Adventure Quest Sunday LOYALTY

Just got home from church and reached into my pocket to find a shell. This shell has a "B" written on it by the child who gave it to me. The little guy who gave it to me is pretty special and I really appreciate this little gift. Thanks "B"!!!

This was the last week of loyalty, I for one really enjoyed this day. We decorated cupcakes and crowned a little girl King of Cupcakes.

Loyalty: Its so Royal to be Loyal.
It is easy to be loyal to the wrong people or things, so be careful who you are loyal to.

Jesus says that whatever we do for the smallest we do for Him. In other words, to be loyal to Jesus is to be good to those who are weaker or smaller.

To be loyal to our friends, we need to steer them away from making mistakes.

We also need to be aware that someone who is trying to get us into trouble is not really being our friend.

Lastly, we need to be tenderhearted to our friends trusting God's view not our own.

IN short, to be "Royally" LOYAL:
Be kind to the smallest, tenderhearted and forgiving to all. Give good advice to your friends, and trust in God's view not your own.

This was quite a month and we pray that your children were energized by God's Word and caught some of the truth and wisdom about loyalty.

Thanks Chef Felicia!

Next month: Giving, Learn from above and give in Love.

November 2nd Compass Verse

Compass Verse Nov. 2 from Reality Church on Vimeo.

It's okay to climb in the machine, right?

Do we really have to tell our children not to climb into arcade machines?






This last week we looked at Ephesians 4:32 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

To be loyal to God means that we lean on His understanding and not our own. We don't know everything we need to know, but we do know some things. It seems like we excuse ourselves from the things we know to do with the excuse that we are still trying to learn it all.

We all just "know" that God wants us to be nice to others, just like we "know" not to climb up in the claw arcade machine.

The kids made crowns as a craft. Some kids wrote things on their crowns, the older kids were allowed to use glitter. Its so Royal to be Loyal.

Pastor Russ

Loyalty to Jesus

Matthew 25:40b Whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine you did for me.

This is Jesus, isn't it awesome that He said, "What-Ever!" Okay, so your kids say it with more attitude...

The question we posed to the kids was, "How can you be loyal to Jesus?"

We discussed how easy it is to be loyal to the wrong thing or person. If we make lemonade, you add lemon, water, sugar, and ... chocolate milk.

Well, if you added chocolate milk, that is not being loyal to the ingredients and it will probably give you a tummy ache. In the same way, if you are loyal to the wrong ingredients in life, then you will probably find yourself in trouble and not having that awesome of an adventure.

Being loyal to Jesus means helping those around me and being kind. The cool thing is that we are all like sponges and our good actions towards others, our being loyal to Jesus, will be soaked up by all the other sponge people around us.

From one sponge to the next,
Pastor Russ

Sponge People

In case you can't tell from the above picture, those are the Sponge People made by two of my children in church on Sunday. And, yes, the one on the left "is still alive after being shot in the head." Thank you, Justin!

The kids and I talked about those Sponge People on the way home from church on Sunday morning. I wanted to find out what they had learned. We do this often, and it amazes me what they have learned.

So, we talked about those sponges, and what they do....which is to soak up things...water and spilled soda and the like. And how each of them are like sponges.

One of them made the connection with some friends we had warned them about spending time with, who have subsequently gotten themselves in trouble with the law, and how the actions of those friends rub off on them. We also discussed the fact that other things they soak up are ways that friends talk, and things they see on TV or hear on the radio.

They got it....they learned why LOYALTY to the wrong people is a problem. And the bonus? They are learning why we don't want them to watch certain things on TV or listen to certain music!

What did your kids get out of their Sponge People?