It seems to be a move of God. When John got home he started taliking about how someone at work at asked him why we Christians celebrate the Sabbath on Sunday instead of Saturday. He felt bad in that he didn't know the Scripture to refer to, but he was going to reserach it for the fellow. I smiled broadly as I told him how I was wanting to talk to him about doing Day of Delight Sabbath Keeping again as a family and how someone had posted that lots of moms here at Homeschoolblogger were feeling like they were being moved to do it to. Then even Greg, who was listening in, said that he too had been thinking about it foe the last two days but hadn't said anything. Isn't it neat when you feel that God is working something in the hearts of people all at once. :0)

I knew that lots of moms wouldn't be able to get a hold of the resources that I had mentioned in the previous post, so I thought I would do a bit of internet research for some free resources. There are a LOT of resources out there that are Seventh Day Adventist. Sabbath keeping must be a key issue with this denomination for them to have such an emphasis. That may not be your denomination, but most of the resources seem to be denominationally neutral. You may want to personally preview the material to decide what you want to use and what you do not. I also specifically sought out several Jewish resources. I am always curious to learn more about Jewish customs. It helps me to understand the Bible better. Here is what I found:

For adults and teens -

• Sabbath Keeping: Reviving a Christian Practice: I very much enjoyed this article on Sabbath. It weilds together a glimpse of the history of sabbath-keeping
• Sabbath Day Keeping:  I like this one because it uses a lot of scripture.
• Ideas for family activities can be found here
• Sabbath candles hold a significance for this busy fellow.
• Responses to an e-mail requesting people to share what they did in their families to celebrate the Sabbath. Page down to get to the responses if you are in a hurry.
• How the Orrs celebrate the Sabbath rest
• If you like to hear about what reserach studies have to say about Sabbath keeping look here. Don't miss this one!

For children -

• Patch the Pirate activity website
• Making Sunday Special
• Sabbath
• Torrah Tots Shabbat. This is a Jewish site about Sabbath specifically designed for children. It is best for elementary and up because reading is needed to take in the information. Moms and Dads will find this a really enjoyable resource to learn about Jewish Sabbath. It has been my favorite resource so far explaining the candle lighting ceremony that marks the beginning of Sabbat. Really neat!
• Really fun collection of Jonah and the Whale object lessons and activities.
• Lots of stories in audio files format to listen to here. You will have to go through the resources a bit because children's stories, children's sermons, and adult level studies are all mixed together. This is specifically a Seventh Day Adventist site, there may be doctrinal teachings in the material that you will want to sort through before you offer it to your children to be sure that you are comfortable with it.
• Coloring pages with Biblical themes
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I will post more as I come across material online.