Garden Blessings     Opening Prayer: Join together in prayer asking God to help us  know and trust  the words He has spoken to  all of His children  throughout the ages.     Hymntime :   http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/i/t/g/itgarden.htm   In The Garden   I come to the garden alone While the dew is still on the roses And the voice I hear falling on my ear The Son of God discloses. Refrain And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known. He speaks, and the sound of His voice, Is so sweet the birds hush their singing, And the melody that He gave to me Within my heart is ringing. Refrain I’d stay in the garden with Him Though the night around me be falling, But He bids me go; through the voice of woe His voice to me is calling. Refrain   Suggested Bible Reading For Today   :   Genesis 2:4-8   4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,   5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,  and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God  had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.  6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.   7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.       Read Out Loud  Bible Quiz  - Have the children guess the missing the word in each verse :     These are the generations of the heavens and of the _______ when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,       And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,  and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God  had not caused it to ____________ upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a ___________ from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of ________; and man became a living ____________.     And the Lord God planted a _____________ eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.     Memory Verse For Today : And the Lord God planted a garden  eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.  Genesis 2:8     Follow Up Activity :  Paper , crayons and pencils   Have the children draw their own  garden pictures placing into their drawings  some of the things mentioned in the Genesis passage as well as the hymn.       If you are able to , please share your pictures with World Sunday School . We would love to see them and perhaps can  even post some to the website!   Send email to :  cookcomm@gmail.com       ____________________________________________________ Close With Prayer.