Sunday School Picnic

We enjoyed our Sunday School picnic this past Saturday!

Lots of burgers and hot dogs, pop, chips and cookies and later there was a big tug o'war and other races for children of all ages ... even adults!

All of us joined in laughter while the younger and older children were blindfolded and tried batting at a candy-filled pinata ... one determined little boy finally batted it strongly enough to break it and they all scrambled around to get their share of the goodies that fell out :o)

There were quite a few parents out as well and there was a short, simple lesson from Scripture so that as many of the younger ones as possible could understand.

The older gentleman speaking had all the children eagerly calling out answers as he told them they all began with the letter *s* ...

"Sin has so affected the sheep [us] that we are lost and helpless and don't know our way back to God ~ we wander and keep getting into more and more trouble as our sin takes us further and further away from God.

The Shepherd offered Himself as a Sacrifice on the cross of Calvary.
The Shepherd seeks the lost sheep.

God is able to righteously justify and forgive those who trust the Shepherd because the Shepherd has paid for all their sins in full and God was and is completely satisfied with His sacrifice."

I pray that many hearts listening will be opened to take in God's wondrous message of grace and that even as they grow older, this message might stay with them.