Nativity 1

Slow Down. Listen. During those quiet moments I know God is there and moments of clarity come through. There have been many of those moments this year when praying, "God how can relationship continue to grow between children in Rwanda and children in the US." The Nativity project is just one of many that will be shared this year when I go to Rwanda. Stories of children serving in missions, children giving back, children sharing love and children wanting to learn about kids in another country.

I met with Tori, the director of Sunday School at St. Paul, at the end of the summer to discuss making an interactive bible story. Since 4 stations at Sunday School were being created for the Advent season this Nativity making project came into being. Many hands helped!!!

Women who worked for the church Shoe Bank cut the patterns, Kappa Phi (see story) sewed and stuffed the figures, members donated embellishments for decorating, kids decorated, parents and teachers all helped. Rachel Foster a 5th grader and Nancy Guild coordinated the station and lesson.

The lesson focused on the Shepherds. What were their thoughts when "The angel of the Lord came to the shepherd in the fields."

Read my next entry to see what the kids thought about the shepherds.........