All right. Well, we want to thank you for coming and welcome you to the Bethel Baptist kindergarten graduation for 2024. Who would have thought we'd be here already? But we thank you all for being here. A lot of work has gone into it. And I know you'll enjoy all that the kids have prepared for this evening. So without delay, we're going to go ahead and turn it over and and let our kindergartners go ahead and come on in. All righty, good evening parents, grandparents, siblings, and previous Bethel Baptist Schools kindergarten alumni. I want to thank you for joining us tonight for both our kindergarten program and graduation to follow. Before I have us all stand for the pledges, K-5, can we show our parents how we've learned to open in prayer this year? All righty, we're going to start by having our hands up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up into the air. As we clap our hands together, we're going to bring them down past our eyes. As they come down past our eyes, our eyes are closed. As they come down past our head, our heads are bowed. Dear God, we thank you for this evening. We thank you for these students. Thank you for all the teachers that have been so supportive to us. all the older students that helped us many days to practice this program, so we could do the best job for you, Lord. I ask that you be with each and every one of these kids as they go on to first grade, wherever they may be going to school in the future. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. And at this time, if you will, stand for the pledges. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Attention, salute, pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. At Target Kindergarten, I wanted to learn the Christian Pledge. Attention! Salute! Pledge! I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose kingdom it stands. One Savior, crucified, risen and coming again, with life and living for all who believe. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to say the Bible pledge. Attention, salute, pledge. I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God's holy word. I'll make it a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. I'll hide its words into my heart so I may not sin against God. At this time, you may be seated. When I started kindergarten, I want to learn God's word. Acts 16, third one. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Acts 16, third one. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to memorize God's scriptures. John 3, 16, 17. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but shall have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. John 3, 16, 17. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to sing praises to God. Three, two, one. A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Jesus died for you and me. H, I, J, K, L, M, N. Jesus died for simple men. Amen! O, P, Q, R, S, T, U. I believe God's word is true, U-V-W, God has promised you, X-Y-Z, a home eternally. Three, two, one. God has, God and Mal, I'm happy and glad and free. God has blotted them out. I'll turn to Isaiah and see. Chapter 44, 22 and 3. He has blotted them out. And now I can't shout, for that means me. 3, 2, 1. The B-I-B-L-E, yes, that's the book for me. I sing along on the word of God, the B-I-B-L-E. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to write my name. When I start a kindergarten, I want to learn to count pennies. When you count pennies, you count by ones. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to count nickels. When you count nickels, you count by fives. Five! Ten! Fifteen! Twenty! Twenty-five! Thirty! When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to count dimes. When you count dimes, you count by ten. Ten! Twenty! Sixty! When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to count quarters. When you count quarters, count by 25. 25, 50, 75, $1. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn two pennies. Two pennies equals two cents. Two! Four! Six! Eight! Ten! Twelve! Thirteen! Sixteen! Eighteen! Twenty! When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to add. 1 plus 2 equals 3. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to subtract. 3 minus 3 equals 0. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to tell time. The time is 7 o'clock. The time is 7.15. The time is 7.30. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to spell. D-I-M-E. Dime! F-I-B-E. Bye! When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to read. I read Sunday. Sunday is the first day of the week. We go to church on Sunday. In Sunday school, I hear about Jesus. I like to pray God and say my Bible verse. When I started kindergarten, I wanted to learn to read. I read the Bible. I like to read the Bible. It is the best book. God speaks to me in the Bible. He tells me how to be good. Now we know all these things. We love to share with you what we want to be when we grow up. My name is Reese Tasker and when I grow up I want to be a police officer. My name is Elliot Naife. When I grow up, I want to be in the Air Force. My name is Abigail Nicholson. When I grow up, I want to be a teacher. My name is Carson Russell. When I grow up, I want to be a preacher. My name is Grayson Gable and when I grow up I want to be a coach. My name is Mia Legg and when I grow up I want to be a teacher. My name is Hannah White and when I grow up I want to be a doctor. My name is Lily Oaks and when I grow up I want to be a doctor. My name is Luke Stone. When I grow up, I want to be a preacher. My name is Abel Cannon. When I grow up, I want to be a scientist. My name is Damian Miles. When I grow up, I want to be a chef. All right, all righty, at this time we will exit the stage, but before we do so, will you join me in giving these amazingly talented students a round of applause for their performance tonight? All righty, we will see you soon for the cap and gown ceremony. Please enjoy this slideshow highlighting some of our adventures this school year. you you you you Yeah. Hello. The kids will be here soon, but I want to open our ceremony tonight with a few simple words from me that encapsulate the wealth of this school year. If you have your Bibles, you may open up to Matthew 13, 31 through 32 with me. If not, enjoy listening. Matthew 13 31 through 32 is a parable or a story told by Jesus another parable put he forth unto them saying the kingdom of heaven is like to a Grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field which indeed is the least of all seeds But when it is grown it is the greatest among the herbs and becometh a tree So that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches thereof So, like the mustard seed, your children may seem small to you now, but just like the mustard seed from this parable, when planted in the fields of God's word, they will grow beyond measure. It is my prayer that they have hidden God's word deep into their hearts so that they may carry the word with them wherever they may go, and so the word may carry them through future trials that are much bigger than kindergarten graduation. And let me see, I think I see some heads coming. But with that being said, I would like to introduce the kindergarten class of 2024. Abel Tyler Cannon. Grayson Cole Gatewood. Amelia Grace Legg. Damian Keith Myers. Elliot Cameron Nath. Abigail Marie Nicholson. Lily Jordan Oaks. Carson James Russell. Luke Anthony Stone. Zachary Reese Tapscott. And Hannah Rose White. All right, y'all wanna stand up real quick? Folks, I'd like to introduce to you the future class, I believe we calculated it correctly, of 2036. Y'all may toss your hats. Woo! All right, I think there's a couple more awards. Y'all have a seat real quick. We'll pick the hats up in a moment. But we have a couple of extra awards that need to be given before we close out tonight and let y'all come and get pictures with them and all this evening. But I'm gonna go ahead and hand it over to my wife and let her announce these awards. All right at the end of each year we hand out a perfect attendance award if anybody has perfect attendance and then each class somebody in the class receives a Christian character award and this is the first year since we've been here we've actually handed out perfect attendance this year but I have a perfect attendance award for Abigail Nicholson. Would you come here Abigail? And then this year's Kindergarten Christian Character Award goes to Grayson Gatewood. Alrighty, well. We appreciate y'all being here and having a chance to see the hard work and put on display, but also a chance to watch these young people complete kindergarten. Looking forward to going, if you can look forward to going into first grade, they're looking forward to going into first grade. And with all of that, we wanna say especially thank you for allowing us to invest in their lives. And we wanna thank their teacher especially and she has placed a lot of a lot of time in and Working with the children does an excellent job. We appreciate miss Alex and and with that we want to let you know as well before we pray and we'll dismiss but Parents when it comes to what they have on the robes and the hats need to stay but the tassel and the, what do y'all call that, the stole, okay, the tassel and the stole, y'all can take with you, but I encourage you, you might want to get pictures with them before they take the robe off, and also, if you wanna get the hat, put it back on, whatever, and get some pictures with them, y'all feel free to do that. We'll just collect the hats and the gowns before you were to leave, and the rest of it you can take with you. Again, we thank you for being here, and can y'all give them one more hand? I think they did a great job. All righty. Why don't you go ahead and stand with me real quick? We're going to pray. And then we'll be dismissed and let you get those photographs with the kids. And again, thank you for being here. We do greatly appreciate it. Let's pray together. Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for these young people, for their hard work. Lord, for the chance to witness them pass from kindergarten looking into first grade. Lord, as they move forward with their lives, I pray that all that they've learned this year, especially what they've learned about you, would not be forgotten. And Lord, would you help them as they go forward to honor and please the Lord with all that they do in their lives. I pray for the parents, I pray for the grandparents, for all those that'll be investing in them. Give them wisdom. Lord, give them the guidance they need to raise these young people in the nurture and admonition of the Lord as your word commands that we ought to. Again, we thank you for this night. I pray that you would help us as we go from this place. Watch over each and every one of us. We ask it all in Christ's name. Amen. Amen. You are dismissed. And if y'all want to, you can grab your hats there.