Discussion:

• How would you describe church? Big building, lots of people.
• What is the purpose of our church? Learn about God and His love for us.
• Who are the workers at church? Pastor, choir leaders, office workers, janitor, lawn guys, kitchen staff for the Wednesday night meals (Caleb suggested them).
• What are the needs of the church? Tithes and offerings. Respecting of the workers and the people attending, and the church property.
• How can we pray for the church? Pray for the Pastor and the workers (see above list)

What would happen if the workers didn't cooperate? No clean rooms, no sermon on Sunday morning, no food for our Wednesday night dinner. Even the volunteers are working in cooperation with the Pastor and the pupose of the church. Some of the volunteers are the Sunday School teachers, the children's choir leaders.  Even at church everyone must work together and practice cooperation to accomplish God's goal of learning of His love for us.

Discussed at breakfast the old saying of "too many cooks spoil the stew".  Using extended family members and their favorite foods, we were definitely able to help the boys understand that if you aren't cooperating with each other, then food (among other items) would not be tasting so good.

Prior to breakfast Joshua offered to take a soda bottle to the recycling bin. I mentioned there were a few other items to go too. Caleb and Joshua both had two items to take outside. As they went to put on shoes (it was a very chilly morning), they declared they were "cooperating". Uh, such a "Konos moment". They both carried teh flashlight. Then they had to cooperate on which way to go around the van in order to get to the recycling bin.