Happy Sabbath

The story of Samson begins because the Israelites were once again getting into trouble with God.  The Israelites just couldn't seem to stay out of trouble for very long.  Even after God saved them from the Egyptians, helped them through the Red Sea, and miraculously sent manna from the sky to feed them, they still complained.  Even when Moses went to get the Ten Commandments these people started worshipping another god.

So when they started misbehaving again God decided something had to be don...

The Bible tells us in John 4:4, that Jesus and his disciples needed to pass through the land of Samaria to reach their next destination. Now Samaria was a place that the Jews didn't like. Normally, the Jewish people would travel far out of their way just to avoid touching their foot on the soil of Samaria. Samaria was unclean - it was Dirty!"

Since Miss Davis had captured all the students' attention, she proceeded with the story a little slower. "When Jesus arrived at a place called Jacob's We...

This is the story about a young man named Joseph.  His father's name is Jacob, and they lived in Canaan from where his grandfather was from.

Joseph was seventeen (old enough to drive a car these days), and he had eleven brothers; and only had one brother younger than him.  Can you imagine having eleven brothers to play with, or fight with?

Because Joseph was one of the youngest sons, his father spent more time with him, and he became very special to him.  So Jacob had a special robe made for Jo...

 One bright day Jesus took his apostles into the desert to teach them privately...

However, as they went the people heard and started to follow them.

The sick, the weary of heart, and the curious followed into the desert hoping for miracles or just simply to understand;

Jesus welcomed all of them. He told them about the kingdom of God and healed them of their sicknesses… Many hearts were changed that day! As the sun began to set in the west, his apostles began to worry. “Lord shouldn't we se...

There once was a father that had two sons.  One day the younger son said to his father, "Father, could you give me my inheritance?" (Inheritance is money the father would give his children after he had died.)  So the father thought about it and decided his sons could have the money now, and he split it evenly between them.

Very soon after the younger son received the money, he decided that since he had so much money he would move to a different country and have some fun with it.

When he left, h...