PACT for the last week of November

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What's In Your Heart?   Items needed: cans of vegetables or fruit   Invite your kids to look in the pantry and choose the vegetables and/or fruits to eat for dinner.   Why did you choose those?  (Because I like them, they taste good, etc.)   Would you be disappointed if you choose one and there was something completely different inside?  We would all be disappointed if the inside didn't match the label on the outside.   Since people can't see inside of us to know what we are like, they must learn about us by the things we say and do. Students learned about five characteristics of the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31. (Even though this passage speaks about a woman, we can all be a person with these qualities and bring honor to God.)   Would others say that YOU are . . . 1.   loyal 2.   hard-working 3.   loving 4.   good 5.   fears the Lord?   Name each of these characteristics/virtues and ask:   How can I show this by the things I say or do? (For example, if I am loyal, I will speak good about my parents or friends behind their backs. I can be trusted with money. I will obey my parents. I will not hurt others with my words.)   What comes out of the mouth is a sign of what is in the heart (Matthew 12:34).       What Our Actions Tell Others   Items needed: index cards or pieces of paper, and a pencil   Guess different items' identities to talk about virtue.   Write each of the following items (any items will do) on a piece of paper or index card. (Items:washing machine, pencil sharpener, blender, lawn mower, elevator, coat, cell phone, etc.)   Invite someone to pick a card (do not let anyone see what is written on the card). The others are to guess the items by asking questions that can be answered with a YES or NO. (Will this fit inside my hand? Does it make a noise? Do I own one of these?)   Discuss:    Was it hard to guess the items?   How did we guess these items?  (By learning more about them—what they do, what noise they make, what size they are, etc.)   Read Proverbs 20:11.   How can others learn about us?  (By the things we do, by the words we say)   What can somebody learn about you if you do kind things? Mean things?         Psalm 100 Items needed: five pieces of copy or construction paper, a marker, and a small rock or coin   Review Psalm 100 together.   Write each of the numbers 1-5 on a piece of paper. Lay these on the floor (or if it's nice, go outside to do this activity).   Mark a throwing line on the floor and take turns letting the kids throw the rock or coin onto the pieces of paper. If the rock lands on a paper that says "1" he must say the first verse of Psalm 100. Continue until all five verses have been said.   Praise God together by saying the entire psalm!