tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post4271417640897428034..comments2023-10-30T09:23:03.811-04:00Comments on Gretchen Reads 24/7: Reformation PartyGretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02485310328441248086noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-29966528879268910842007-11-18T19:26:00.000-05:002007-11-18T19:26:00.000-05:00See the Youtube version of this with a bit more vi...See the Youtube version of this with a bit more visual historicity:<BR/><BR/><B><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/user/thekingdomcomedotcom" REL="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/thekingdomcomedotcom</A></B>Roderick_Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169535715630771551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-54557321578338671702007-11-02T19:01:00.000-04:002007-11-02T19:01:00.000-04:00So what happened to the party after everyone in th...So what happened to the party after everyone in the church was thrown into jail for heresy?<BR/><BR/>(Another [semi] tongue-in-cheek jab) ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-77782562522572841792007-11-01T16:10:00.000-04:002007-11-01T16:10:00.000-04:00Gretchen - that may blow off the top from our Harv...Gretchen - that may blow off the top from our Harvest party...I LOVE IT!!! Especially that song!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-81664592152542161132007-10-29T09:32:00.000-04:002007-10-29T09:32:00.000-04:003 days to go until Reformation time!! :) I love Ka...3 days to go until Reformation time!! :) I love Karen's ideas from her reformation celebration (esp the wall of faith & bible sumuggling). I'm trying to tuck them away in my memory for future years. Gretchen, it is a joy to know & work with you (as I'm sure your other readers can testify to). Thanks for getting the Ref Polka chorus in my head for the rest of the day! ;)<BR/>Love ya!<BR/>AnnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-89241742917321643362007-10-28T14:04:00.000-04:002007-10-28T14:04:00.000-04:00Emma -- you could be a princess! Or a girl knight...Emma -- you could be a princess! Or a girl knight or a medieval maiden or something. I'm being a peasant.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485310328441248086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-18707296218299898462007-10-27T11:38:00.000-04:002007-10-27T11:38:00.000-04:00Oh my gosh, that son is hilarious...a smart person...Oh my gosh, that son is hilarious...a smart person must have made it up, to make it all rhyme so well...haahaa! :)<BR/>I must admit I'm a little jealous, still...there's mothing like the good ole' Switch...and at a reformation paty, I couldn't be a fairy.:)<BR/>-emilyEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08043176976407449478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-32705030738378920792007-10-25T22:20:00.000-04:002007-10-25T22:20:00.000-04:00Karen,Thanks for telling me about your event at yo...Karen,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for telling me about your event at your church. It sounds like a great place. I LOVE those ideas. We'll have to file them away for later! This year the plan is simple (so Annie tells me) because SO much went into VBS (which she also did). But maybe next year it can be a bit more full-blown. :)<BR/><BR/>Brit -- sounds like fun! I hope you put up some pictures!<BR/><BR/>Anna -- I have a peasant outfit with a brown pin-on apron, brown boots and a sort of wrap thing for my hair (I'm braiding it). The wrap thing goes around my head and then around my braid. I didn't want to make a formal into a princess dress or something. I DO love my church and I'm so glad I get to help with the kids and the events!<BR/><BR/>Jana -- glad to give you an idea! Maybe you can have a little Reformation fest with your little darling someday!Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485310328441248086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-42985540817034779062007-10-25T22:06:00.000-04:002007-10-25T22:06:00.000-04:00Getchen--What a wonderful idea. I love it. I hav...Getchen--What a wonderful idea. I love it. I have never heard of that before. I can hardley wait for the pictures!!!Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009330742175297413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-29502967251219091182007-10-25T18:40:00.000-04:002007-10-25T18:40:00.000-04:00oh my, GRET! What are you going to wear? That sou...oh my, GRET! What are you going to wear? That sounds great! :) I am going to be Hermione for Halloween, but DUH. Of course I am. :) I just need a wooden wand and a headband. BTW that sounds like something YOU would think up what your church is doing, so no wonder you love your church so much! :) <BR/><BR/>AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-29315425051186691122007-10-25T17:19:00.000-04:002007-10-25T17:19:00.000-04:00Our Homeschool Co-op is doing a Medieval Feast on ...Our Homeschool Co-op is doing a Medieval Feast on Sat at church! Wish you could come! Your parents are being the King and Queen of the evening! It'll be a hoot!Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15712840271445816783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843855.post-57344814363638151732007-10-25T14:38:00.000-04:002007-10-25T14:38:00.000-04:00Gretchen,We studied the Renaissance and Reformatio...Gretchen,<BR/><BR/>We studied the Renaissance and Reformation last year in home school.<BR/><BR/>We put on a Reformation Day Celebration last year and it was tremendous. Each family signed up to do a "shoppe" My family was the music shop. Which was the cover for the Bible smugglers. Each person was given a "paper bible" to try and smuggle through the night to the music shop. Dads were dressed as monks trying to catch someone w/a Bible. If caught, they took them to the stockade that we had built.<BR/><BR/>We had a wall of faith in our sanctuary that was built with the cornerstone being Christ and then building from that a wall of faith using different martyrs and heroes of faith from the Cross through the Reformation. Many kids were assigned these martyrs and were assigned to write a dialogue about their character. My Natalie was Blandina, a 1st century Christian Martyred in the arena in Rome. My Tayler, was Katie Luther. As each kid came out and said their part, a brick was laid upon the foundation of the cornerstone. We did this chronologically from the Cross through the Reformation and Luther, Calvin, Huss, Wycliffe and so many others. It was amazing.<BR/><BR/>If I remember it right, we did food from the time period (Reformation Time) and had games/shoppes from the time period. For example our music shoppe, we did Name that Tune, using things like Ring around the Rosy (from the black plague) ect...and they had to name that poem/song. Of course, our co-op put this on for our church and since we had just studied all of this, we understood it all. I think there is a huge non-understanding of the Reformation from the Evangelical Church at large. Even I was guilty of not knowing much about Luther other than he wrote, A mighty fortress is our God! <BR/><BR/>What a tremendous study it was! I am so excited to hear what your church did/does!<BR/><BR/>KarenName: Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07344009332024573681noreply@blogger.com