Love thy neighbor

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Welcome back to 2017-18 KidsServe! We are excited about this upcoming two semesters as we learn and grow together in Christ with your kiddos!

Recently, we had our first meeting for this school year. There were many familiar faces and some new faces. It was such a delight to welcome all of you!

To kick start our new year, we chose a topic that is very much relevant to service: appreciation.

We discussed who we are thankful for, and how we can show our appreciation to them.  Many interesting and thoughtful answers there!
We then pointed out how the Bible instructs us to encourage one another often. Paul, in his multiple letters to the churches he was leading, always reminds his friends how thankful he is for them. Usually, following his words of thanks are words of encouragement to help build them up. Appreciation and giving go hand in hand. The Bible says, 

“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11



The mission of the day was to create gifts for our local post office which happens to be right next door to us. 
The students worked on three different stations:
1. pumpkin decoration
2. thank you cards
3. marshmallow treat decoration




Do you see the little faces the kids decorated on the marshamallow treats?






We were all pretty proud of our finished work.





Then we walked over to the Post office for delivery. They were so gracious with their time and one of them gave us a tour of the back office.





The back office was pretty spacious and the kids also got to check out the large size delivery trucks which amused them to no end!!

We are very appreciative of you and your children to be joining us in this journey of learning about God and living out our "love in action" slogan together!

xoxo
Risa&Renee (a.k.a. R&R)



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