You have chosen...wisely.

Back by popular demand; the Egg game!

This is a variation of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Everyone starts as an egg waddling around and challenging another egg. The winner becomes a chicken! Two chickens busily flapping their arms then challenge each other, the winner becomes a prince or princess and begins to prance around. The loser turns back into a chicken. And so goes the mayhem until the princes become kings, the princesses become queens. At the end there remains a prince or princesss, a chicken and an egg.

The lessons we can learn from this game is that we can't remain as we are when we face the challenges in our lives, we either move forward or fall back. Also, the winner last week was the egg. The first shall be last, and the last shall...recieve a prize! The other lesson is that we learned definitively that the egg comes before the chicken. All this time...

This week we reviewed the ground rules;

1. Respect God (anytime God's name is used e.g. "oh, my god!", we will stop and pray together.)

2. Respect Others

3. Respect Yourself

4. Have Fun!

5. Don't interru.. I forget the rest.

We had a few new first time guests at Journey!!! Waaaay Cooool!

We had a short lesson about CHOICES that we make in life. Everyday we are faced with choices and they affect how the rest of our day and life goes. Someone mentioned that their Mom tells them on the way out the door to school to 'make good choices'. Way to go, Ma!!

We talked about the bible verse that explains there's a narrow gate and path that we should take that leads toward Jesus, and another path that most everyone takes that leads to destruction. And we talked about the story of the Rich Young Ruler. Jesus told him how to gain eternal life and invited him to "Follow Me". But he chose not to. Because he loved his stuff more than Jesus. To drive home the idea, the kids had to choose to sit on the hard chairs or the soft chairs and then their 'fate' was revealed...

And finally we watched a clip from "Indiana Jones; The Last Crusade" when someone 'chose poorly' and Indy 'chose wisely'.

We then went outside and played kickball and ultimate football.

then, as if that weren't enough, back inside for drinks, chips and "SPONTANEOUS MELODRAMAS". always a good time.

whew...

oh, almost forgot, we referenced the famous poem by Robert Frost, enjoy. see you all next week!
The Road Not Taken

A poem by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow woodAnd sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth Then took the other as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet, knowing how way leads onto way I doubted if I should ever come back I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence Two roads diverged in a wood And I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference.

Matthew 7:13 (Contemporary English Version)
Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.