Kids Korner

Welcome to Kids Korner!

Welcome to... Happy (is here) to see you!

Where else do you see Happy on the church web site? (Scroll down to the end of this column to find the answer!)

Sunday School Children - Church Activities Pre-school children collect communion cups and middle-level washes them Pre-school children act as Greeters

Word Puzzle Missing Vowels All the vowels in this sentence are missing! Can you find them and put them back where they belong? Vowels are A E I O U and sometimes Y. Th_   L_rd   w_ll   k_ _p  y_ _r  g_ _ng   _ _t   _nd   y_ _r   c_m_ng   _n   fr_m   th_s  t_me  _n   _nd   f_r _v _rm_r_. Hint: the answer is in the last verse of Psalm 121.

Can you find the hidden Easter Eggs? Where would you "hide" Easter eggs at church? What web page do you think Happy hid the answer on?  Hymns? Beaver Camp Retreat? Christmas 2005? The Web Site Quiz?  or Lent and Easter 2008?  (click on the page you think is right)

Answer: Happy is in the upper righthand corner of the "Home" page where Happy will always be from now on. So think "Happy Home"  (get it?), click on Happy's face on the "Home" page, and you will find your way here!

Oh, my oh my! What has happened to Happy? Make up a story about what happened to Happy and tell it to your mom or dad.  (If you  make it  a funny story maybe you can make your mom or dad Happy / happy)

What things do you see on this banner?

Compare the symbols on the banners. How does the banner on the left differ from the one on the right? What does this difference show?

Can you tell a story about one or two of the symbols on the banner?

Do you remember how any of these symbols were used at church during worship service?

Which symbol did you work on? (or which one would you have liked to work on?)

Can you fill in the blanks from these songs sung in church? 1) "And He will raise you up on ______'s wings"  2) Like rivers in the _______ Your grace flows through our lives  3) Send forth your word, Lord, and let there be _______ .

(Answers are found on the "Photos" page.)

ACTIVITIES FOR LENT
*Where did you see God today?
*Pray for people and places that need to experience God’s loving presence.
*Draw a picture to illustrate places where God is at work.
*Use these drawings to make an album to record the journey with Jesus through Lent.

The Word: "TRUST"

When we trust people, it is because we have faith that we can count on them, based on past experience. That’s why we trust God, knowing form all the stories of the past that we can count on God.

Do you Know? The American Sign Language sign for “trust” is very much like the sign for “faith.” To sign “trust,” hold your hands out, palms facing your body, then shape your hands like you are holding onto a rope. To sign “faith,” point to your forehead with your first finger (the sign for “think”), then hold your hands out, palms facing your body, and shape your hands like you are holding onto a rope. (The sign for “faith” combines the signs “think” and “trust”.)

Craft: Cordel (A Little Book of Poems)

A traditional folk art in Brazil is the cordel. This is a book made of inexpensive paper that has a wood cut design on the cover. The books are sold in the marketplace, where the author is often on hand to recite the poems and try to sell the books. Many of them are about Bible stories.

Materials

• Sponge (3 inches wide, 5 inches long, ½ inch thick)
• Scissors
• Tempera paint
• 2 pieces of heavy paper (card stock)
• several pieces of lightweight paper
• paper plate
• jute cord
• stapler

Cut a simple shape like a cross from the sponge. Pour a little tempera paint out on a paper plate and dip the sponge into the paint. Press the sponge down firmly on one piece of card stock to make the front cover. When the paint is dry, staple the lightweight sheets of paper between the 2 pieces of card stock to make a book. Tie a loop in one end of the cord. Staple the other end to the top left corner of the front book cover. In your cordel, write a poem that tells a Bible story, copy a psalm, or make up your own story.