Top Ten Things for Sunday School:

We came up with this list at our recent Children's Teacher Training, and decided we have a big job ahead of us. I thought I should share it with everyone, so you can help us out at home and whenever you interact with kids, anywhere, at home, at school, with friends, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and all of God's beautiful children!

Here are the Top Ten Things We Want to DO In Sunday School:
1. Teach Bible basics
2. Provide a safe, friendly and loving space
3. Provide role models for living a life of faith and making positive life choices.
4. Give the kids free and fearless social time.
5. Be willing to share God.
6. Live through acceptance without judgment.
7. Teach or explain what a relationship with God means.
8. To teach God’s love.
9. Connect kids to other kids of faith, growing life long networks to support each other.
10. Help kids develop a real relationship with God. (what that means, how that could look, how to live into that relationship in all circumstances: school, home, church, and social lives)

Thanks for your input teachers, you are blessings!
Pastor Lori

Looking ahead!

There are times when all I think about is what I have done in the past... but we cannot do that as followers of Jesus. We need to look ahead, to see where God is leading us, to actually follow on the path that we are being led. How awesome is that!

We are studying Images of God with our K-4th Graders. We really do look at God in so many different ways.

Sometimes as a nurturing parent...

sometimes as the rock which we build our lives on...

sometimes as a fire that lights our way...

and other times as the faces we look at day after day. I guess for me, the most important one is the image of God, that we are created to love each other and to share God's love with everyone around us. That isn't always easy...

Some of our 5th and 6th Graders have begun the journey of Confirmation. This is a wonderful time of learning about themselves, their faith and their church. I invite all of you to do the same!