEDway! The Sonshiners class is the name of our Sunday School class and is for children ages kindergarten through first grade. We are located at the Santa Clara First Baptist Church, 3111 Benton Street, Santa Clara, California, 95051. During our time together, we learn about Jesus through table activities, music, stories, weekly Bible dramas, crafts, and fellowship. If you live near Santa Clara California or come up for a visit, I hope you will drop by our church and see what we do in our class!

    Sincerely,

    Bill and Pat

     

    Click Here To See Where We Are Located!
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  • Sonshiners Weekly Schedule (Join us from 9:15 - 12:00)!!!
  • 9:15 - 9:55 Center time: Weekly crafts, games, puzzles, and other fun free-choice activities
    9:55 - 10:00 Clean-up
    10:00 - 10:25 Group Time: Bible Stories, Music, Special Games
    10:25 - 11:00 Children's Worship Time (NOTE: Children will start in the worship service for family time with their parents and the congregation before leaving to Worship Time at 11:00 with their 2nd hour teachers.)
    11:00 - 12:00 Children's Worship Time in the children's classrooms.
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  • ATTENTION SONSHINER CLASS!
    Starting next week (July 12th) through August 9th, our entire children's department will be participating in Vacation Bible School and will not be meeting in our Sonshiner's class. Because of this, our Sonshiner web page will not be fully updated until August 16th.
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  • This week we made crowns during center time.

    THIS PAST WEEK
    (July 5, 2009)

    9:15 am - 12:00 pm

    Have you ever had a time when someone did something to you that wasn't nice and later came and said, "I'm sorry"? Maybe someone called you a name or took something from you without asking your permission. Did you forgive that person?

    This past week in the SPEEDway we heard a story that Jesus told to a man named Peter. Peter wanted to know how many times we need to forgive others. He wanted to know what we should do if someone keeps doing things that aren't right and then keeps asking to be forgiven. Jesus answered Peter with a story about a servant who owed a king some money but didn't have the money to pay the king back. Would the king forgive his servant? Click "HERE" to find out!

    Sometimes forgiving others is not easy to do. When people do things that aren't nice to us, it often makes us very angry. We want them to pay for what they did so we often treat them unkindly to "teach them a lesson". But how many times do WE make mistakes? How many times do we not obey God? Does God forgive us again and again when we are truely sorry and ask for His forgiveness? He sure does! And because God forgives us, we need to forgive others, too.

    Before our story, our Sonshiners made crowns and decorated them with fancy jewels. The crowns can be used to act out the Bible story we learned about the forgiving king. Learn how you can make the same crown at home! Just click HERE for the pattern!

    During our group time we learned a new song called, "How Many Times Must I Forgive?". This question was once asked of Jesus by Jesus' friend Peter. Do you know the answer to this question?

    This past week we learned that Jesus wants us to always forgive others.

    Autumn adds jewels to her crown.

    Danny puts the final touches on his king crown.

    Justin creates using the magnetic sticks and balls set up at one of our centers.


    VBS STARTS NEXT WEEK - JULY 12TH!

    ROME - PAUL AND THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH!

    When?: July 12th, 19th, 26th, and August 2nd, and 9th!
    Time?: 9:00 - 12:00 Sunday Mornings!
    Where?: Santa Clara 1st Baptist Church - 3111 Benton Street - Santa Clara - CA
    For more information: 408 - 241-7635

    Join us with your entire family (grown-ups included!) for games and crafts from 9:00 to 10:30. Then experience worship, drama, and family interaction during our worship hour from 10:30 until 12:00 Noon! Bring your whole family and experience the fun! Remember...there's no place like ROME!

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  • Do you have a special friend at school or in your neighborhood that you play with? Maybe you have several! Why not ask them to come with you this week to the Sonshiners Sunday School class? Pat and I would love to meet them! Bringing your friends to Sunday School is one way you can help them learn more about Jesus!
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  • This past week in our class we had...

    Ali, Danny, Sadiye, Shoshana, Sophia, and Summer! We also had Autumn, Justin, and Grace who joined us as special guests from our other Sunday school classrooms!

    We're so glad you could come this week! Hope you can come back this coming week, too!

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  • THIS WEEK'S BIBLE VERSE SONG

    How Many Times Must I Forgive?

    Click HERE to view our Bible verse song!

     

    Click HERE to listen to our Bible verse song in MP3 format!

    (Click HERE to find out how you can order our Sonshiners music CD which contains this song and 33 others!)

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    **UPCOMING GROUP LESSONS*

    (July 12 - August 9)

    VBS ROME!

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  • THE BIBLE IN SONG CD!

    Do you enjoy the songs we sing in our Sunday school class (and post on this website)? If you do, you can now listen to them at home! I have digitally re-mastered the songs and have placed them on CD along with the musical trax to go with them! Now you can sing along with me as I sing the songs, or play the musical instrumentation and sing without the vocal demonstration!

    For more information on this CD, click here.

    IT MAKES A GREAT GIFT!

  • BOOKS ABOUT FORGIVENESS AND KINDNESS

    • Mad Maddie Maxwell (Stacie K.B. Maslyn)
    •Good Sam (Jesus' Story of the Good Samaritan) (By: Glenda Palmer)
    •Mr. Bell's Fixit Shop (By: Ronne Peltzman)
    •Good Night, Aunt Lilly (By: Margaret Madigan)
    •A Friend Is One Who Helps (By: Ruth Shannon Odor)
    •Afrotina and the Three Bears (By: Fred Crump, Jr.)
    •Charlie's "Be Kind" Day (By: Patricia Shely Mahany)
    •No Problem (By: Diane Stortz)
    •Some Words Help, Some Words Hurt (By: Elspeth Campbell Murphy)
    •Baby Moses In A Basket (By: Patricia Shely Mahany)
    •Two Prayers for Patches (By: Kim Henry)
    *Clifford’s Good Deeds (By: Norman Bridwell)
    *The Cow That Went Oink (By: Bernard Most)
    *It's Mine (By: Leo Lionni)

    Many of these books can be found at your local Christian book store. If you can't find them there, you may be able to find them on the web at Amazon. com. If books are marked with a "*", they may often be found in your local library.

    Click here to go to Amazon.com

    Stories You Can Find Online - Click on the links below!

    The Prize Cake (Click Here To Read It For Yourself!)

    Never Is A Long Time (Stories and Games) (Click Here To Read It For Yourself!)

    Disaster Zone (Click Here To Read It For Yourself!)

    COLORING PICTURES ONLINE

    Zacchaeus Is Forgiven (1)

    Zacchaeus Is Forgiven (2)

    Jonah

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    Pat and I would love to hear from those of you who visit our web page! If you would like to write us or just say a simple "hello", PLEASE do so. Feel free to give us new ideas of things you would like to see on our sight!

    To write us, just click here!---> sonshinersfbc@yahoo.com

    This page is updated weekly! Join us each week to find out what we do in our class!

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