Happy Mother's Day!

We here at Horizons' Kids Ministries hope that all of you moms had a great day this past Sunday.  You are all so very awesome!

This past Sunday in Kids Church (1st-6th grade), we concluded our Kids at Work series.  We continued our discussion of the jobs kids do, and how God wants to use them.

In this fifth and final week of our series, we learned that one of their jobs is to be a part of their families.  The kids learned that God wants them to be peacemakers in their homes.  We explained that it the responsibility of everyone in a family to demonstrate love and forgiveness to each other.

We talked about being peacemakers and being the first person to apologize and make things right when conflicts arise.  We told the story of Jacob and Esau, which began with Jacob cheating his brother Esau out of his birthright, and ended with forgiveness and reconciliation.

In our small groups, we discussed the following questions:

• Have you ever had a big fight with a family member?  We talked about some of the conflicts we've had with our family members and the things we did to resolve them.

• Why is it important to make things right?  We talked about the danger of unresolved anger and pain, and came up with examples of ways to make things right when we fight with our families.

• How will you be a peacemaker this week?  We asked the kids to think of a way to deal with some of their common conflicts in peaceful ways.  The kids were encouraged to pray for their families and to ask forgiveness from anyone they've angered this week.

Our verse for this week is Colossians 3:13 - "Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong, just as Christ has forgiven you."