Week 9

This blog is a make-up for week 9, due to the dedication of the new College Church building. This is what a class would have looked like if it would have been a normal week at the splash service, but this is all from my imagination.

1. This week I spent 1.5 hours at the dedication service at College Church.
2. For this week, everyone seemed to be very excited about coming to splash. As I arrived, some kids had already started to arrive. As they normally do, the kids were playing games and being crazy, playing on the drum set and dancing on the stage (not good Wesleyan Children). I played a checkers with a boy named Christian. Christian seems to be that child that likes to try and get attention. He is always making noises and talking during the kids service.

But today, Christian was somewhat quiet and wanted to play a game. This was a fun time because I am an expert at checkers and taught Christian some sweet new checker moves. To which he really enjoyed.

Well, after the game time, we then started the time of worship. The kids were very attentive to the worship today because ewe had a guest band in to lead worship, Sonicflood. The kids really enjoyed this time and the band was glad to be there to help out. This ended with the offering time where the kids gave some money that they brought for tithing. We then moved into the lesson time.

Richele taught on the fruits of the spirit this week. She really gave an emphasis on how our lives, if we are Christians, should be showing some good things giving evidence that we have faith in Christ. The kids seemed to pick this up very well, this was evident when she asked the question, “what are some ways we could see God work in us to help others?” Christian actually spoke up and said, “we can help by giving food to homeless people.” This was cool for me to see Christian understand the lesson and that he was getting something out of the lesson. I believe that getting students involved with questions like this is important when having them understand how the principles we talk about should be and can be applied to our lives.

3. Questions.
1. Should the kids be given something, a physical object, to help them remember what they learned during the week?
2. How do we, as ministers, design a lesson a direct it to an age group as wide as 1^st through 5^th grade?