The Prodigal Son-God as a Forgiving Parent

Have you ever forgiven a friend or relative?  Or has someone forgiven you?  One image of God is that of a forgiving parent.  God will forgive you for your sins or mistakes, just as the prodigal son was forgiven in a famous story that Jesus tells. 
The kids learned the story of the prodigal son, then depicted the story in a mural which is hung up in the classroom. Come in and look at it some time.

Peaceable Kingdom

The famous painter Edward Hicks imagines what a peaceable kingdom would look like and paints an amazing picture of animals and people from all walks of life living peacefully together.  Wouldn't that be great.  Our class decided that living in peace is unrealistic due to greed, power, lack of resources, religious differences etc. However, they did come up with some rules to help promote peace such as learning to problem solve, no football, fewer rules etc.  Finally, to demonstrate the famous lion and lamb living together we produced some amazing bread in the shape of a lion and lamb. Yummmmmmmmmmm! The smell and taste of fresh bread were awesome and had the congregation hungering for some fresh bread too.