Come along on this Deep Sea Adventure in Justice!  It doesn’t take long to look around and see the places where this world feels unfair.  People in all corners of the world feel this in the way they are able to live, eat, learn, and work.  How are we supposed to show up?  What is asked of us in this hurting world?  The bible shares a simple truth that isn’t always as simple to follow but, what if we chose to seek justice, love kindness, and to be intentional about weaving life deeply? What if kids explored and practiced tools to help them to seek out justice for themselves and to help their neighbors to do the same. It takes some courage to dive deep in the ocean and it also takes courage to seek justice!  Are you up for the challenge? 

How does SCUBA work?

Each week kids will stop at the SCUBA DIVE TABLE to check in, make a name tag, and find their DIVE BANDANA.  Then, kids can sit with their families in the Commons for opening music.  At the welcome, kids will be invited to “swim down the ocean hallway for a visit to the SCUBA DIVE STATION.  The DIVE STATION will be the place we get to connect with our DIVE BUDDIES, sing, dance, see our silly ocean friends introduce the Justice Tool for the week, watch the Spotlight Story Video we created, and get ready to head to the DEEP SEA EXPLORATION STATIONS. These stations will be where kids will get to create cool underwater art, experiment to discover the science of the sea, play some hilarious games, make an ocean treat, and help create the spotlight story for the following week.  Each week you will get to experience a new station!  SCUBA wraps up with a Fin-Tastic Finale where kids will get to share how they see the justice tools working in their lives and to take home a SCUBA challenge for them to share with their families.

April 7th: SCUBA preview Sunday!  Kids will get to meet and get to know their DIVE BUDDIES, get familiar with all that will happen during SCUBA and get to play and create to help build excitement for our SCUBA ADVENTURE!

April 14th: Seeking Justice Through EMPATHY.  Come see how Dolphins take care of their neighbors and discover a story that gets us thinking about how treating people with empathy means seeing and understanding how they feel and how they might want us to show up for them.

April 21st: Seeking Justice Through PROBLEM SOLVING. Working to make sure our world is a just and fair place for everyone takes some creative problem solving! The Sea Otters are one of the worlds great problem solvers!  Come see how they use all kinds of tools to help them to thrive in the ocean and watch a story about 4 friends who were pretty creative at getting their friend to see Jesus.

April 28th: Seeking Justice Through ADAPTABILITY. Sometimes the first ideas don’t work out and we need to keep thinking of new ways to try and work out a problem. The Octopus is an amazingly adaptable creature! They have to be!  They have so many predators in the ocean, and they have found all kinds of new ways to keep themselves safe – even when the challenge seems impossible! Come see how a character from the Old Testament had to adapt in some pretty surprising ways.

May 5th: Seeking Justice Through RESILIENCE. Being able to bounce back and to keep going, even when we fail or experience tough challenges, is an important part of being a justice seeker.  The work of justice isn’t always easy and there might be bumps in the road that feel hard to be able to keep going.  The Sea Turtle is a wise creature who has been around since even before the dinosaurs! That means they must be pretty resilient!  We will also get to hear a story Jesus told about a woman who wouldn’t give up, even when she kept getting NO for an answer!

May 12th: Seeking Justice Through PATIENCE.  Wouldn’t it be great if everything we were seeking could happen in an instant?  Keeping our minds and hearts set on creating a just world means we sometimes need to have some long haul thinking, that means being patient and having the discipline to not get distracted from our hopes for our world.  It means making choices that match up with our values, not just what feels easy for right now.  This week will get to explore a weird looking creature called the Frogfish who has discovered that waiting is the best way to catch his dinner!  Speaking of dinner…I wonder what kinds of fruits might help us to be patient?

May 19th: SCUBA CELEBRATION DAY!  Kids will get to share and celebrate all the ways they got to experience this DEEP SEA ADVENTURE in JUSTICE!