Earlier Time: 6:00-7:30PM

Dress: for water games

Games: Spike Ball, Sponge Toss or Sponge Tag

Notebooks: 5 minutes

Ezra’s Talk: Independence Day

What does independence mean?

independence
ĭn″dĭ-pĕn′dəns
noun
1. The state or quality of being independent.
2. Sufficient income for comfortable self-support; a competence.
3. The state of being independent; exemption from dependence upon another or others, or from another’s control; self-support or self-government.

independent
ĭn″dĭ-pĕn′dənt
adjective
1. Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
2. Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant.
3. Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent.

When is independence appropriate to seek?

“So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.”
-Exodus 10:3 (NIV)

What is dependence?

“Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings”
-Psalm 17:8 (NIV)

What are conditions that are good for dependence?

Children and healthy parents

Trust

Love

interdependence

noun
1. Mutual dependence.
2. The condition of being interdependent.
3. A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups).

interdependent
ĭn″tər-dĭ-pĕn′dənt
adjective
1. Mutually dependent.
2. Mutually dependent; reliant on one another.

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
-1 John 4:7 (NIV)

Prayer: Josiah

Attendance:
1. Josiah E
2. Elena P
3. Ezra E
4. Zion E
5. Eden E
6. Andre R
7. Sam H
8. Angela H
9. Bayus H
10. Sebastian T(1️⃣st week)
11. Gideon E (child)