God wants to use me to show others the power of His forgiveness.
This week we learned about Peter and Cornelius, and what it means to not show favoritism and to love everyone equally. In the story, Cornelius and Peter are both given visions from God that bring them together. Cornelius was a God-fearing man who was respected by the Jews despite him being a gentile, and Peter, of course, was a Jewish follower of Jesus. Because Jews and Gentiles were not supposed to spend time with one another, it was strange for these men to both be in Cornelius' house. God had shown them both in visions that they should not discriminate against one another, but should be accepting, because God loves all men equally. Because God loves everyone, so we are to love everyone, and this means living with a heart of forgiveness. God uses His followers to show the world that He loves and forgives openly and graciously.
For our real life application experiment, we watched what happened when we put laundry detergent into vinegar. These two ingredients reacted with each other and bubbled like crazy! After it is done bubbling, it leaves a residue in the bowl. We talked about how it is important to control our tempers and to forgive others so that we don't fight and leave residue on our relationships.
Our snack today was forGIVEness mix, a trailmix that the kids got to assemble themselves! They each made one bag for themselves and another bag to give to someone that they could share God's forgiveness with as well. The kids had a great time mixing up their bags and thinking about who they could share with.
The craft for the day was making stained glass votive holders! We used colorful tissue paper to decorate the holders, then put electric candles inside them and saw how beautiful they were all lit up. Next we talked about how showing others God's forgiveness is like being the candle. If we have God in our lives and are plugged into His power, we can shine out beautiful things just like our colorful votives are!
Here are some pictures from this week:
Older kids!
Making forgiveness mix
Caleb showing off his bags!
The little ones
Working hard
Norm and Lynn teaching away!
Our awesome volunteers "testing" the play-doh
Beautiful pieces of art!
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