A. High Lights of the week
B. Breaking News of the world
C. Short Story: Labor Day - A Day to Honor Workers
Labor Day is observed on the first Monday of September. It is a holiday meant to honor the contributions, both economic and social, of U.S. workers. It has been an official federal holiday since 1894, meaning that government offices including post offices and schools are closed.
It is also widely thought that Labor Day was created as an alternative holiday to May Day. May Day, especially in the 1800s, had become a protest day, when workers marched to demand better rights and working conditions. There were often strikes that ended in violence. At the time, the U.S. government was afraid that May Day was being led by communists and was having a bad influence on workers. Some people feel September was also chosen since there are no other holidays between Fourth of July and Thanksgiving in November.
On Labor Day there are usually parades in major cities around the country. Politicians and labor leaders make speeches and hold press conferences. Labor Day is also considered the unofficial end of summer. Many people celebrate Labor Day with trips to the beaches, picnics, and barbecues. Many towns and cities host fireworks on this day. Many people also take their last summer vacations around this time. Labor Day is also the beginning of the professional and college football season in the U.S.
Labor Day has also become an important retail holiday. Many stores have Labor Day sales to coincide with the start of the school year for many children in the U.S. This means that many store workers, while their holiday is being celebrated, have to work long hours.
D. American Idioms
Cut corners
To hear something straight from the horse's mouth
Costs an arm and a leg
The last straw
Take what someone says with a pinch of salt
Sit on the fence
The best of both worlds
Put wool over other people's eyes
Feeling a bit under the weather
Speak of the devil!
E. Bible Story - John 4:43-53 Family Matters
43 After the two days he departed for Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast.
43 After the two days he departed for Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast.
Jesus Heals an Official's Son
46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you[c] see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come downbefore my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.51 As he was going down, his servants[d] met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour[e] the fever left him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household.
- How did the Galileans show how they felt about Jesus?
- How was that different from the way Jesus was treated in His "own country"?
- What did the official ask Jesus to do? How serious was this problem?
- What was Jesus' response?
- How did the official show that he trusted Jesus to help his family?
- Whey do you think people needed "miraculous signs and wonders" in order to believe?
- What time did the servant say the official's son was healed? Why was this important?
- What happened because of this?
- Who do you usually go to for help when you are facing a hard problem?
- What are some problems you feel are beyond your ability to resolve? Who could you go to for help when you're facing a problem like this? Why?
46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you[c] see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come downbefore my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.51 As he was going down, his servants[d] met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour[e] the fever left him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household.
- How did the Galileans show how they felt about Jesus?
- How was that different from the way Jesus was treated in His "own country"?
- What did the official ask Jesus to do? How serious was this problem?
- What was Jesus' response?
- How did the official show that he trusted Jesus to help his family?
- Whey do you think people needed "miraculous signs and wonders" in order to believe?
- What time did the servant say the official's son was healed? Why was this important?
- What happened because of this?
- Who do you usually go to for help when you are facing a hard problem?
- What are some problems you feel are beyond your ability to resolve? Who could you go to for help when you're facing a problem like this? Why?
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