"We have this treasure in clay jars so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not belong to us." 2 Corinthians
Currently we have three plans in the works for the children's empowerment workshop in connection with this theme.
1. We have been given our own clay jar to fill up with our gifts. This Sunday May 10 children can bring change from home to start filling up our jar. We will also ask members of the congregation to bring their change to help us fill up our jar. This Sunday during the Empowerment Workshop period we will be doing a Mother's Day project. It is a good one, so bring your kids and allow them to participate!
2. During the following two Sundays we will focus on talking about personal gifts and how they can be a gift to the community. During these Sundays we will also be making pottery clay jars.
3. There will be a large jar present in worship every Sunday this month. People are being asked to put slips of paper with their own gifts or offerings in this jar. The children can choose to write about their gifts and add them to the large jar or they can add them to the Sunday school jar. I would encourage you to sit down with your child at home and have a conversation about what people in your family could add to the jar. This would be a great way to prepare them for the conversations we will be having in Sunday school. Perhaps you and your child could add something to the jar together.
Now a new topic...Our tie dye t-shirts! After the children dyed the t-shirts Christa took them to Sprague High School in Salem where the students there created a silk screen logo for The Children's Empowerment Workshop. Now the shirts are back and ready to be given to the children. We are asking for $7 per shirt. If any grown ups want a shirt silk screened with the same logo please bring a shirt and we can have it printed for you. We will be wearing these t-shirts are various times during the year. Let's all wear them together the first time during May's combined service!
Emily
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