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It was one of those days where we needed a motivational poster to plow through - but we did get Sunday's service all wrapped up for the most part.  The reason for this is so we can have off the next few days, and not have to worry about coming in at all.  This plan seems to be a good one.

The day was mostly spent preparing for tomorrow, for guests and for family.  The tables are getting set up, the food prepared, and the decorations hung up.  The service on Sunday is done as well.  Madison spent the day with Mommy, Nana and Ba-Ba at the house (although the grandparents did take an excursion to do some looking around for a new home up this way).

We'll have a lot of time to relax in the coming days, but today was necessary for getting it all set in place.  That said, I leave with this script for Sunday's service, our final service of the series, "Master Builders."

KidPak Adventures:  Master Builders
You are the Special

CUE SLIDE:  LEGO BACKDROP

CUE TRACK:  7 Rufus

HOST walks out STAGE RIGHT, holding a few LEGO bricks.

HOST: “Just what is it about a LEGO brick?  We’ve had an incredible series for these past few weeks, and we’ve had one theme:  LEGO bricks.  We’ve seen your creations.  We’ve seen the video games.  We’ve even seen lots of LEGO figures.  And today, we’ll be taking a look at the best LEGO movie of them all – it’s called ‘The LEGO Movie.’”

CUE SLIDE:  “LEGO MOVIE”

HOST begins to put a few of the LEGO bricks together while speaking.

HOST:  “Like the toy itself, ‘The LEGO Movie’ is all about connecting.  And as we’ve seen from this series, we are made to connect with God, but we’re supposed to connect with each other as well.  Throughout this story, we meet a character who shows us the way to connect.  What’s his name?”

CUE SLIDE:  “EMMET”

HOST: “Meet Emmet. Right in the middle of Bricksburg, we meet Emmet, just a normal guy in the normal world.  He represents all of us, trying to get along the best he can.  Let’s watch Emmet as he gets ready for his day.”

CUE CLIP 1:  EMMET READS THE INSTRUCTIONS (2:26 – 6:42)

CUE SLIDE:  “EMMET STARTS HIS DAY”

HOST:  “It’s so hard to make it through the day, but how does Emmet do it?  He follows the instructions.  In fact, everyone was doing the same exact thing.  Everyone was watching that show – what was it called again?”

CUE SLIDE: “Where’s My Pants?”

HOST:  “And everyone was paying for overpriced coffee.”

CUE SLIDE: “Larry the Barista”

HOST:  “And everyone was crazy about Taco Tuesday.”

CUE SLIDE: “Taco Tuesday”

HOST:  “But was we’ll find out soon enough, his instructions aren’t quite right.  And if you’re strictly following the way of the world, you’re probably doing it wrong as well. For example, lots of us watch the same television shows, and listen to the same songs.”

CUE SLIDE: “LEGO MOVIE”

HOST: “ For a moment, Emmet remembers President Business tell everyone they’ll be put to sleep – and he starts to get worried.  But he completely forgets about any danger, because it’s easier to laugh with everyone else at ‘Where’s My Pants?’”

HOST:  “He needed to listen more closely. And we do to!  What’s the message in the songs we all listen to?  What’s the message being spoken in the television shows we watch?  This leads me to the first point.”

CUE SLIDE:  “READ THE RIGHT INSTRUCTIONS”

HOST:  “Read the right instructions.  This series, we’ve been looking at the most important instructions, those building blocks of faith that we should live each day by.  King David was a Master Builder – and he agreed with this completely.  Listen to what he said in Psalm 119:105.”

CUE SLIDE:  “PSALM 119:105”

HOST:  “Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way.  It is like a light that guides me.”

CUE SLIDE:  MASTER BUILDERS

HOST: “Simply put, ‘Your Bible is filled with just the right blueprints to make it through life and say, ‘Everything is awesome!’

CUE SLIDE: “Emmet”

HOST: “Emmet’s journey becomes awesome when a few things happen.  First, he sees the bad guys for what they are.  Next, he meets a super team known as the Master Builders.  Unfortunately, those same bad guys are about to bust in to the scene.”

CUE CLIP 2:  ATTACK ON CLOUD CUCKOO LAND (46:32 – 50:23)

CUE SLIDE:  “SUBMARINE”

HOST:  “The Master Builders were pretty creative, weren’t they?  But their creativity was all over the place.  It’s amazing, but at the same time they just don’t play well together.  And in the end, only one part of that submarine survives.”

CUE CLIP 2:  THE BEDOUBLED COUCH (52:22 – 55:00)

CUE SLIDE:  “BEDOUBLED COUCH”

HOST:  “Emmet shows us all how to do it, by using our gifts together with one common goal:  saving the world.  God made us all different, and all amazing.  But that takes us to our next point, which is part of the song.”

CUE SLIDE: “EVERYTHING IS COOL WHEN YOU’RE PART OF A TEAM”

HOST: “Everything is cool when you’re part of a team.  God needs every part of the team to work together.  In our Bibles, Paul compared us to pieces of clay.”

CUE SLIDE:  “ROMANS 9:21”

HOST: “ Isn’t the potter free to make different kinds of pots out of the same lump of clay?  Some are for special purposes.  Others are for ordinary use.”

CUE SLIDE: “Emmet”

HOST:  “Some of us may feel like Emmet.  But don’t ever start thinking others are greater than you.  Emmet begins to feel down when he sees everyone else’s gifts.  I mean, how can you compete with Batman? 

CUE SLIDE: “Metalbeard”

HOST: “ Or Metalbeard?”

CUE SLIDE:  “Wyldstyle”

HOST: “And Wyldstyle is pretty cool, even though her name sounds like that of a DJ.  But after a visit with the Man Upstairs, Emmet realizes something that changes everything.  Let’s see what that is.”

CUE CLIP 4:  YOU ARE THE SPECIAL (SPECIAL CLIP)

CUE SLIDE: “Emmet”

HOST:  “It takes a visit with the Man Upstairs for Emmet to realize the obvious.  He is the Special.  But so are you.  That’s our final point.  It says this:”

CUE SLIDE:  “YOU ARE THE SPECIAL”

HOST:  “You are the special.  You just have to believe in it, and maybe believe in it a little more.  Look at this famous scripture found in 2 Corinthians.”

CUE SLIDE:  “2 Corinthians 5:7 NIrV”

HOST: “ We live by believing, not seeing.”

CUE SLIDE:  VITRUVIUS

HOST:  “Vitruvius may have been blind, but remember that we walk by faith and not by sight.  Even though you may not see it in yourself, God does.  And He thinks you are the most talented, most interesting, and most extraordinary person in the universe.  And you are capable of amazing things. You are the special.  It may sound like a cat poster, but it’s true.”

CUE SLIDE: “ MASTER BUILDERS”

HOST:  “And that’s the message, built on a firm foundation: We must connect together in faith.  We must believe that we are specially designed to follow God’s directions and work together as a team.  We do it to save the world – you just have to believe that you are the Special!”

HOST:  “Let us pray.”