2008-2009 Bible Memory Award
A great scripture memory verse memorization program has been installed on the computers in the Fairview computer lab. All the Bible Memory Award verses have been added as well as some teacher's memory assignments. (If your teacher doesn't have them installed, ask them why not!)
Additionally, you can download this program and install it on your home computer from MemoryVerses.Org.
You can get our memory cards here (coming soon!). Just unzip them into the Scripture Memory install folder. (If you need help, e-mail kevint@fcsseattle.org).
The Bible award is for the memorization of Scripture passages above and beyond those assigned in the classroom.
These verses have been chosen to align with this year's theme and special recognition is given to those students who memorize the monthly verse selections and then are able to recite all of them in their entirety prior to the end of the month of May. All passages are taken from the New International Version of the Bible.
Our theme this year centers upon developing the heart of a servant. We will explore this theme through opportunities of service with our hands, heads, and hearts. Our theme is taken from 1 Peter 4:10-11. “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.”
Each month of the school year you will be learning Bible verses related to our school year theme. Our monthly sub-theme and memory verses will be as follows:
| September | "Developing a Servant's Heart" | |
| 1 Peter 4:10-11 | Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. | |
| Ephesians 6:7-8 | Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free. | |
| October | “Serving the Church Family.” | |
| Galatians 6:7-10 | Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. | |
| November | “Serving with Humility” | |
| Micah 6:8 | He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. | |
| Matthew 20:25-28 | Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." | |
| December | "Serving with All Your Heart” | |
| Colossians 3:23 | Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, | |
| Joshua 24:15b | But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. | |
| January | “Serving with Excellence” | |
| 1 Corinthians 10:31 | So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. | |
| Deuteronomy 10:12-13 | And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good? | |
| February | “Serving Each Other in Unity” | |
| Philippians 2:1-5 | If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus | |
| March | “Serving with God’s Intent” | |
| Romans 12:9-16 | Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. | |
| April | “Heart of a Servant Leader” | |
| Romans 12:1-3 | Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. | |
| May | “Serving to Glorify God” | |
| Romans 15:1-6 | We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me." For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. | |