Today our two classes combined to learn about giving gifts. We talked about when we get gifts (birthdays, holidays) and who gives us gifts (people who love us). We put smelly lotion on our hands to understand perfume and why that might be a nice gift (in case you were wondering why your kid smelled like lavender!).
Then we read the story of Mary, Jesus's friend, who gave him the gift of perfume. We thought about how we can give Jesus gifts-- through songs and prayer to him and also, by giving gifts to other people in his name.
That's when we talked about how some kids don't have water to drink. We though about how we can collect money to give them a gift of clean water in Jesus name. Thus, we made piggy banks to collect spare change for Spilling Hope. The kids took them home and should bring them back on June 12 (for those of us who will be camping, we can bring them on June 5th-- give it to Joey, Paula or Dan Moses).
Next week: Jasmine & Leah will be leading the class.
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