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Personal Space                                     fun miscellaneous
 journal: Week of July 12
 HiS FATHeR’S SoN                                       betsy ross: fact or fiction?


                                                        some historians doubt her role in creating the first
      statue of andrew jackson in jackson square, new orleans © istockphoto  Jackson became   invoices or concrete proof exist, but we do know
                                                        flag; others say it’s true. We may never know the full

                                                        � She did Sew a flag. betsy ross was a
 Going Deeper  the war of 1812                          story. consider what we do know:
 build on what you have learned                         seamstress in philadelphia. legend and affidavits
                                                        from her family say that she was visited by a small
 this week by reading the   actually ended              flag committee (including george Washington) in
 following passages:  in 1815. andrew                   June 1776 and asked to sew the nation’s flag. no
 John 17:1-3
 isaiah 53:1-12                                         from records that were maintained that ross did
 PhiliPPians 2:5-11  an american                        indeed sew flags during that time period.
 1 tiMothy 1:12-17  hero during the                     � CongreSS didn’t adopt a flag until

                                                        July 1777, but the wording of that resolution is very
        troops to victory
 Prayers, thoughts,    war when he led   © istockphoto / david h. lewis  later. an official flag design wasn’t adopted until
                                                        unspecific. it appears that congress was adopting a
 & questions:  in new orleans.                          design already recognized as the national symbol.
                                                        For more info on the debate, visit http://www.
                                                        ushistory.org/betsy/index.html.
       Playlist    facts about freedom songs

                     sonG: “god bless america”
                     WriTTen: in 1918 by irving berlin and revised by him in 1938
                     FacTs: Known as the unofficial national anthem, “God Bless America”
                     is a prayerful song often sung at sporting events and has gained in
                     popularity since the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Berlin, who was
                     Jewish, wrote the song while serving in the U.S. Army. He decided to
                     give royalties from the song to a fund called The God Bless America
 Known > 7/18        Fund, which in turn distributed the money to the Boy Scouts and
 jesus. for many of us, he may be the person of the trinity to whom we   Girl Scouts. The song was first performed by singer Kate Smith on
 find easiest to relate. he knows what it’s like to be human, to walk on this   song is sometimes preferred over the more musically complex “Star-Spangled Banner.”    if you’re a baseball
                     Armistice Day 1938, and quickly became her signature song. Berlin’s
 earth and dream, hope, plan, and doubt. he is the only way to salvation   fan, you’re probably
 and, sometimes, we find ourselves believing our own misconceptions   sonG: “the star-spangled banner”  gearing up for the
 about christ. so, what misconceptions have this week’s devotions   WriTTen: in 1814 (as a poem) by Francis scott Key   MLB’s all Star game.
 revealed to you? how have this week’s lessons caused you to think   FacTs: Key wrote his poem during the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, a   this year, the 80th   © istockphoto / valerie loiseleux
 differently about jesus?  key battle in the War of 1812. Key, a lawyer, had been working with the   all Star game will
 �   how might your new understanding affect the way you share the gospel   British for the release of a prisoner. He was successful, but the British   be played at Busch
 with others? how will this affect the way you relate to jesus?
                     feared Key had heard their battle plans, and forced him and others
 �   what things in your life have you failed to submit to the lordship of   to wait out the bombardment aboard a ship downstream from Fort   Stadium in St. Louis,
 jesus christ? what steps will you take to submit them this week?
                     McHenry, where the battle raged. When he saw the American flag
                     flying proudly above the fort on the morning of September 14, 1814, he
 �   how will you respond when others claim that jesus was only a good   knew that America had not surrendered. He wrote the poem on an envelope in his pocket!   Mo., on July 14. this
                                                                         will be the fifth time
 moral teacher? what passages from this week assure us that he is so     the game has been
 much more?
 �   how have you allowed the idea that you must somehow earn jesus’   sonG: “america the beautiful”   played in St. Louis,
                     WriTTen: in 1893 by Katharine lee bates
 love and affection to creep into your relationship with him? what steps   Read Through    FacTs: Bates was an English professor at Wellesley College. In 1893,   though the last time
 will you take this week to rest in his grace and trust him at his word?   the Bible  she took a train out to Colorado Springs, Colo., to teach a summer   was in 1966 the
 if you want a deeper   school session. As she rode from the East Coast to Colorado, the   first season that the
 relationship with christ, a good   sights inspired her. She wrote a poem about everything she saw, and   Cardinals played in old
                     it was first published in 1895. The preferred tune is one written by
 way to start is by reading his
 ?  to have a relationship with someone, you   word. follow our suggestions   1903, though, so he never knew the renown his music would one day achieve. Many have   your favorite baseball
                                                                         Busch Stadium. will
                     Samuel Ward and published as a hymn called “Materna.” That tune
                     was first applied to Bates’ poem in 1904. Ward had passed away in
 and you’ll read through the
 have to spend time with him or her. how
                                                                         player be among the
 bible in a year.
       lobbied Congress to elevate the song to the status of national hymn or even to serve as the
 much time do you spend with Jesus?
 •  neheMiah 7–Job 3
 • acts 7–10:48  national anthem, equal to or in place of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”  all Stars? Let’s hope!
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