- Council Time Story: Zaccaeus makes a new friend
- Verses: from the book of Luke
- Next Time at Awana: we're at Fraserlands!
- A Clue... VRROOOMMM! .... oops! Auntie Karen's car fell off the track again! ;)
Today at Awana, some of us finished our Awana Grand Prix cars and our picture frames!
We also did many sections today, which is a good thing as we have very few nights left to finish our books!
Grand Prix will be at Fraserlands next week! See you there!
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During council time, we learned some sign language and the story of Zaccaeus.
Zaccaeus was a tax collector, who was very greedy. He took extra money from the Israelites on top of the money for the Romans. Zaccaeus had no friends because he kept money for himself.
One day, Jesus came to Zaccaeus' town. Zaccaeus wanted to see Jesus, but could not see him because he was too short to see over the crowds. Zaccaeus climbed a tree to see Jesus. He did not expect Jesus to see him.
Surprise! Jesus saw Zaccaeus in the tree and called him down. Jesus told Zaccaeus that he wanted to eat with him at his house. This surprised every one! Why would Jesus want to be friends with a greedy person like Zaccaeus? Zaccaeus didn't have any friends!
Jesus wanted to be friends with Zaccaeus because he knew deep down, Zaccaeus was a good person, despite the money he was taking. Jesus forgave Zaccaeus for taking the extra money.
Zaccaeus learned that he could be forgiven and he could have friends too. He decided to give back all the money he took, and gave back even more than that.
We think that Zaccaeus got even more friends because he learned his lesson.
Jesus loves everyone and wants to be friends with everyone- even the greedy people that no one else likes. Everyone has a friend in Jesus!
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