Sunday, June 19, 2011
Somebody has an AT-TI-TUDE!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Martha, Martha...

After I used the "story book", I donned my aunt's old apron. (She would be so proud to know that her old apron was part of a Sunday School lesson!) I had baked some Parker House rolls last night, got out my wooden bowl that came from my favorite junk store, wooden spoon, and worn out kitchen towel. (I had the rolls in the bowl covered with the towel.) I told them I was going to see if they were good listeners like Mary was and I retold the story like I was Martha. Now if you read the story, you know that Martha was more concerned with matters concerning being a good hostess than listening to what Jesus had to say. Mary on the other was enthralled with Jesus' teaching and sat at his feet as the taught. Martha became annoyed with Mary, that she was not helping her prepare for their guests. She became so annoyed she went to Jesus and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work myself? Tell her to help me!" Jesus in his loving way told Martha, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things but I am here to tell you things. I have so much to teach. Dinner can wait for everyone, it is better to learn more about God."
"Martha, Martha..." can't you just imagine Jesus shaking his head and having a little smile on his lips? I can almost hear him talking to me..."Kathy, Kathy, get your priorities in the right order!" Oh how wonderful it must have been to be Mary and sit at Jesus' feet hearing him teach! In our busy lives today we seem to forget what is really important, we forget to listen to Jesus. As I was being Martha..I finished up my tirade by taking the kitchen towel off of the rolls and saying..."I've had to fix all this bread for all of you, all by myself!" I knew they would be lost after I uncovered food so I finished up by asking, "Martha was worried about fixing food for everyone...what was Mary doing?" I told them that Mary and Martha didn't have peanut butter and jelly but I did and did they want some on their bread. Yuuuummmy! Snack in Mrs. Kathy's class!
This week practice being Mary and listen to Jesus...let's all get our priorities straight. I guess I should put my OCD on hold sometimes!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Follow, follower, following....we have it down pat!
Then comes the big score...I had taken a plastic mayo jar with my 2 cups of milk, a package of instant vanilla pudding, cups and spoons, AND a big jar of mustard. As I pull out the "object lesson" I have their attention...they love to eat! "What's that for????" "I'm going to make us some vanilla pudding! But let's see...the box says I'm supposed to pour the pudding mix in the jar of milk and shake it up for 2 minutes." Then you pick up the jar of mustard...."but I don't think I want to use milk, I want to use mustard. I know the box says use milk, but I just don't want to!" "Mrs. Kathy, that will be disgusting!" (Kindergarten student!!) "But I want to do it my way!" "Mrs. Kathy, I really think you should do what the box says." (same kindergarten kid!) Here it comes...do you feel it coming? Mrs. Kathy-"Well, God says in Bible that we shouldn't tell lies and it says we shouldn't hit people or steal from them. God even says we shouldn't be mean and we should pray for people that don't like us. Should we do what God tells us in the Bible and follow what HE says or should we do what we want to do?" LIGHT BULB MOMENT! We should be followers and do what God says! Let's get busy shaking that jar of milk and pudding mix!!
Sing it with me.....
"I have decided to follow Jesus; I have decided to follow Jesus; I have decided to follow Jesus;No turning back, no turning back.
Though I may wonder, I still will follow;Though I may wonder, I still will follow;Though I may wonder, I still will follow; No turning back, no turning back.
The world behind me, the cross before me;The world behind me, the cross before me;The world behind me, the cross before me;No turning back, no turning back.
Though none go with me, still I will follow; Though none go with me, still I will follow; Though none go with me, still I will follow; No turning back, no turning back.
Will you decide now to follow Jesus? Will you decide now to follow Jesus?Will you decide now to follow Jesus? No turning back, no turning back."
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Sermon on the Mount


Okay, most four year olds have the concept that we should be doing things to please ourselves...so we took a fair amount of time discussing what "pleasing" God means and why it is important before we even started. Our lessons focused on 5 main points of Jesus' teaching and I got "creative" and made a interactive Bible application thingy. I don't know what else to call it. Sometimes these bright ideas come to me and I don't really know how to implement them until I wander around Hobby Lobby for a while getting inspiration. This time I actually took my husband and explained what I wanted to accomplish but just wasn't sure how to get there. Between the two of us wandering around for a while, he found the ideal thing for me to use! (Who knew he was creative?) A pegboard coat rack... you know the kind that is a flat board with 6 pegs in it? I found the fun foam and now we're in business. I painted the "Sermon on the Mount Interactive Pegboard" a "custard yellow" with the ends of the pegs to correspond with the color of the fun foam placard.
The first peg will be for "Jesus said...", number two is the one that represents "Love your neighbors and pray for those that don't like you" it has a heart with praying hands, three is "Help others, and don't let anybody else know what you are doing or how much you are helping"...this is represented by hands that are "helping hands", number four is "When you pray, go into your room. Be where you can talk to God by yourself." We have a little kneeling boy praying for that one. And number five is a picture of a girl some birds and flowers. This represents "God gives the birds and flowers everything they need. God cares for you too and will take care of you." Finally, the sixth peg gets a picture of a granny hugging a little girl and it goes with "Treat other people the way you want them to treat you."
This was a BIG hit. They were almost fighting over hanging the pictures on the pegs, but before they could hang the picture on the peg they had to tell me what it stood for. They did good. Before we played the "put the foam thingy on the peg board thingy" we used our trusty sand box to tell the story. Out came those bendable figures I have and the plastic Jesus. We all helped build the mountain for Jesus before we put in the people and placed Jesus on the top. Then I told them what Jesus said we must do to please God and then we used our pegboard thingy. It was a GOOD day in Whoville!
Please take this week to think about pleasing God...you've got five good choices!


