God and pizza

Adam is working on the second level of the cub scout program called "God and Country". Last year, he did "God and Me", where he created different games to play with others that explored the relationship between God and us. This year's level is called "God and Family", which explores how God works in families by comparing family to pizza. Yep, that's right. It's prety neat. Adam is half way done with this pizza project, and is "builing" a pizza (stored in a Domino's pizza box, of course :) ! ) to represent what he is learning. Here's a look at what he has done so far.
1. The crust is the "foundation" of the family. If the crust is soggy or burnt, even if the rest of the pizza is perfect, the whole thing is ruined with a yucky crust. The foundation of our family needs to be solid... built on Jesus Christ and the church. His foundation, pictured below, has the cross in the center, the people of God's family from every nation covering it, with a scripture written around the edge of the crust which will still show even when everything else is put on top of it. The scripture he chose is 1 Thes. 5:16-18. A GREAT foundation for Godly families!

2. Next, he made the sauce, representing his family heritage and spiritual heritage. He took strips of paper (red and orange to look like tomato sauce), and on each strip wrote the name of a person in his life who has helped him grow in his Christian faith. Then he wove them together and cut them into a circle shape to fit on the crust. Very cool looking!

3. Next, the toppings! The toppings represent the individual talents and gifts that family members have been given that strengthen our family and make it unique. He had to assign each family member a topping to be (Adam's a mushroom, Nick's a pineapple, Dad's an anchovie, and I'm a jalepeno pepper!) and make five of each. Then he wrote the name on each one, and a different talent or gift that person possesses on each topping. Then we strategically placed them and glued them together. Neat!

He isn't done yet. We still have cheese to add (God's love and God's Word that makes everything stick together), then the baking and eating process. Here is what his pizza looks like so far with each layer on top of the other.......

What a fun way to learn about God!! Being a Christian is so awesome! Talk to you later!