We’ve been having a lot of fun in Sunday school! We finished our lessons on the “Greatest Commandment” & are now learning about the Lord’s Prayer. We have been learning some of the art of intentional “Scripture Doodling” & used it when we made our own personal “prayer closets”! The “prayer closet” reminds us of the importance of finding the time to pray & gives us a special place to pray with reminders of what we can say when we pray. We also watched a couple of videos & talked about why we pray (to have a relationship with God) & how we pray (just talk to God). In March we’ll be preparing for Easter by learning about Jesus’ trial, crucifixion & resurrection.  

Preschool/Kindergarteners have been busy learning about the story of Jesus Feeding the 5000 & Zacchaeus. They decorated a basket with stickers & colored their own bread & fish to remind them that God cares about our needs & can use small things to do great things. For their lesson on Zacchaeus, the kids used tissue paper & markers to make their own tree & a Zacchaeus that went up to sit on the branches & went down to meet with Jesus. They also got to create their own Zacchaeus scene by climbing a short ladder to put leaves on a tree & then placed Zacchaeus up in the branches. They learned that God helps everyone & loves us even when we make bad choices. In March we’ll be learning about the Roman centurion, Peter walking on water & the woman at the well.     

Finally, our National Mission has begun. We’ll be raising money for the Wisconsin Conference to support the Church World Service fund to help those in California that have lost their homes to fire. CWS’s Emergency Preparedness, Response & Recovery team provides resources to people in need, limited temporary housing & technical assistance to organizations on the ground. This is another way for our kids to learn that we can help people outside our own communities. Please give what you can. Thanks!