A Lost Sugar Tower and Lost Coins

To illustrate the parable of the lost coin the Reverend hid three single dollar bills in the side chapel and invited the children to find them.  They looked and looked.  In the same places, repeatedly.  The stack of liturgical cloth in the window must have been looked through a dozen times.  The children looked under cushions and under chairs, but rarely stopping long enough to look through the hundred or so prayer books and hymnals that reside in the small chapel.  It was a parable in motion.

I also want to mention how carefully they looked; approaching the brass with awe and honor, carefully looking through the altar book.  When a cloth went astray, another child would come behind and straighten it.  If you are not familiar with the Godly Play method, then you may not see what I saw.  That attention to detail; that careful concern for the space...that comes from our love for the space; but also from what they learn in the Montessori based Sunday School method we are so blessed to offer. 

We began the regular schedule of Sunday morning formation for all ages today.  The youngest children returned to Godly Play and the youth class began a new program: reForm.  Today's question..who wrote the Bible (and how and when and where) included the metaphor of building a tower, a group project with a  wide variety of materials.  The green apple licorice was left out of the process because it tasted shallow.  The candy corn was left out because the builders have a considerably biased view of marvelous fresh fall candy corn.  Yet the master let them choose as they were inspired (and enjoyed the candy corn).


After the lesson, but having nothing to do with the lesson at all, the reForm group was offered the chance to burn their tower down..to which the response was decidedly chipper  The flag was removed, and then the tower was carried outside to the fire-pit.  Where it burned down.  And was a great joy to all. 

See y'all next week!