Fear Not Festival

Ok, I've been a terrible blogger, but a lot has happened since August. We officially kicked off the new children's worship format, so kids are learning all about what worship is and are having the kids put together their own worship service using the main worship services (and sermon themes) as a guideline. Plus, the first Sunday of the month, the kids are in the main service and are helping lead it. They were timid at first but are now scrambling to sign up for spots.

Also the KidsInCers (preteens) have been learning about spiritual gifts and have been putting their gifts into practice throughout the church. Most recently, we learned about serving, and we trick or treated for canned goods for the local food pantry. That was a blast.

Fifth graders have been busy helping teach Sunday School once a month to the little kids. And they served lemonade to the adults after SS.

Personally, I have now officially run a marathon and am thinking about training for another one.

And that brings me to the title of my post--the Fear Not Festival. We're having a carnival type of atmosphere downstairs with crafts and games, etc, but upstairs is the main attraction. Each room upstairs is a different interactive Bible story. Kids will sit in a huge boat as it rocks and shakes with thunder and lightning in the background and then will watch the sunrise as the disciple tells them about how Jesus calmed the storm. Kids will crawl into a giant pit while they hear about Joseph being abandoned by his brothers. They will also hear the story of the resurrection firsthand from Mary in our version of a cemetery and will wind through the wheat fields to hear about Ruth's journey into a new land.

We're very excited, and I will post pictures soon.