Bubbling Over for Sunday School!

Sunday was a GLORIOUS BUBBLY DAY!!!

The day began with our Sunday School Campaign. The weather forecast did say some rain and then up to 80 degree heat, so although we prepared for a church picnic, we knew that we might have to stay inside the fellowship hall due to wet or heat. My hubby and I arrived early that morning and there was a strong cool breeze and blue skies peeking out, so we felt that no rain would be forthcoming, so I decorated our deck (we had one built on the back of our fellowship hall) with streamers and two tables and set out tables & chairs under the trees. (My hairspray did hold in the breeze, but just barely!)

We finished decorating the puppet stage with balloons and streamers and then it was time for church to start. Everybody was in a stage of excitement, getting their vegetable dishes to the fellowship hall, so we didn’t start on time (9:45!!! Be on Time!!!) so we put the puppets on program after Sunday School instead.

After Sunday School, we had the puppets for our day’s theme: “Bubbling Over For Sunday School!!!” Puppet explained that Sunday School is fun and exciting because we learn about the greatest hero of all, Jesus! We ended with a song from Maynard Groovy Bible Tunes (link on this blog) that says, “God Can Do incredibly bubbly…more than you can ever imagine…God Can Do incredibly bubbly…bubbly, bubbly, bubbly more!” At the same time there were white “bubble” balloons floating out from behind the puppet stage and real bubble being blown. After that, the puppets led the audience in a rousing rendition of “It’s bubbling, it’s bubbling in my soul”, which they had to sing faster and faster. I was the lead puppet and I got so out of breath and giggly from being “squatted down” behind a low puppet stage, trying to read the script, sing and hold my puppet at the right angle that I almost couldn’t finish the song. They heard me gasping for breath over the microphone. Ha!

After church, we found out that we could not have ordered better weather!!! God gave us blue skies, white fluffy clouds and a steady cool breeze! The Sunday School provided 100 piece chicken dinner, ham, rolls and canned drinks that we put in ice tubs. The church members provided vegetable dishes. We set the food on tables, just inside the fellowship hall by the back door to keep the food cool and everyone could carry their plate to the deck or under the trees. We had tables under the trees for coolness, tables on the deck for ladies the who couldn’t or didn’t want to get down the stairs to the ground level and tables set up inside for those who need to have more air conditioning. But it was so cool outside, we could all be outside. We set up a watermelon station on the deck along with iced drinks.

We passed out Bubbles to everyone and the wind helped turn our church property into bubble dreamland! After everyone had eaten and fellowshipped and eaten watermelon, some of the older members went home and my husband, Mike, snuck out water balloons to kids while others were setting up the volleyball net. The kids all decided they were going to water balloon Mike. It was so funny. Every time they threw a water balloon at him, it would bounce off him and break on the ground! They must have thrown 10 – 20 balloons at him over the course of time and he never once got wet. They said he must have had an invisible suit of armor on! Of course the kids got wet, but the breeze was so strong they all dried out before they had to go home.

What was really funny, right in the middle of the water balloon war….a little black cloud blew over our heads and with no warning, a sudden…and I mean sudden….rain storm with huge rain drops just poured water. As one of our older members was running across the yard to get inside the fellowship hall, our pastor joked that God wanted to play water balloons too! His big water balloon WON!!! Our pastor called out to the man who was running, “get him Lord with your water balloon!” The rain quickly passed, the sun came back out, the breeze dried everything off and we all got to sit outside on the deck and watched the more energetic adults and children play volleyball.