We have a rather small group still (8 to 15 kids), but are starting to grow.

We start our gathering time with "The Triple F Cafe"...Food, Fellowship, and Fun! We have our morning snack (first child there gets to go to the snack closet and choose the snack for the day).

We sing, we tell each other what has happened during our week, let the kids put their offerings in our coin spinner, do a Bible check (hand one out if they forgot theirs) and the older kids assist with the younger children and TALK!

We usually discuss a current event that is going on in our world or community that has something to do with our current rotation, or if led, reinforce one of our main ideas...like when we were doing the ten commandments and our snack was a "manna gathering."

We put a large sheet on the ground in one of our classrooms and let the children go in and gather cornflakes off the sheet into small cups. (It actually took three weeks for someone to finally say "Cornflakes again??!!")

Then our music leader leads us in a couple of songs and then we pray together as a group. The shepherds lead them to their respective classes after the prayer.

It is very informal, most of their parents join in, and it is just a warm and exciting place to be on Sunday morning. Our kids DRAG their parents in early on Sunday mornings so they won't miss snack time. Even the most casual Sunday School attenders know where children are supposed to go in the mornings, so all visitors are easily directed to the cafe. (Which is just a couple of children sized tables in a corner of our fellowship hall. We have it decorated with posters and a memory verse treasure chest and other stuff for the kids.)

Most of all, it is a time to let the children to know we love them, and for us to get to know them better. And also to get them pumped up and excited about learning about God. May God bless you and your children He has sent for you to love and teach.