Kids Camp 2023
July 17-20 @ 6:00p-8:30p
The Bridge Church Reno
Kids Camp is a great opportunity to share the message of God’s word with your children.  We will be exploring Noah and how he trusted God and obeyed his commands in building the Ark and filling it with all of the animals and plants.  Because he obeyed God, God found favor in Noah.  Join us for three nights with a light dinner being provided. Pre-K through sixth grade welcome.  The cost is $15 for the first child in your family and just $5 for each additional child.  There will be an information meeting for parents that want to help on July 2nd after church.

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
Kingdom of God Comes by Hearing; Be Careful How You Listen.

The Facts to Know

• Sower = The one who shares the message or the word of the kingdom.
• Seed =The seed is the message about the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven.  
• Soil =   The condition of the hearts of those who are listening. 

The Warnings to Heed.

• As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

• When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

• Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

• The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

• Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

• The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

The Consideration You Need.

• The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.

• But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

• Therefore, consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.

Bottom Line: Be Careful How You Listen.