Wednesday, November 6, 2013

October 30 - Dia de los Muertos

This week was extra crazy as we experimented with stations for the first time!  Rather than having one task for each group, we had 5 tasks for each group and rotated them.  This week we had two special projects and we wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to help out.  The first project was making art for the greenhouse door.  The door is specially designed to be able to display paintings and drawings, and we want to be ready for when it is completed.  Stop by sometime soon to take a look!

The second special project was decorating the sanctuary for Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.  This holiday, which originated in Mexico, commemorates friends and family members who have passed away.  Relatives gather on this day to honor the deceased by building ofrendas, or private altars, and decorating them with pictures, flowers, candy skulls, and food.  We decorated the church with these things and more. 




The other stations included work like putting stamps and addresses on the soon-to-be-mailed newsletter, recycling our abundance of cardboard, setting up for Wednesday Night Alive, cleaning the nursery, and several other important tasks.  


No comments:

Post a Comment