Walking Schedule

Bring a water bottle and your walking shoes.  Make the walk as long or as short as you’d like.  Babies in strollers are welcome.  Invite your friends!

Each Thursday we will meet in front of the Maidu Library at 9:30am.  Contact Carol Regan to be placed on our email list and for more info.  regans8740@sbcglobal.net

Click here to see the Library at Maidu off of Rocky Ridge in Roseville.

Thursday March 25^th 9:30 @ Maidu Park

Thursday April 1^st Canceled for Spring Break

Thursday April 8^th 9:30 @ Maidu Park

Thursday April 11^th 9:30 @ Maidu Park

Thursday April 15^th 9:30 @ Maidu Park

Thursday April 22^nd 9:30 @ Maidu Park

Thursday April 29^th 9:30 @ Maidu Park

• Prayer: 9am

• Bagels & Coffee 9:30am-10am

• Sunday Morning Service 10am

Invite your friends and family to celebrate Jesus this Easter Sunday!

So, how does this work?  By clicking on the link below, you will be taken to a site that has an online version of “Morning and Evening”.  After reading Spurgeon’s thoughts, we’d love to have you comment on it.  At the beginning of your comment, tell us which day you’re commenting on and whether it’s the morning or evening reading (Ex. December 9, morning reading).  With each new day, the link will refresh automatically and have the current day’s morning and evening devotional thoughts.  We’d greatly appreciate your feedback and want to know if this should become something we have on our blog all the time.

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If little Brian has pulled a chair over to the counter and is climbing onto it, you may say, “Brian, we don’t climb on chairs.”

“But I was just…”

“No, you need to get down. Obey first and then we’ll talk about it.” Once he gets down, discuss the problem and find a solution together.

“Karl, go get your pajamas on.”

“I don’t want to go to bed.”

“No, obey first and then we’ll talk about it.”

To some parents this may sound like blind obedience. We’ve all heard stories about people who were led into cultish activity because they couldn’t think for themselves. No parent wants a child to fall into a pattern of blindly following a leader’s instructions, but evaluating instructions is an advanced skill.

Many parents have gone too far in the other direction ending up with children who can’t follow simple instructions without a dialogue. Parents sometimes believe they have to talk their child into wanting to obey. Inadvertently, these parents teach their children that if you don’t like a request then that’s enough reason to resist it. These children make poor employees, develop selfish attitudes about following someone else’s leadership, and have a difficult time in relationships because they haven’t learned how to sacrifice their own agenda for others.

Talking is important but sometimes even we, as adults, must obey first and then understand later. God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son without fully understanding and then considered it faith for him to obey. Peter didn’t know why he was to go to Cornelius’ house but went anyway only to discover that God wanted to bring salvation to the Gentiles. Philip was asked to leave a revival in Samaria and go out into the wilderness, not knowing why, but when he got there he led an Ethiopian man to Christ.

Evaluating instructions is an advanced skill and will become important later on but children need to learn that sometimes we all must “obey first and then we’ll talk about it.”

This parenting tip comes from the book Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes, In You and Your Kids by Dr Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN.

This tip was used with permission from the National Center for Biblical Parenting.

Visit them at http:www.biblicalparenting.org

All that to say, I’ve been going through Romans in preparation for Mexico – yes, all Mexico participants are going through ROMANS in 40 days. Kind of nuts but also really cool. Sad to say, I’m a full week behind and planning to play catch up this coming week. So while I should be reading Romans 7:13-25, I’m reading in Romans 4:1-12. But nonetheless, as I was reading and answering some of the questions in the devotional, this whole thing with the Old Testament came to mind. Paul basically translates salvation in the Old Testament for us, saying that even Abraham was saved by faith. It wasn’t because he got circumcised… that came after God “counted his faith as righteousness”. It wasn’t because he was Jewish either… the Jewish nation started with him, therefore while he was the first Jew so to speak, he was not a Jew by heritage. All this to say, Abraham started a spiritual lineage of salvation by grace through faith that continues today. Christ died in our place for our sins, just like the old system of a lamb (or other animals) being slaughtered in place of the sinner.

You and I, through faith in Christ, join in this spiritual inheritance and spiritual family – not because our parents told us to, not because we go to church enough, and certainly not because we have first cleaned ourselves up. It’s all because we have been given grace by God and received this free gift of eternal life through Jesus by faith.

Children are tempted to have a bad attitude in three prominent areas: when given an instruction, when corrected, and when given a “no” answer. One mom put a sign up in her kitchen listing those three areas with the heading, “Three opportunities for a good attitude.”

Take time to talk about attitude with your children. Discuss the importance and benefits of a good attitude. Help your children understand these three areas and even warn your child when one of them is coming. Coach your children to have a better response.

The next time your child demonstrates a bad attitude, don’t just point out the negative but teach how to respond rightly. When given an instruction, a child might say, “Okay Mom,” in a pleasant tone of voice. When corrected, it would be helpful to say, “I’m sorry.” When receiving a “no” answer, children might say to themselves, “Okay, maybe another time.”

A bad attitude is often a sign of an angry spirit and the groaning, rolled eyes, sarcasm, stomping feet, or disgusted look are all attempts to communicate dissatisfaction with the situation. Gently point out these bad habits and help your children to practice better responses. Be careful of your own harshness in the process and look for ways to break the problem down into manageable pieces.

This tip was used with permission from the National Center for Biblical Parenting. Visit them at http:www.biblicalparenting.org

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With Italian Cuisine, Elaborate Dessert Auctioning, Silent Auction with a generous array of local gifts and goodies, charming service and entertainment…. this is an event you won’t want to miss out on.

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$10 for Adults

$5 for kids under 12

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2401 Olympus Dr. Roseville, CA

The conscience looks for convictions in order to prompt a person to do what’s right. Most children already have convictions, but many of those convictions are inappropriate or need some adjustment. For example, some children believe that if they’re playing with a video game and Mom asks them to do something, they should be able to wait until they get to the next level to obey. Your daughter may believe that she has the right to hit her annoying brother. After all, he deserves it.

You have convictions and part of your God-given responsibility is to pass those convictions on to your child. One of the greatest ways to do that is by analyzing your family rules. Each rule, whether it’s written down or just understood, has a conviction behind it.

Spend some time evaluating the convictions behind your rules and then talking with your kids about them.

Children may be tempted to rebel against rules but sharing them as convictions makes them easier to accept. “Son, we don’t allow that kind of movie in our home. The reason is because we have a conviction that what goes into our minds affects our hearts. We’re Christians. That’s who we are and this movie isn’t consistent with the conviction we have. So, we have to say no. I’m sorry.”

As much as possible, tie your convictions to God’s Word. After all, you can’t let your conscience be your guide. It’s the scriptures that are our authority in life. The determining factor as to whether something is right or wrong rests on the authority of God’s Word.

Share with us some ways that you see your convictions demonstrated in family rules. How might the rules make the convictions easier to teach? Click here to tell us about it.

This parenting tip comes from the Everyday Parents Can Raise Extraordinary Kids series by Dr Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN,BSN.

This tip was used with permission from the National Center for Biblical Parenting. Visit them at http:www.biblicalparenting.org

But here’s the deal with all of that: I’m the same as my college student. I read stuff from saints of old or I know another Christian who is wiser than I am, and I tend to assume that it’s just a matter of time before I get there. However, if I’m not making decisions in my day todaythat will help me draw closer to the Lord, why would I assume I’ll be any closer in a few years? Why would I assume I’ll just naturally be ready for that trial or hardship? When it comes down to it, I know that there is quite a bit in my life that holds me back from drawing closer to the Lord more regularly.

One of those things is my “addiction” (not literally… but sort of) to all things ESPN. I listen to ESPN in my car, I watch Sportscenter and many other shows on ESPN, and I check espn.com several times a day. I don’t do this because I need to know who won the basketball games, or what some columnist thinks Lebron James will do after his contract expires this year… I do it because it’s a habit (or addiction perhaps?). So I decided to give up all things ESPN for Lent – the period of time in the traditional church year between Ash Wednesday (last Wednesday) and Easter Sunday. And you know what? It hasn’t been that difficult to give it up so far. Sure I’m still watching some of the Olympics and keep up a little bit so far on some other sites, but it’s far less frequent – and I’m intentionally not turning the dial to ESPN or the channel to their stations.

Here’s what I’m finding out: ESPN isn’t the sole issue. Giving up one thing in order to spend more time with the Lord in the morning is good; but the issue is that my heart is inclined to just find something else to be distracted with! Other websites become more interesting, emails beckon me to be checked, and so on. I need the Holy Spirit to do a work in my heart so profound that I don’t just stop one habit, but I prefer Jesus over all other things – communing with Him, loving Him, praising Him, bringing my concerns and requests to Him, and so on. This is what my heart needs and this is what I’m seeking from the Lord.

Victoria gets to school and sees a pink slip taped to her locker again. She doesn’t even read it but rolls her eyes and moans, knowing that it’s a call to the office. Triggers like these quickly move people into attitudes that in part determine how they’ll respond to a situation.

Attitudes actually have three components: behavior, emotion, and beliefs. Each of these components can be useful in the change process. The behavior is the flag that tells you there’s a problem. Emotion adds energy to the situation and helps to determine when’s the best time to address the issue, and the beliefs tell you what needs to be addressed on a heart level.

Many parents only focus on the first component, behavior, telling kids to “stop pouting,” or “Don’t roll your eyes at me.” Furthermore, these parents tend to focus only on what not to do instead of what the child should do. It usually isn’t helpful just to tell a child to “Stop having a bad attitude” without giving more guidance for developing a better response.

Remember that the goal of discipline is not just to make your children less annoying. As you correct your children for bad attitudes, you are preparing them for the future. After all, they will experience similar situations continually throughout their lives.

Look for ways to help your children think differently. Listening carefully to your child can help you identify thinking errors that lead to a bad attitude. What hidden belief might Jeremy, age ten, have? He complains and argues when you ask him to do the dishes? Maybe he believes, “Chores are an interruption to my life and not my responsibility.” If pressed, he may also reveal a belief, “All work is hard and unpleasant, and I must try to avoid it.” A positive attitude about work comes from several new values such as “Work is necessary in order to brings benefits to me and to others” and “My contribution to family life is a statement of gratefulness for what I have.”

Changing attitudes requires exposure to new ways of thinking. You can provoke your children to more healthy attitudes through dialogue, modeling, and correction. But, remember, heart change takes time. We can change behavior quickly, but heart change goes deeper and lasts longer.

This parenting tip comes from the book Good and Angry, Exchanging Frustration for Character in You and Your Kids by Dr Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN,BSN.

This tip was used with permission from the National Center for Biblical Parenting. Visit them at http:www.biblicalparenting.org