Sock it to Lottie, Take Two

Last year the Kidztown staff at our church wanted to be sure that we were intentional about using the Lottie Moon Christmas emphasis time as an opportunity to teach the kiddos about international missions and challenge them to give out of their own abundance to be sure that others had a chance to hear the gospel. We used the name "Sock it to Lottie" and encouraged the kids to save money between Thanksgiving and Christmas to give to the Lottie Moon Christmas offering. The kids blew us away by more than doubling our goal of $1700 to bring in $3500.

This year, the kids have been challenged again, this time with a tougher goal of $3500. Once again they'll get the chance to slime Pastor Ryan, and we even have a few extra surprises in mind too.

Our own kids decided last year that they were going to make a few crafts to sell in Nana's garage during our large family feast. I am a good Southern Baptist girl who was raised to believe fundraising for the church was a no no, but I knew Ryan's aunts, uncles, and cousins would not be offended. So while I didn't encourage it, I did give them the okay. It was such a roaring success, that they decided to do it again and yesterday they opened up shop as soon as they had finished their yeast rolls and taters.

They were very excited to collect $62.75 cents for Lottie Moon and they're hoping that it will go a long way toward insuring that missionaries can go and daddy gets slimed!

Abby and Lizzy ready for business.

My favorite of their craftings. Ryan and Abby made these adorable tissue holders that Abby found on Martha Stewart's website.