Inside church school chapel: The Offering

The Third Grade class lead us this week in responding to the word, and invited the children of the church to write or draw their joys and concerns to share. 

We learned about how joys were something that made you happy, something that you were grateful for, or something that we wanted to thank God for. We heard about some great friends, gratitude for food and shelter, sports teams that were in championships, and loved parents.

We also learned about concerns: things we were worried about. Some of the concerns were for big things happening in the world, for family members who were sick, and also some movies that were scary.

The third graders gave out paper and pencils for all of the children of the church to write or draw their joys and concerns and then collected them all in the offering plates. We ended with prayer as we lifted all of the joys and concerns of the children up to God and placed them up on the alter to entrust to God's loving care.

Thank you to teachers Peggy and Mary Jo and all of the third graders who lead us in prayer.