Worldfilled Wednesday & Treasures in Your Heart Party Idea

This past weekend, I had a great time hosting a Treasures in Our Heart party for my eldest daughter. The theme was inspired from the Scripture above, and her half-birthday was a good excuse to get the girls in her fourth grade class together for some fun and fellowship. It was so easy to pull off, and could easily be modified for older or younger gals. I thought this Worldfilled Wednesday would be a great time to share this Scripture with you and the details of the party, in case you care to host your own. Please feel to use the graphics and Bible Study questions as inspiration for your Treasures in Our Heart party.

Invitation:
Here's a link to the cover graphic and the title we used in the inside. I printed them at home, on half sheets folded over, with this title and the date, time, etc. on the inside.

Time-frame:
We allotted 4 hours for the party, but 3 would have been more than enough time.

Food:
We hosted the girls for dinner, serving chicken nuggets, mini-pizza bagels, and mozzarella sticks. I had a salad ready for the mom's that wanted to stick around. It was a blessing to have the mom company. For dessert, we had ice cream sundaes!

Mini Bible Study Questions:
After dinner, we held our Mini Bible Study. We read the passage together and answered the following questions.

1. What does rust look like and feel like? How does rust happen? What does it ruin?
2. Have you ever seen the damage a moth can do? What does it ruin?
3. How do you protect your things from getting damaged by rust and moths?
4. What is the job of a thief?
5. Who in the Bible is consider a thief? What does he do? (Hint: John 10:10)
6. How can we protect or guard ourselves from the thief?
7. What type of treasures do we keep here on earth?
8. Of those, which ones will be destroyed? Which ones will last in heaven, or eternally?
9. What does is mean, “where your treasure is, there your heart will also be?”
10. How can we guard our hearts, to make sure that only the right treasures are stored up there?
11. Can you think of anything that the Lord wants you to let go, or focus on less, because it has become one of your treasures on earth -- something that is very important to you, but that you can’t take to heaven?
12. If you let that “thing” go, what can you replace it with? How is that a good thing?
13. What is the most important thing you have learned from this Scripture passage? And how is it different than what you thought before?

Craft:
Following the study, we painted wooden treasure boxes and listened to some great worship music. The girls enjoyed the social time and relaxed atmosphere. I picked up the boxes from Oriental Trading, although I know that you can find them at most craft stores. After the paint dried, the girls stuck one foam heart inside. I suggested they use these boxes to remind themselves of what the Lord would like stored up in their hearts, by writing on a piece of paper the thing or person that has become a treasure, and surrender that to the Lord.

Game:
We spent about 45 minutes playing the The Ungame, which was great fun for drawing them closer to one another and challenging them to think about life from a more serious perspective. It wasn't at all related to the theme, but it was still worth the time!

It was a wonderful time for the girls to connect. Moms and daughters alike were reminded of how often the treasures in our heart are things that rust and moth will decay. It was good to be refocused on loving others for Jesus' sake, with an eternal perspective.

May this week, mounting in hope for romance and earthly love, become a time that your heart is turned unto One that is love, in whom your treasure lies.

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