March 12, 20025

 

Dear Parents,

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We began our two week unit learning about the parable of the Sower and the Seed and the parable of the Good Shepherd. The children listened to the stories using the Beginner Bible and also watched a short video on each story.

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 Both stories teach important lessons about our relationship to God our heavenly Father. The Sower and the Seed was presented as different ways of listening. The children were taught that sometimes we don’t really listen when directions are given to us and that is similar to the birds eating up the seed before a plant could even grow. The second way is to listen but not follow through completely. We are like the seed that starts to grow in rocky soil but when hard times come our roots are not deep enough and we die. The third seed falls among the thorns and does not listen because other people get in the way similar to the thorns growing fast and not letting the light reach the new plant. The last seed falls on good soil and does grow strong roots. This seed, at last, does listen and produces much fruit.

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The second story about the Lost Sheep and the Good Shepherd teaches us that God will look for us no matter how far we choose to run away from Him. He will always welcome us back. We talked about how the lost sheep felt. Was he cold, hungry, afraid? We can be like that too when we make mistakes and don’t follow God’s rules and plan for our lives.

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Thursday the children were given parts. First all the characters for our play are listed. The children are then asked, “Who wants to try to play the lost sheep?” The students who want this part stand up. Their name is put into a bowl and then we pray that the Holy Spirit picks the right person for the right job. I say, “We are letting God decide.” A name is chosen and we move onto another role. It is always interesting to see who God picks. Each child will have a part in our skits.

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The crosses chosen from our  school Lenten project included: saying Hi to three older students, making a picture for someone in a nursing home and last Thursday we had to play with someone new.

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The children made a lamb using cotton balls to put in our Hallway next to our Good Shepherd and completed a maze.

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Our show will be next week Thursday at 10:30. You are welcome to attend.

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Next week will be busy with preparations and our letter of the week will be Q.

 

One in Christ,

Mrs. Zajicek and Mrs. Klemp