Wilderness Temptation

This wasn't a real high-participation story, what with our limited characters! Basically we had only one, playing Jesus, and I fed him the temptation lines (very dramatically. I miss this when others lead; it's so much more fun, and easier to remember, I think, when the emotional side is displayed). The main ways we got others to participate was asking different kids questions like, "Is that a good idea? Should Jesus do that?" And each time a scripture was mentioned in the story (four times), we had one of our three "smart" girls look it up and read it aloud.

For a game, we had a bag of 20 numbered ping-pong-sized balls, corresponding to a list of 10 should's (e.g. close the door when you use the bathroom) & shouldn'ts (e.g. wear your pajamas to school). Each child drew a ball & had to answer whether this was a "Yes, Sir" or a "No, No" (from one of our favorite choruses). Then they got to toss (or try and toss) the ball into the correct "Yes, Sir" or "No, No" box.

Craft time: changing stones into bread is not the right way to make bread. A much better way is to have everyone help stir together a batch of muffin batter, and then zap little muffins in cupcake liners in the microwave.

No pictures this time. Like I said, not a lot of action. But I'm really getting excited about this week's upcoming story, a new one for us, and hope to get some good shots of the action!