Finding Nemo, part 1

This week in Kid's Church we'll be watching "Finding Nemo" (at least the first 25 minutes worth!) In this section, Nemo is excited about the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! But his Dad, Marlin isn't! Learning is hard work! In the Bible, we read a story about Jesus when he was 12 years old. He had gone with his parents to Jerusalem for a feast, but after his parents had been traveling back with the large crowd of relatives (they thought he was with another part of the family), they realized that Jesus wasn't with them. They probably FREAKED OUT! They went back and looked for him for 3 days!! When they finally found him, Jesus was at church! He had astounded the priests with his questions and answers! Now that's a student! Our kids are growing physically! Some of us need to stop growing physically! (ME- I'm wide enough) But there's always time to grow wiser!! (Read Luke 2: 52)

Some of my favorite stories come from school! When I was in 2nd grade, Alex Bravo came out to the playground and told all of us in Mrs. Donaldson's class that we didn't have to go in when the bell rang! YEAH! We could play alot longer! YEAH! When the bell rang, a bunch of us ignored it! We just smiled and thought, "We don't have to go in! Yeah!" A few minutes later we heard Mrs. Donaldson's voice. It wasn't her usual happy voice either! "What are you kids doing?!" she yelled! We tried to explain the situation to her, but she didn't want to hear any excuses! Then we all lined up outside the room and waited for our punishment! This was back in the good ol' days of "whacks". Some of us cried when we got our whack, but not Alex Bravo! In fact, he was sitting quietly in his chair watching us get our whacks and laughing at us! A bunch of us learned something that day! And it was the HARD WAY! :)