"Special service for Scouts and Guides - Working as a team."

Today's selected readings: – Galatians 5: 16-18, 22-26 (Gifts of the spirit)

• (A bowl of fruit is needed for talk)
• Each of the groups have representatives that firstly speak briefly what the overall aim of scouts/guides is.
• Members then display in an action sense, what the groups activities include and what benefit is achieved from them
• The Christian talk follows
• This bowl of fruit has a variety of fruits in it. Each of them are special in themselves. Eg: The gentleness of a pear, the crunchiness of an apple, the texture and tanginess of an orange etc
• And only when these are put together in a fruit salad is their collective value fully appreciated.
• Today's reading stresses that the current view in society is wrong. That is the "I" factor and often at the expense of others.
• God gives each of us special gifts Eg: Some are better at performing kind deeds than others, others are gentle, patient, faithful (true mate), self control (Not led by others) etc.
• And in this church, we have people with a combination of all these special God given gifts and when they come together for the common good, we call that the Church.
• The church is only people who come together for the common good.
• So too with Guides and Scouts. Your individual skills are often shared with those who are not as good as you may be.
• Like the bowl of fruit salad like Guides/Scouts, like the Church when we work together for the common cause our best is offered and experienced.
• In Christian terms, we thank God for the gifts he has given us that we can share with others to help combat the "I" mentality of society which is very selfish.

Kids Church Activity:
To have the visitors to do a human collage of the activities of the organisation. To use music (Like in silent movies) as these activities are introduced and acted out. Balloons are then to be filled with special gas, ribbon attached with a small piece of card also attached. The card to say "The Werribee Scouts and Guides at a service at Saint Thomas’ Anglican Church to offer small practical help to anyone who find this balloon – Plus a Phone number. These are tied to the pews for the remainder of the service and then released into the air at the end of the service.

What you need to get ready:
Balloon gas, thin ribbon, scissors, balloons, card pre punched with wording already printed on the card. Scout/Guide organisation to bring in items that describe what they do – Eg: Tent for camping, rope for knot tying, rake for community service etc.