BFF's

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

In this fourth week of our series, we learned that one of their jobs is to be a good friend.  The kids learned that God wants to use their relationships with friends to show the world His love.  We explained that have the power to have a huge impact on each other.

We talked about being encouragers and letting the joy that comes from knowing Jesus rub off on our friends.

In our small groups, we discussed the following questions:

• Who makes you feel good?  We talked about friends that make a positive impact on our lives, and the things they do to make us feel good/happy/special.

• What does it mean to be an "encourager"?  We talked about spreading the joy of Jesus to others around us.  We listed reasons why kids might need encouragement and we came up with ways to be encouraging in those situations.

• How will you be encouraging this week?  We asked the kids to think of a friend who might need encouragement.  We shared our plans for spreading joy with them.  The kids were encouraged to pray for their friends this week.

Our verse for this week is Proverbs 18:24 - "Some friends don't help, but a true friend is closer than your own family."