Children's Chapel Chat

I thought I was done for this morning. I just needed ONE day off but had drag my patootie over to teach CC. What did I forget?

That these little angels were all there, waiting for me, counting on me...Man, I am not kidding these kids are CUTE. THey totally energize me and I recognize the enemy at work and I laugh.

I am REALLY going to miss this visiting family that is here for the Dad's job for six months. Their little kids are to DIE for cute.

We were playing a quick game of Simon Says at the last 5 minutes of class (did you know I am a CHAMPION Simon Says player? I can sit a roomful of adults pretty quick and be the last one standing, it is hilarious.)
So someone else was being Simon and said, "Simon says put your hands on your hair!"
and a boy said, "What if you don't got no hair?" (everyone laughs)
Then the next command: "Simon says stand on your toes!"
and this little cute girl says, "What if you don't got no toes!" (everyone roars)

I could just squeeze her.

But the real fun of course is with the head of the children's ministry. I think he's the head guy anyway.

I am not sure why it is my goal to make him squirm but I think it is because he takes his job so seriously. Which I GET is good but also makes for some good fun for me. I feel like I just want to loosen him up a BIT.

So he stops in after class: "How did it go?" he asks innocently enough.

"It was the the worse class I ever taught." says I, deadpan.

We stand looking at each other and I don't break.

I am having great fun by this time and he does not know what to say.

Finally he says, "Well, that's not good."

and I say, "I know, I know. It's terrible." Never breaking face.

I can torture him no longer though because after all, he's a nice enough guy.

So finally I say, "I am just kidding!!!!!!!!!!" and then had to go on to give him a blow by blow of the class. But I am not sure he really believed me at that point.

Nope, I am not sure he ever recovered and is likely plenty suspicious of me now. Lol

I love it. I am not sure why this is fun for me. I have such a great love for people and their differences. People are just fascinating...why the need to torture them? I don't know, fun?

Which should make for some pretty good talk radio I am hoping.


Next week's lessons if you can believe it, focuses some on CHORES!!! I kid you NOT. Hilarious. For those of you that know me, you know why this is funny.

But in terms of the Mary Martha story too. I reviewed the basic outline today and after an excercise that will have them writing their chores and prioritizing them, they will be writing a header that says: Serving God is More Important. Hmmm, I see a great flaw in this teaching. Lol

So if your kid comes home next week and says, Miss Stephanie says that Serving God is more important than my chores!" and then tries to pretend to be praying or reading his bible, trust that that is NOT what I taught. Next week is going to be great fun to be sure.

On a more serious note, and I pray I will be forgiven for I am NOT trying to start a revolution here...not that I could, but ANYWAY....

some of today's lesson was on The Adulterous Woman...the whole story and the word "fornication" in scripture. Now, I am not about hiding God's Truth from my kids until they are "old enough to understand". They have always gotten the straight stuff. If the teaching during Ch. Ch. is supposed to be "on their level" I am wondering why this is included because I tell you what, this is one reason why we don't put our kids under the authority of another for spiritual teaching during this time. One never knows how one will teach such things.

I couldn't help but wonder HOW I was going to answer if someone asked what adultery was or worse-what fornication was. Not that I don't know HOW to answer but I surely would not have been comfortable talking with a bunch of little boys and girls about it. ESPECIALLY without parents present.
God let me out of that one though and there were no questions. THANK YOU LORD.

Let's see...shall we give it a try?

Adultery: Um, um..well it is when a married person has relations with a person who is not their spouse. What is relations? Ummmm, it is fornication. What is fornication?
What is fornication? Sex boys and girls, sex!

No, this is not a topic for 7 year olds without parents I fear. I was really happy it was me in there though. I mean, happy that I KNEW what was being said about it.

So again I say THANK YOU LORD!!!!!!!!!!

This is not a topic that I personally feel should be discussed without a parent present at the least and it should be BY the parent at the best!

Thank you and Good Night! (that was for you Sonya)