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Thursday,
March 14, 2024
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"Impress
Them On Your
Children"
Message
summary:
Today our
verse is a
command from
Moses to the
ancient
Israelites
with a
principle for
all
generations to
follow.
Listen
to our message
on your audio
player.
“These
commandments
that I give
you today are
to be on your
hearts.
Impress them
on your
children. Talk
about them
when you sit
at home and
when you walk
along the
road, when you
lie down and
when you get
up"
(Deuteronomy
6:6-7).
Yesterday
we attended a
"Grandparents
Day" program
in a one room
Amish
schoolhouse in
Intercourse,
PA (for
out-of-towners
there really
is a town by
that name (here
on Google map)
Brooksyne,
Ester and I
were invited
by Meadow
Brook's school
teacher,
Sadie, who is
the 19 year
old daughter
of our close
friends, Jesse
and Anna Ruth.
We've known
their seven
children (7)
since their
birth and are
blessed that
they consider
us grandparent
figures with
Ester as their
"auntie". We
sat in the
middle row of
chairs in the
schoolhouse
surrounded by
about 50 Amish
grandparents,
we being the
only non-Amish
in attendance.
It
was a
delightful
experience
hearing the
children sing,
recite
Scripture
verses and
perform
several skits
such as the
story of "The
Little Red
Hen". To begin
the 34
children
stepped up on
the platform
one by one in
an orderly
fashion as
they
cheerfully
sang a classic
song by John
W. Peterson,
"Show a little
Bit of Love
and Kindness".
This was the
first song of
several
including,
"The Little
Brown Church
in the Vale".
The
classroom
itself
emanates
wholesomeness.
It would not
have been
appropriate to
take photos
yesterday but
we have done
so on other
occasions when
the classrooms
are empty. The
walls are
covered with
colorful
posters,
cut-outs, and
artwork with
Bible verses,
educational
prompts and
positive
sayings. The
black
chalkboard had
large letters
in colored
chalk, "Welcome
Grandparents".
The
latter part of
the program
gave the
grandparents
an opportunity
to share a
memory about
their school
years. One by
one down each
row each
grandparent
spoke of his
or her years
in school.
Many of them
spoke in
Pennsylvania
Dutch so we
didn't
understand
everything,
but others
spoke in
English and
several spoke
warmly about
their years in
public school.
Their
descriptions
were very
different than
we'd describe
our public
schools today,
but of course,
that's true
for most of
our readers as
well.
Of
course public
schools have
changed
drastically
from when they
(and we) went
to school in
the sixties
and they are
so wise to
provide their
own
educational
experience
just as many
"English" (the
term Amish use
for non-Amish)
do in sending
their children
to Christian
schools or
homeschool.
The evil "woke
virus" has
infected many
public schools
with
educational
goals far
different than
many parents
want for their
children.
Today
our verse is a
command from
Moses to the
ancient
Israelites
with a
principle for
all
generations to
follow.
God's
commands (His
Word) is to be
on our hearts.
We
are to impress
them on our
children. That
begins in the
home but
caring parents
have a
responsibility
to see that
their teaching
is reinforced
in the church
they attend
and the
schools where
they spend
most of their
childhood
years.
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Father, we
pray for
parents and
grandparents
raising
children in an
increasingly
evil and
corrupted
world. We pray
that you will
bless the many
Christian
schools that
seek to
reinforce the
teaching of
god-fearing
parents. We
pray for those
who are
homeschooling
their
children, that
You would
provide them
with needed
resources,
daily
strength,
stamina and
wisdom to
carry out
their duties
as not only a
parent but
also their
teacher. We
pray for the
remnant of
teachers in
the public
school system
who are
seeking to be
faithful to
You, Father.
Give them the
fortitude to
resist the
evil around
them so their
light will
shine brightly
for others to
see. May they
not go along
with worldly
indoctrination
just to get
along but base
their teaching
and their
lives on the
instruction of
the Bible. May
the
commandments
You give in
Scripture
always be
their
guidelines for
that which is
presented in
the classroom
and beyond. In
the name of
Jesus we pray.
Amen."Show
A Little Bit
Of Love and
Kindness"
Watch
on YouTube
The
Collingsworth
Family
(Opening song
yesterday)
"Bind
Us Together
Lord"
Video
Amish children
singing in a
one room
schoolhouse in
Lancaster
County PA.
Though many of
our readers
are familiar
with this
chorus the
children put a
little "clap,
clap" to it
which gives it
a very
different
feel. Perhaps
this is common
in Amish
schools and
youth singing
groups, but
it's hard to
imagine this
style in the
Amish church
where the
German music
is very, very
slow in a
syncopated
manner of
singing.
Amish
children
singing “In
That Beautiful
Land”
Video
I
found this
video online
(from someone
else, who
based on the
teacher's
expression
apparently had
given
permission)
and the
setting is
much like we
experienced
yesterday.
Video
Horses
waiting
patiently (we
assume) for
the school
program to be
over.
In
the background
is the
quintessential
Amish
clothesline at
the nearby
farm.
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A
couple of
songs included
a lamb brought
over from the
Old Windmill
Farm as the
children sang
"Mary Had a
Little Lamb"
and "The Lord
is my
Shepherd, I'll
walk with Him
alway".
Brooksyne
always enjoys
holding farm
animals and
got a chance
to hold
Spottie as
Ester fed him
while
grandparents
enjoyed
cookies and
lemonade after
the program.
This lamb born
over the past
month was
rejected by
her mom but is
doing very
well as it is
being cared
for and
nurtured by
the Lapps.
This
is from
another school
we visited but
these rules
would work
anywhere and
would be very
well
appropriated
to modern
classrooms!
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