Helmet, Sword, and Pumpkins

Our study of the armor of God is over. Sad face.

I think the kids enjoyed it. I know I enjoyed it 

{except for the shoes week, that was rough}.

{small} Helmets 

If I were to do this again, I would have them be bigger 

and perhaps have the face shield thing.

Swords {plus all the other gear}

Sure do look like warriors!

Totally unrelated but I'm excited about our experiment at school.

We opened a pie pumpkin on Halloween and put dirt inside.

We have over 25 sprouts and the tallest is at least 6 in.

My next step is to plant the whole thing in a big container of dirt 

so the pumpkin can decompose and the roots can push through and flourish.

Breastplate, Shoes, and Shield

We're still working in Ephesians 6:10-20.

breastplates of righteousness

gospel of peace flip flops

This particular Sunday I had a big group 

{probably because of the big announcement during the sermon} 

that was very difficult to keep focused. 

This particular combination is always so difficult. Bittersweet.

shields of faith

I'm loving our armor of God study

and very much like the small group size most weeks. 

Belt of Truth

First post in a long while... woohoo!

We are studying the armor of God in Sunday school {a.k.a. GROW}.

Here are some snapshots from Day 1: the belt of truth...

Admittedly, I'd gotten away from making lesson plans. It's kind of become like a job. However, I'm excited about our new direction. I guess I spent too much time in Genesis. I'm relieved to be in Ephesians for a while!

our memory verse for the "unit"

The kids loved putting the words in order and insisted on doing it without looking in the Bible. They did a pretty awesome job figuring it out and messed them up just so they could do it again.

I painters-taped the words to the wall for future reference.

my 3 awesome "models" showing off their belts of truth

some of our belt hangy-things

We also wrote down things we know to be true about God on our other hangy-things.

I'm excited to continue making the parts of the armor, and I'm really excited for the Sunday we put on all the armor!