Helping Out

Peanut Butter Fudge balls.

In Bible School this year, we focused on helping others. We made 50 packages of this peanut butter fudge to give to the local Community Kitchen. We are a small, rural area but the need to feed the hungry is large. This community kitchen feeds 400 people twice a month and also distributes food boxes to them. I wanted the kids to feel like they helped in some way. Rest assured that we only sent the completely "clean" batches-those of you who cook with kids know what I mean. If you would like to try this with a group, here is the recipe I used:

1/2 stick softened butter

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup corn syrup

1 tsp vanilla

4 cups powdered sugar (you may not need all of it, add it a little at a time).

Mix all ingredients together and knead it with your hands when it becomes too thick to stir. Make into one inch balls or pat into a rectangle and cut into squares. For really little kids, it is fun to make the fudge ahead of time and let them use it for "play dough" before they eat it.

We made 4 batches and divided it into 50 packages of 3 balls. And they had some left to eat of course!

It was nice to focus on making something to give away.

Bible school pictures that didn't make the cut

I have just one thing to say: Black lights are fun.

Bible School:A very good day!

We enjoyed worshiping, praising, and learning together. It was a good day of:

CRAFTS

SPACE SNACKS AND LUNCH

SINGING PRAISES

HOMEMADE VANILLA ICE CREAM

JOYFULLY PLAYING WITH FRIENDS

Setting up for Bible School

The craft kits are prepared. This is my living room by the way, and it has been like that all week.

The Santuary has been transformed into outerspace and the "planets" have appeared.

The "Astro Bistro" is ready for business.

But! I found this little copperhead under a planter right by the front door of the church. I don't like to kill anything unnecessarily but poisonous snakes in an area soon to be filled with children just won't work. I found a small shovel and tried to work up the nerve to kill it myself but I couldn't. It wasn't so much that I was killing a living creature as it was that I might miss and he would be really mad. So...I did the only thing I could think of- I stood guard to make sure the snake didn't move and sent my daughter to call Mike so he would come and kill the snake.

Waiting for Mike to drive here from home was the longest 15 minutes.....but here he is to the rescue!