April Editor’s Notes
Hello First Look Friends!
Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Isn’t that AMAZING? He wants to be MY friend. He wants to be YOUR friend. Jesus wants to be my friend, forever. What a life-changing truth. What a foundational truth. What an awesome thing to put in the hearts of our preschoolers.
This month starts with excitement and fun as your preschoolers have an opportunity to wave palm branches and yell “Hosanna” during the Entry Celebration. What an amazing day that must have been. The following week we celebrate Easter, leading our little ones through the seriousness of the Last Supper and Crucifixion to the joy of Easter day itself. He is risen! He is alive!
We continue through the month of April learning that while He was on earth, Jesus was a good friend to those around Him. He taught us how to be a good friend too. Through the story of Mary and Martha, we learn that Jesus wants to spend time with us and that good friends spend time together without the “busy” taking over. That’s a lesson for today’s world, isn’t it? We learn that being friends with Jesus means giving Him everything, even our most prized possessions. And, finally we learn that our best friend ever is preparing a place for us, a place where we can be with Him forever. How amazing.
April’s Vision Video is on the First Look website, www.WhatIsOrange.org/firstlook. You can purchase a download of the video for your church’s use at www.TheReThinkStore.org. This product includes the script we used in case you want to record it yourself. The video is also available at http://Vimeo.com/WhatIsOrange/videos to imbed into your church blogs. Feel free to share the vision with everyone!
Our Wonder! Look at God’s Story DVD is available at www.TheReThinkStore.org, and you can even sign up for a monthly subscription. Use this DVD to supplement a live Storyteller and/or Host for the Make It True section of the curriculum. We would love to hear how you use the Wonder! video. Do you use it on Sunday? Do you use it on Wednesday night? Do you recommend it to your parents? Hop over to the First Look Blog, http://MyFirstLookBlog.com, and let us know how you use the video.
Our team will be praying for you to have moments filled with wonder as you give preschoolers a “first look” at the God who loves them, made them, and wants to be their friend forever.
Kathy Hill
Editor in Chief, First Look
The reThink Group
Did you realize this is referring to “this month” as being April?
Dana –
These are the April editor’s notes that go with the April curriculum that was just loaded. So, in this post I’m talking about April. These are the same notes that appear on our download page and in our ezine for the month of April.