We Love Pastor Jay!

Today was our chapel day and we just LOVE Pastor Jay!  He is so cool with his guitar and funny songs.  This is probably our favorite day of the week.  For the past few chapel lessons, he has been teaching us a great song about the "fruits of the spirit."  It is such a wonderful song to help when we are having "a not so great" day, but it is perfect for "awesome days" too.  See if your child can share it with you.  Our fruits are "love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control."  The children had no idea how this all related to having a healthy lifestyle, but it fits just perfectly.  All of these fruits are gifts from God and they are right in our healthy hearts.  Today he talked about patience!  Whew, we all need a little bit more of that fruit.  Even on a really good day, it is so easy to get overwhelmed.  He taught us to take a big deep breath and count to 10 in sign language.  This is such a good way to give yourself a "mini time out" when you are feeling a little stressed.  He also taught us the "standing tree" yoga pose.  Yes, you read that correctly - we learned a little yoga too.  Now you know why we love chapel time sooooo much!    Thank you Pastor Jay for sharing your chapel time with us each week.