The End Is Written

Victory! Jesus will overcome! His righteousness and justice will prevail over a sin-darkened world. Those who choose His ways will participate in His victory. Those who choose His ways are victorious in life no matter what the circumstances.
We tried to put this theme before our children in terms that they could grasp and remember when we had the party for them this last week. We used race cars and racing's minor earthly victories to relay the idea that the children could be heavenly "winners."
We played upset the fruit basket with using the names of cars instead of fruit. Appetizers were "tired meatballs." We had hotdog "cars," buckwheat gravel, wheely pasta salad to eat. We had a Bible/character story review game between two teams. They played balloon volleyball. They battered the pinata pictured on our last blog. Parents were calling but the children weren't really ready to leave in the four hours' time.
They had earned a total of 500,000 points in the last seven weeks of children's services. The main way they earned points was by reciting their memory verses. They also got some points for attendance.
Toward the end we told them how God wanted them to run the race and would be their strength when the way was hard. We gave each a first place medal. On the back, they were reminded that when they were on Jesus' team, they were winners.