Ready for the.... SNOW?

Oddly enough, the title for our Kids Church lesson on Sunday was "Ready for the Rain?"  ....maybe I should have changed it to SNOW.

If you didn't get to look at the take-home paper your kids brought home for the week, I'll give you a mini-lesson here, then I'll post something fun my family and I did yesterday while playing in the snow. Your kids might enjoy seeing Miss Kristin get wet.

As you know, our title was "Ready for the Rain?" Our big idea was "Positioning my heart is key to receiving." Our verse - "I will pour out My Spirit on all people" Acts 2:17. We learned that God wants to pour out all sorts of good things into our lives and hearts, but our hearts need to have the right 'heart attitude' in order to receive it. The kids brainstormed some of the good things that God has for us (love, joy, peace, forgiveness, etc.), then we talked about how to position our hearts so we can receive. It's kind of like a bucket. If it starts to rain and the bucket is turned upside down, it can't hold the rain. But if it's turned right-side up, it can hold all of it. Each kid spent some time in prayer asking the Lord to help them have a heart that is turned 'right-side up' and a heart that wants more of Him so we can have all the good things the Lord wants to pour out on us.

Here's the important part: THE AT-HOME CHALLENGE!!!

Here it is - Every day this week, pray and ask the Lord to pour out His love into Your heart. There are many things the Lord wants to give us, but this week, we're going to focus on love. Don't forget to fill out the bottom of your take-home page, write a prayer request on the back, and bring it back to church on Sunday to put in our Love Bucket.

Awesome. OK, here's the video of the Crawford's snow fun. Enjoy!

Oh, and by the way, that was a cookie sheet we were using. :)