From the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.....

.....Was our topic scripture at our Friday meet-up. We are following a neat Superhero series, based on 1Timothy 4:12, created by a blogging mum, you can find it at...

http://impressyourkids.org/how-to-be-a-super-hero/

So far the sparrows each have a personalised superhero cape plus insignia and lovingly decorated swords (which are still around and have not buckled under the play of rambunctious boys- kudos to Matt the engineer!!).

Our scripture of reference for last week, "From the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." Part one of SUPER speech...

Jen led the activity and did a great job, in the snow she sent the kids out with cups looking for all kinds of yucky things, with one rule- nothing alive!!

They dutifully came back with rosy cheeks and handfuls of garden mulch. Jen had the kids tip all their 'ingredients' into a large glass jar and mix it all up with some soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, oil and water .....mmmmmmm!

Then she set the garden milkshake aside and had the kids fill a blender with yummy things...ice cream, milk and bananas (strawberries too were in a bowl ready for the blitz but you'd have to ask 2 of the youngest heroes what happened to them all!).

The cups were laid out on a tray, did anybody want to try the garden shake?....The girls put their hands up!!

As Jen poured the shakes she asked the kids what would happen if she didn't stop...one bright spark pipes up...they would overflow! As our scripture was explained using the shakes as an example, the heroes gave beautiful answers on the sorts of good things that can pour out of our mouths as an overflow from our heart.....'Being Kind'.........'Obeying our parents'........'giving things to the poor'. ....

Do you notice the two milkshakes mixing? From the same mouth cannot proceed both blessings and cursings, one pollutes the other...nobody is going to enjoy the banana milkshake on the tray now....

The milkshake was DELICIOUS though, and the kids had a go at reading out the verse and singing a cool 'Seeds of Faith' song whilst they drank it up.

Thanks to Jen, the sparrows loved this activity, looking forward to the next one :)