Happy Friday, A great big shout out to Christel, Gavin and Michael, hanks for sending me some of your favourite songs of our faith.
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This week I am thinking about being brave. I wonder what do you feel when you are being brave?  I wonder what are the brave things have you done this week?  I wonder when you do a random act of kindness is that being brave?  Is spreading love being brave? Is speaking with kindness a brave thing?

​I Can do Hard Things, by Gabi Garcia 

A story for the younger ones: Be Brave Little Penguin, by Giles, Andreae 

A faith story: Esther - The Brave and Beautiful Queen

When have you done something brave?

 I wonder what one brave action that you’ll do this week?
Activity
Maybe you’d like to draw a picture of being brave and ask an adult to take a picture of it and sent it to avunitedchurch@shaw.ca  .

Rev. Minnie would love to include your picture in next Sundays Church Service.

Or Click the link to a  colouring page about Courage & Kindness    file:///C:/Users/Owner/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/WCRNZCDX/couage%20%20kindness%20colouring.pdf

For the adults nurturing spirituality with children
There is room at the table for everyone, by Carrie Newcomer

Enemy Pie 
Read by:Camryn Manheim 

• Written by: Derek Munson 
  

• Illustrated by: Tara Calahan King 
  
• Published by: Chronicle Books 
  
• Read by: Camryn Manheim 
  
• Suggested grade level: 1st - 3rd 
  
• Run time: 10 minutes 
  

It was the perfect summer. That is until Jeremy Ross moved into the house down the street and became Enemy Number One. Luckily, Dad has a surefire way to get rid of enemies - Enemy Pie. 
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Read by: Barbara Bain 

• Written by: Audrey Penn 
• Illustrated by: Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak 

• Published by: Tanglewood Press 
• Read by: Barbara Bain 
• Suggested grade level: K - 1st 
• Run time: 5 minutes 

 
School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scar ​

Read by: Lily Tomlin 

• Written by: Amanda Noll 
• Illustrated by: Howard McWilliam 

• Published by: Flashlight Press 
• Read by: Lily Tomlin 
• Suggested grade level: K - 2nd 
• Run time: 12 minutes 

 
When Ethan looks under the bed for his monster, he finds this note instead: “So long, kid. Gotta go. Someone needs me more than you do. –Gabe” How will Ethan ever get to sleep without his monster’s familiar, comforting snorts? And who could need Gabe more than Ethan does? Gabe must have gone to Ethan’s little sister’s room! She has been climbing out of bed every night to play, and obviously needs a monster to help her get to sleep – but not HIS monster! Ethan tries to help his sister find her own monster, but none are the perfect blend of cute and creepy. Just when it seems that Ethan will lose his monster forever, an uninvited, tutu-toting little monster full of frightening fun appears. ​

An Indigenous Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkjY9GwwpDs 
 
This is a Dreamtime story about 'How The Birds got their Colours'. Dreamtime stories are a traditional story of the Indigenous people of Australia. This story is suitable for junior primary students.  
And More 
Prayer Sticks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC2-dIWz_6E 
The Lord’s Prayer Colouring Pages 
This is a link to a document in Minnie’s One Drive. 
file:///C:/Users/Owner/OneDrive/AVUC%20Kidz%20online%20Church/Hand-Lettered-Pages_rev2.pdf ​