When Jesus was asked to identify God's greatest commandment, He answered, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength" (Mark 12:30). Too often we give children "pie-in-the-sky" platitudes without supplying practical steps they can apply in everyday life. This unit will help your children know what it means to love God with actions and words.

Guard Your Heart is an object lesson game based on Proverbs 4:23 - "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." The object of this game is to guard your own paper heart while trying to capture others. However, as revealed at the end of the game, the winner is not the player with the most captured hearts but those who still retain their own heart, no matter how many they have captured!

Recruiting is a never-ending job! That's why it's important to be fresh and original in how we approach prospective volunteers. The invitation to serve children must be creative and positive, but consistent! Send home Valentine's that invite folks to join in sharing God's love with children. Four completely different styles are provided.