Jean Thomason - Sharing Gods Big Love with Little Lives: A Can-Do Guide for Parents and Caregivers

Praise for
Sharing Gods Big Love with Little Lives

This is a terrific message from a trusted source. Im thrilled to endorse it. Families will be encouraged, instructed, and empowered!

Max Lucado Pastor and Best-Selling Author

I know of no one with a greater understanding of how to reach the hearts of little ones than Jean. She embraces this as a high calling and the fruit she has to share will enrich your life.

Sheila Walsh Author, Recording Artist, Speaker (Women of Faith)

Its about time! I have been after Jean Thomason to write a book for parents for years! For most of my life, parents have looked to the church to teach their kids to be worshipers of the one true God. But the church cant do this alone. The church needs a partner, and there is no better partner than the persons God chose in the beginning to be the primary spiritual caregivers of their children, parents! (Read Deuteronomy 6:48). This book will give you the skills to be the parents your kids need so they can be who God has created them to be. Great job, Cakeyou nailed it! I am so excited that the wisdom you have shared at conferences and the truths you have walked out with your own dear children will now be available to parents everywhere. Dont just read this, Mom and Daddo it!

Jim Wideman NextGen and Childrens Ministry Pioneer, Author, Coach, and Consultant Jim Wideman Ministries, Inc. www.jimwideman.com

Miss PattyCake is an amazing teacher/entertainer/worship leader for preschool children! This same talent for connecting with people comes through very clearly in her new book, Sharing Gods Big Love with Little Lives. Her years of fun experiences make a very entertaining read for anyone interested in preschool children. Every new parent who is interested in training up children in the ways they should go should read this book. Jean is a shining example of a woman who has followed Gods call on her life and has done amazing things. Her influence will live on for many years to come through her songs, her DVDs, and now through the wise and funny words in her new book. Congratulations, Jean, on letting your light shine for Him!

Dr. Beth Watkins Cape Director of Preschool Ministries Whitesburg Baptist Church Huntsville, Alabama

Miss PattyCake rocked my world. I was just your typical, run-of-the-mill, spandex-clad, purple-cape-toting, full-armor-of-God-wearing, Bible-based superhero, husband, and father when the jolly green jewel of preschool ministry infiltrated our family in the most amazing ways.

Ill never forget the night my wife and I pulled the pink princess sheets onto our toddling daughters bed. We knew in an instant that her decision to kneel down with hands clasped and head bowed was inspired by Miss PattyCakes song that echoed throughout our home: Thank You, thank You, Jesus. Thank You. Thank You. My little princess chose to thank Jesus for her big-girl bed.

A few years laterafter deciding to stop wearing spandex in publicI saw my preschool-aged son rush to the lobby of the church I pastored in Colorado. He wanted to greet the people as they arrived. Zachary welcomed all his friends, young and old, as they entered to worship. Over and over, I could hear the giggling voice of Miss PattyCake as he shouted, My friends are here!

Now Miss PattyCake has done it again. Jean Thomason has once more listened to the voice of our Savior and obediently agreed to offer biblically-based wisdom to parents of preschoolers as only Miss PattyCake can.

Sharing Gods Big Love with Little Lives builds on the wealth of experience and wisdom Jean has absorbed through decades of parenting and partnering with the Holy Spirit to speak into the lives of families with preschoolers. Miss PattyCake has always offered much more than preschool entertainment with a Christian world-view. Miss PattyCake is a friend to parents who wants to help us fulfill the greatest calling imaginable: Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it (Proverbs 22:6).

Robert T. Schlipp Pastor, Evangelist, Former Superhero (Bibleman: 20032011)

I love the book! Love the title, love the scriptural light woven throughout, love the dedication, love, love the chapters and the significance of each! So clever, well done, and encouraging! Such an excellent work, Jean!

Sherri Moore Friend, Social Worker, Mother of Four

Over the past several years I have worked in three different churches, and Miss PattyCake has ministered to preschoolers and their parents at each church. Her laughter is contagious, and parents are encouraged by her words of deep, godly wisdom as she shares through her gifts of speaking and music. This book is a must-read for anyone with preschoolers in their lives.

Stacy Holman Minister to Preschoolers and Children First Baptist Church Albany, Georgia

SHARING GODS

BIG LOVE

with

LITTLE LIVES

SHARING GODS

BIG LOVE

with

LITTLE LIVES

A Can - Do Guide for Parents and Caregivers

Jean Thomason

Copyright 2017 by Jean Thomason

Published by Worthy Books, an imprint of Worthy Publishing Group, a division of Worthy Media, Inc., One Franklin Park, 6100 Tower Circle, Suite 210, Franklin, TN 37067.

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HELPING PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE HEART OF GOD

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