March 2009 CMI  Newsletter

CMI needs your help to Send Teachers
for Missionary Children

Friends of Children's Ministry International,

HELP! Most of you know that one of Children's Ministry International's missions is to support worldwide missions.  CMI has been doing the children's program for  regional and international mission groups for a QUARTER CENTURY (since the mid-1980's).  Most of the programs have been for the missionary children of Mission to the World (the missionary arm of the PCA).  We have also done trips for Wycliffe Bible Translators, Arab World Ministries and Frontiers Missions.  The kids receive a quality, fun program while their parents are at important meetings.  The children, ages 3 to 12, learn Bible Memory verses, games and songs.  The many outcomes of these conferences includes allowing CMI to expand it's translation programs, of which we have one in Arabic and completed curriculum in Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Bulgarian, Czech and Turkish.  Most of these translation projects came out of such conferences.

This April we will be using CMI's Series B: Questions and Answers About God.  This popular series will ensure the children know all that our God is all knowing, all powerful, all seeing and ever present

When the parents see how much Scripture their children have learned and how much they have enjoyed learning it, they are naturally interested in getting CMI's "Bible Building Blocks of the Faith" curriculum in the language they are working with.  Missionaries use local nationals to ensure the translations are accurate.

This April, Mission to the World (MTW), has asked us to do the children's program for their Europe/Africa regional conference.  The  exact details of the European site and date cannot be given for security reasons, but 18 CMI teachers will be going to teach these precious missionary children for a week while their parents are in conference meetings.

As most of you know our teachers must raise the airfare  expenses to get over there .  Many of our teachers are in their late teens or early twenties and have limited means and contacts. We are expecting travel expenses to be around $20,000! 

Being a friend of this small ministry is where you can help.  Could you pray that our teachers will be in "good shape" to teach for a week, that they will be prepared and receive help to defray some of the travel costs?   CMI is a non-profit organization, therefore, your donation would be tax-deductable.

Please consider how you can make this trip to support missionaries in one of the "toughest" areas of the world possible.  Send your contributions to: 

CMI
2368 Main St. #3
Tucker, GA 30084

Note on the check's memo line, "April Mission trip".

What's New at CMI?

Our first volume of CMI's "HOLIDAY SERIES" was a big success. We looked biblically at how we might celebrate New Year's, MLK Day, Valentine's Day, President's Day, Saint Patrick's Day and Easter. There were visualized Bible verses, the background of the holiday celebration, a Bible story relating to the theme of the day, crafts, coloring pages and a song CD (with children singing). All of this for only $21.00!

Now, you can continue having an alternative to either ignoring these special days (as unredeemable) or falling into our secular culture in making these days simply a celebration largely of the flesh. In I Corinthians 10:31 the Bible says, "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." Should we not then look at periods of celebration to consider what God has said on the subject?

Our children are naturally interested in these days because of our culture. Either the day is an actual holiday or they see others joyously "celebrating them" for reasons that often obscure or downright "pagan". We don't need to retreat in our parenting or instructional duties, we can provide a biblical perspective and these "HOLIDAY SERIES" are a tremendous alternative.

The Bible has many verses on honoring our father and mother starting with the 5th Commandment, "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." Indeed, its the first commandment with a promise! A great way to honor our parents is in the celebration of span Mother's and Father's Day. Sadly, its become a market-driven day(s) of taking Mom out to dinner, buying her some flowers or getting Dad another tie or sports/hobby equipment. We can and should do so much more!

There are many proverbs showing us how to honor our parents; such as Proverbs 15:20, "A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother." Or, Proverbs 6:20-23, "My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.. Bind them upon your heart forever....For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light..." We ignore our parents at great risk. Our society has fenced off its older fathers and mothers and shuns them, the Bible tells us the opposite. Regrettably, our schools and institutions replace parents by becoming surrogate guides and counselors. The results have greatly damaged America, sown uncertainty in parenting and division in our homes.

Our Holiday Series, Volume II can give parents and churches a great alternative to these days of honoring our parents. You will also be pleased to learn how this Memorial Day we can honor those who have sacrificed for us. This July 4th we can see where true freedom lies (in Christ). This Labor Day we can understand why all of our work is God's work as we "do unto others as we would want them to do unto us".

Volume III covers Columbus Day, Reformation Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas

Order your Holiday Series, Volumes I, II, & III today.

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