Faith Connections 3::Seeds of Truth

Scripture Reading

Read Matthew 13:1-9

Watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJvzmBn5NcA

Conversation Starters

What did you like about the video? What did you not like about the video?

How is the video different than the Bible passage? How is the video similar?

Does the video change your thinking about the parable?

The video shows a person going through something parallel to the parable. What part of the video do you feel is most like you?

Activities

Getting Started: 

Seed Pods

Last week in Sunday school we made seed pods. Make your own wild flower seed pods. Find a place to scatter the seed pods in a local park or forest, or in your yard. If you don't have a place to scatter them, give them to family, friends or neighbors as a gift for them to plant. 

The Parable of the Sower is about hearing God's word and making it meaningful in our every day lives. Like spreading the seed pods, we can also spread God's word with others in many ways. Talk about ways that you can share God's work. 

Seed Pods Directions:

Materials:

Air dry red clay

Wild flowers

Dirt

Mix about 3 parts clay to 1 part dirt in a large pail. Add several scoops of wildflowers. Add some water. Mix it all together. Roll into many 1 inch balls. Set in the sun to dry. When they are dry, set them in the dirt where you want them to grow. 

On the go:

Seeds

We encounter seeds in a lot of places. We eat pumpkin or sunflower seeds. During the summer months when we eat peaches, cherries, apricots we take out the seeds. We see seed pods dropping from trees or seeds floating from flowers. Go out and find some seeds in nature. Talk about the differences and similarities in the seeds. Talk about the different ways that we learn about God...through reading the Bible, through listening to people teach in church, through talking with others, through prayer. What are ways that your family learns about who God is? 

Digging deeper:

Family Video

Make a family movie of the Parable of the Sower! Work together to write a script, practice and video tape your production. If you have the tools work as a family to edit the video. If you do this project, please share it! I would love to see what you come up with.