The SG Notebook

My granddaughters love to go to church. Well, at least the two year old does. How about your children? Do they LOVE going to church and what do they do when they go? Our feature in the current edition of “Helping Children Grow”, our bi-monthly enewsletter, is all about the subject of children in the worship service and my opinion about the whole topic. Granted, it’s only the opinion of this humble servant of yours, but I thought you still might be interested in reading about it and also taking advantage of a couple of links to worthwhile articles which you may find helpful. Well, you can do all that if you subscribe. You’ll only have to hear from us every other month, but just maybe there will be something helpful to you and your family here and there. Want to try it? Go here to subscribe today!

Enjoy your holiday weekend, folks. May you have a safe and blessed fourth. Enjoy your cookouts and fireworks if you get to go. And also enjoy your Lord’s Day, giving thanks to the Father for all that He has given to us as a nation. Pray for those areas where America needs to return to God, while teaching your children to be patriotic. That’s the featured article in our latest newsletter, so we encourage you to subscribe to it soon so that you may receive this issue and all future ones. Blessings to your family!

For His Glory,

Maxine

Just want you to know about a new feature coming. We’re calling it “Homemade Children’s Parties,” and it’s strictly a fun topic. No lessons, papers or the like. Just fun. The hope is that folks can stop by and get ideas and suggestions for having birthday parties in a home setting. It’s just getting started. We have an introductory page up and running and in the weeks coming up we plan to add more info and pages. I’ll probably come back here from time to time to announce some of the additions. There’s also going to be a new feature in the newsletter called “Homemade Party Tips.” If you’re interested in this type of info, that’s another reason for you to sign up!

For His Glory,
Maxine

The alert is: The second edition of our e-newsletter Helping Children Grow is going out in a couple of weeks. A couple of weeks? You may be thinking to yourself, “What’s up with that? Aren’t these periodicals usually going out on a weekly basis, or at the very least, monthly. So…what’s the big deal about the fact that this one’s going out in two weeks?” Good question. Well, for those who don’t know, SG has a bi-monthly newsletter. That’s not the recommended frequency, but for us, it’s the best we can do because of time constraints. I know of others who have quarterly ones, so I don’t feel so bad.

Also, I’ve made a decision which was a difficult one for me. When I sent out the first issue, I was under the assumption that it was the common acceptable practice to send out newsletters to your customers, without the need for them to sign up. I wasn’t necessarily comfortable with that, but thought it was the norm. After checking into it further and getting more information, I do believe I’d rather not do that. I’ve decided that SG will only send out its newsletter to people who subscribe. So, the next issue will go out to everyone who received the first one and the recipients will be told that it’s their last issue. That is, unless they sign up to continue to get it which, of course, I wish they would. The same applies to a few friends who I included in my list.

Honestly, I think many of you who are reading this post would enjoy reading our little attempts to help you encourage your children in different ways which we think are good ways. This coming issue will give you some results of my surfing around the internet for places that are geared towards helping your kids have some good wholesome fun this summer, and there will be some links that I KNOW will be useful. What do you have to lose? Sign up and check it out. You can always delete these emails when you’re finished. I know what it’s like to have those inboxes get all cluttered up.

Also, don’t forget the Writing Contest! If your son or daughter is going to participate, have them send in their entry soon—May 15th will be here before you know it.

Have a blessed day!

For His Glory,

Maxine, a/k/a Nanna

Because of intermittent wireless connection problems, many things have gotten held up. One problem has been getting notices out to various churches to tell them about our special price on the Bright Gems book. So we’re extending that special through April to give us time to get a few more notices out via email or postcard. We sure do hope churches who sell books will take advantage of this offer. We think it’s a good one. Get More information here.

For His Glory,

Maxine

We’re in the process of publishing our first e-newsletter. First edition will be in March and we’re starting off with baby steps. We’ll only do one every other month and see how it goes. So, if you’re a customer or a friend, expect one in your inbox! If not, we’re currently setting up a page where you can subscribe at our site, so come back next week to check it out.

We have just begun a special for churches: Our Bright Gems book can be obtained at a 45% discount off the list price for a purchase of as few as six copies. This special is for churches only, so if you belong to a congregation which sells books at a book table, shelf, or book room, tell your pastor or whoever is responsible for purchasing books. Go to the product page for more information about the book itself.

Take care and God bless.

We are all thankful for the release of the hostages. Yes, I know there is controversy surrounding it, but we can rejoice nonetheless.

However, the persecution of Christians continues, the battle goes on. This occurs on many fronts and in many ways. Keep the prayers going for the ongoing work of the Church.

Our homeschooling year has begun and until I settle in, the work of SG suffers a bit. There has been somewhat of a lull in book sales, which is the doing of God, I’m sure. I need the time.

New publications are coming, but slowly. We’ll do our best to keep things moving towards that end.

The Christian Heroes posts will not be made weekly anymore, only as time permits. I have been quite captivated by the fact that so many heroes are still being made in our day and age. Some have been slain, but new recruits are emerging. Praise the Lord.

My older daughter has recently started a website and blog, both by the above title. She has started all this as a ministry to teen girls. Needless to say, my fourteen year old daughter is delighted, as are some of her friends. If you have any girls in your home who are twelve and up, this is an invitation for you to go and check out what’s going on over there. You might also like to look into the “bookette” which she wrote when she was nineteen (she’s about to turn 27 next week), which we’ve been carrying for years and which has been appreciated by many.

Thanks for stopping by!

Maxine (a/k/a Nanna)

Links to website and blog:

“The Girl Inside” site

“The Girl Inside” blog

Hopefully, this summer we can start moving on some works that are in varying stages of progress. The Companion to Aunt Jane’s Hero was removed from our available products because of some editing work needed. Hopefully, that can be completed before summer’s end.
Also, we have completed the manuscript for a study in the book of Romans. This study in directed specifically to teen girls. We are currently trying to find a publisher and if not, we will try to figure out a way that it can be done economically by Speakable Press. This is a matter for which we covet prayers.
And also, this summer I hope to begin in earnest my work on Stories for Bright Gems, which will be a companion to our book, Bright Gems for His crown,, our best selling item at this time.
Somehow, this all has to fit into several birthdays, graduations, and other celebrations among family and friends. We’ll see what God does.

Talk to you soon,

Maxine, a/k/a Nanna