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Events

SEASONAL & CALENDAR EVENTS

Thanksgiving Feast

This is an in-school event. Parents are welcome to come and volunteer during and throughout the day. Parental involvement is a key element to making this event a success and students come to a traditional feast with dishes prepared and brought by parents. They are adorned at school either as a Native American or Pilgrim and the classes enjoy the feast together with music to match the setting. The children learn about the story of the first Thanksgiving, reenacting the Native American’s encounter with Pilgrims and teaching them how to plant corn. The morning of the feast, during devotions, Charles and Siouxsan Robinson give a presentation about the culture and life of Native Americans.

Easter Week

For the two weeks leading up to Easter, MSP’s devotions are geared to reflect the days leading up to Christ Crucifixion and Resurrection. The Triumphal Entry, Passover and then betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection are all reenacted for the students.

Devotions are held on the nature trail as these events are reenacted. Parents are invited to stay and in some instances participate in this reenactment. Some students will also have a chance to participate in these devotional times.

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Christmas Program

This is a formal program put together with the participation of the students, guidance of the director and music teacher, and assembled by the help of the Christmas Program Committee of Friends of Mustard Seed. This event reflects the birth of Christ and the true meaning of the Christmas season. This event is fun for all and truly requires a great deal of parental involvement, during and before the event.

There will be a special love offering taken at the programs. Funds collected will benefit the scholarship fund.

Harvest Days

Each Fall, classes celebrate Harvest Days. Each class reads the classic children’s book Stone Soup which is all about community, and then make soup using a stone plus of course other delicious ingredients. That same day students will go out to the MSP Pumpkin Patch. They will walk the nature trail and happen upon the patch, and find their very own pumpkin with their glittery name on it. It is a fun day with many photo opportunities as well!

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Ugly Bug Ball

To wrap up our Discovery units on all things creepy crawly, we celebrate with our Ugly Bug Ball! Students come to school dressed up as their favorite bug. We kick off our Ugly Bug Ball with a parade for parents, then students participate in interactive learning stations throughout the day focused on bug science. Stations include a Pollination Station, Entomology Lab, insect movement, and much more.

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Hibernation Days

These days serve to engage students in the study of hibernating animals. Everyone is invited to wear their pajamas and the whole day is dedicated to reading books and participating in activities and crafts that exhibit the characteristics of hibernation. The classrooms are set up as “habitats” and often have tents and “caves” set up by the teachers to provide a fun, thematic atmosphere.

Wedding Feast of the Lamb

The Wedding Feast of the Lamb is the capstone event for our Fives program. Students end their year with a unit on Heaven, then celebrate the hope of Heaven with their teachers and parents at a pretend Wedding Feast complete with worship and cake!

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