So what did they find?
They found part of a scroll, a phylactery, a metal plate for burning incense and a piece of pottery inscribed with the words, “Love God. Love people.”
What Bible story do you think we were exploring on Wednesday?
Jesus frequently encountered the Pharisees when he was near Jerusalem. Many sought to question him, not to learn from him, but to try and trick him into saying something that would go against the teachings of the Torah/Prophets/Old Testament. Other people would gather around Jesus in the temple to learn from him. His teachings told of a new way to interpret the things they had learned. For instance, Jesus taught an easy way to keep God’s Commandments, just remember “Love God with all your heart, mind and soul, and love your neighbors as yourself.”
At craft time, our junior archaeologists made personalized pencils wrapped with embroidery floss and beads, and formed clay pots which they will paint later and keep a scroll with the above verse inside. During snack time, they ate tortillas filled with either banana or honey butter and tied with a licorice string to remind them of the scrolls that the Israelites used to learn about God. A scroll inscribed with “Jesus is our TEACHER” was added to our archaeology dig journal.
They dug for treasure in our archaeological dig site and found dinosaur pencils and small plastic dinosaur bookmarks that they could take home to remember today’s lessons.
During our Activity Center time, we went outside (yes, in the sweltering heat) to do crayon rubbings of our cornerstone. The corner stone of St. Andrew says “Jesus” and we talked about building a church/temple on Jesus, with Jesus being the strongest cornerstone of all.
In the afternoon, each junior archaeologist was given the opportunity to paint some dinosaur watercolor projects and create their own dinosaur scene with a selection of stickers.
They learned about Pterodactylus. Dinosaurs are not noted for being exceptionally smart (at least like we think about being smart), since their brain size seems to indicate brain function primarily ordered for survival. But it makes you wonder how young Pterodactylus would learn to fly, right? Didn’t someone have to teach them how to fly and leave the nest? Survival instincts, trial and error, along with watching other Pterodactylus probably played the majority of what motivated the young to fly from the nest.
Imagine what might have become of dinosaurs if they had the capacity to teach what they learned to future generations?
Pterodactylus and Jesus… teachers?
Why not? We’re still learning about dinosaurs. Each archaeological discovery teaches us more and more about them.
The more we dig around in the Bible, the more we know about Jesus and our relationship with the God who created and loves us. Our journey to knowing God is a life-long lesson with Jesus as our TEACHER and the Bible our schoolbook.
Amen.
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