i love sunday school

i love teaching sunday school. my class is supposed to be 1-3 graders, but if someone is sick or etc., i can have kids ranging from 3 years old to 6 grade. it can be crazy, but i love it. the trick is to not bore the older kids while engaging the little ones.

case in point. yesterday i had jon (4 yrs. old in may), hannah (kindergarten?), andrew (1st), and sarah (3rd). my story was about stephen, the first martyr. intense, right? well, it turns out i was glad because a story about stoning is nice and violent and right up little jon's alley. although, i might have spooked him a bit when i demonstrated what it was like for the religious leaders to "gnash" on stephen with their teeth. i did it to hannah too, so he wasn't the only one gnashed.:)

these are the kid's drawings of "when they forgave someone". actually, jon's photo is of rocks filed by missles, hannah and andrew just drew bands of color, and sarah couldn't think of a time when she had forgiven anyone, so she just drew a hypothetical situation!:) i am married, so i thought of a recent forgiving and drew it right away, but that's personal.:)

a special moment

here we have a photo of jack helping to lead a song for the first time in Sunday School opening. yes, Pastor thought he looked so groovy that he asked jack to come up and help him lead the song.

muah ha haaaaaaaa... that also meant that my shy & retiring husband had to go stand in front of the whole church, too. great fun. for me. not him.

if you look closely you can see the cool belt a mexican man gave to dan just because he admired it. you will also notice that jack is not wearing shoes. do not fret, i have remedied the situation. i got him some really cool shoes for $3.24! vive la clearance.

sunday school kids

here's a photo of my little sunday school class. actually, hannah is in a younger class but the teacher wasn't there that day and i picked up her slack. also, serena is absent.

left to right: hannah, andrew, rachel, sarah