A Firm Foundation In Jesus

As the heroes focus on building skyscrapers this week, they learned the importance of a solid foundation. Researching and getting inspiration from the tallest skyscrapers in the world, they noticed the firm foundations of each building to support the whole structure. When they designed their own skyscraper, the heroes reminded each other that the foundation needs to be big and strong. Thus, when it came to constructing, they knew that they had to use the biggest and strongest box in the pile to be able to support the other boxes they intend to stack up as high as they could.

These young heroes are just as aware of their need for a firm foundation when they start their day with worship, prayer, and time in the Word. More and more heroes are bringing their own Bibles from home. They look forward to their ten minute devotion time, reading their Bibles, praying, and being silent before their God. When they come together after their devotions, the heroes speak with so much wisdom from the Holy Spirit, sharing about a Bible story, a Bible lesson, or anything that the Lord has spoken to them during their quiet time with Jesus. There could not be any stronger foundation than their special time with Jesus each morning.

During their Socratic discussions, the heroes continue to learn about Keys to Excellence. Each day they learn a new “Key” and share their personal experiences demonstrating excellence. Every time they review the Keys to Excellence they have learned, the heroes are able to recall each one, namely, perseverance, ownership, flexibility, balance, integrity, commitment, speaking with good purpose, and failure leads to success. Not only do they recall them, but the heroes also remind each other throughout the day about these Keys and apply them to their experiences.  

Some heroes were counting the days to Easter and they were really excited to celebrate what Jesus did for them on the cross on Good Friday and His resurrection on Easter Sunday that they wanted Fun Friday to be an Easter Egg Hunt! But they faced an unfamiliar challenge on this Easter Egg Hunt. First, they talked about past experiences from egg hunts wherein some got more eggs than others. Some heroes sadly shared about a time when they were unable to find as many eggs as they wanted. And the heroes who shared about finding the most eggs also admitted that they felt sad for those who did not find many eggs. Thus they all agreed to work together on this unique egg hunt. They would help find all the eggs together and regardless of the number of eggs they find, they had a mission: to find twenty sparkly eggs, each with chocolate bunnies inside. They would need to rescue all the bunnies to have a chance to take them home for Easter, with no bunnies left behind, including all the other eggs they find. If they were unable to find all twenty sparkly eggs, the bunnies (and all the other eggs) would need to stay at school until they find all their brothers and sisters. Throughout the egg hunt, the heroes who filled their baskets of eggs would empty them into one big pile of eggs, counting the sparkly eggs they have found. Some hesitated as they held on to their treasure, but were soon convinced by the other heroes that they are working together to rescue the bunnies.  Unfortunately, at the end of the hunt, one of the sparkly eggs could not be found. Despite their disappointment, many heroes encouraged each other to “keep trying… keep looking for that one last sparkly egg…because failure leads to success.”

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