Postcard

This is a postcard reminder for me, you, and everyone!  Hope to see you in worship each Sunday!  

SVSU Field Trip

The Kindergarten through fourth grade learned from large group and small group activities.  They also learned about germs, nutrition, and brushing teeth!

Our Classroom Door

I can't wait to see everyone each and every day!  

Papa Noah?

Today we learned that there are a LOT of books out there about Noah and the flood.  One silly cartoonish one was called Papa Noah.  Even the mice were helping build the ark!  While we enjoyed the silliness we also learned a valuable lesson, which is: just because a book is published, doesn't mean it is all true.  

The third graders were great at evaluating these flood accounts.  Last Friday we looked at the account from the Bible which is told in kid language in our book Stories of God and His People.  We noticed that Noah obeyed God, God shut the door of the ark and kept them all safe, the occupants were in the ark for over one year, when they finally got to leave the ark Noah led his family in thanking God for His care, and God set a rainbow in the sky to signify His promise that there would never be another world wide flood.  

Today's lesson had us looking at the various trade books on Noah's ark and evaluating them for accuracy.  That's what you see them doing in the photos below.  They did great!  They noticed that sometimes words were accurate, but not the pictures.  They noticed that some of the books left out the important fact that God directed their actions.  One book had accurate pictures of a large, safe boat, and worshiping God.  What great observation skills!   When we are centered on God's word we will be less likely to be fooled by this world's foolishness.  What a great lesson for the students, for me, and for all God's people!