Thanks to the 5th & 6th grade classes for baking 18 dozen cookies on Sunday in just one short hour!! These cookies will go to the Kairos Prison Ministry, and are a tangible sign of God's grace and love towards the prisoners participating in the weekend event. The class, lead by Kevin & Peggy not only cranked out all those cookies, but they also served all of the 9:30 Sunday School classes fresh, yummy pancakes!!!! THANK YOU!!!
Also, WELL DONE to the K-4th grade classes for decorating 4 banners and countless place mats that also will be used for Kairos! Your drawings and inspirational notes will mean more than you can ever imagine.
After the hubbub of the morning had settled down, Kevin was apologizing (can you believe it??) about not having every single cookie be perfectly shaped and sized. I dismissed his concern, but then as I thought about it more, something occurred to me. If what we really needed was perfect cookies, we could have asked the best bakers in the congregation to make cookies for us. But perfect cookies wasn't the goal. Nor was the real goal to make a ton of cookies. The really important thing was for those young people to KNOW that they, at the ripe old age of 10 or 11, could make a difference in God's kingdom just as they are. And we didn't ask artists to com e in and make the banners and place mats, because what we really wanted to do was foster a passion for mission and ministering to others, even in 5 year-olds!
If your child was in one of the 9:30 classes on Nov 1, ask them what they thought about doing the mission project. It's a great way to open up conversation about right, wrong, and God's abundant grace and forgiveness.
And.....if you're Earl....send us pictures of the pile of cookies!!!
:) Beth
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