week #8

1. This week I spent an hour and a half working with the splash youth service and an hour and half in the worship service and fellowship.
2. This week was just the same as every week in splash. We arrived and played games, and talked with the kids as they came in. We started with the teaching time and learning. Richele started giving the lesson on John 4, sharing with the kids that Jesus wants us to love others and how we can love others. The students seemed to be receptive to what was being presented. Richele talked about how since Jesus was loving and accepting to others that were different and rejected that we need to be accepting to those kids of people.

As a part of this lesson, the kids had to go around to different stations and do different activities. One group read some scripture together and talked about how they could implement that into their lives. I’m not sure what the second group did, but they got fruit snacks and I didn’t get any which I was a little upset aboutJ. Then the third group played a game with four different colors and we should call out a color and they had to go to that color and do a different act of kindness for each other. I think that this activity did not accomplish what it was intended for. I think that the act of loving one another was supposed to be illustrated, but I think that the game was not designed in a way that was portraying that message. Although, the kids were enjoying it, so does that make it a good game?

I think that the kids did get the overall message, because we came back together in the end and had a discussion about loving and the kids gave practical examples of how they could love one another.

3. Do you think it is appropriate for young children to give an offering since they really don’t have an income? Or should this come at a later point in life?

What do think about showing a video for Sunday school instead of teaching?