what would you do for a klondike bar?

Do you remember those old commercials where announcer would ask a random person on the streets what they would do for a klondike bar? all of the sudden the person would be swinging from a chandelier, dancing on a table, belting a song out in the middle of a construction site, or something equally as embarrassing, all for the sake of a taste ice cream treat. I must admit, on a humid 90 degree summer day like today, a bar of creamy vanilla ice cream dipped in that smooth chocolate shell sounds really tempting!

I think many of us would be willing to do something silly do a free frozen treat like that! But in a matter of moments, that tasty treat would be gone and all we would be left with was that little foil wrapper and sticky hands.

If we're willing to stretch ourselves, even risk embarrassing ourselves in some cases for such a small reward shouldn't we be willing to stretch ourselves for something as important as our children's Christian education? So I have a different question for us to ponder today.

What would you do to see your pastors slimed???
That's right. Slimed. Would would you be willing to do to see Rev Dennis and Rev Jen completely covered from head to toe in ooie, gooy, slime? As the pastors here, Dennis and I wanted to show our support for children's Christian education and how important we think it is. SO we have agreed to be slimed.

What does slime and children's Christian education have to do with each other? I'm so glad you asked. We have a rotating children's sunday school program called TREK. It is a wonderful program in which the children basically learn the same bible story in five different ways through a variety of senses. They have a cooking station, s science station, an art station, a story telling station, and a game station. At the end of each unit, the children really know that particular bible story because they've learned it and experienced it in 5 different ways! This program takes a lot of volunteers to run. But the commitment is only five weeks.

So Rev. Dennis, myself, Vicki (who is in charge of children's education), and Pat (the youth director) have all agreed to be slimed if all of the volunteer slots are filled for TREK for the whole year by our church wide picnic in September. And those who volunteer to help with TREK will be entered into a drawing to be one of the lucky few who get to help with the actual sliming!

We need 84 more volunteers in the next 8 weeks. That's a big goal. That means just over 10 people each week need to volunteer to help with a unit of trek if we are going to fill all the slots in time. But it's also a pretty cool pay off at the end! Who wouldn't want to see us get slimed?

So what would you do to see your pastors slimed? Will you sign up to help with TREK for just one unit? It's only 5 sundays. We provide excellent training to teach you exactly what you need to do. There's other people in the room with you to help you so you won't have to do it alone. And at the end of it all, you know you've helped to build important faith foundations for the children in our congregation. It's a reward that lasts way longer than a frozen ice cream treat. It's just 5 hours of your time. What would you do to see your pastors slimed?