Tonight’s family service was on the theme of ‘Seeds’. As with a traditional harvest festival, we brought a variety of foods to give to the community:

Then we had a quiz from the ‘Book of Seeds’ where we had to identify what the seeds grew into:

Some were obvious, like these sunflower seeds:

… or these coconuts:

Others were far less obvious, however! These were the seeds of the water caltrop:

… which grow to look like this:

… or the castilleja:

… which grows to look like this:

You can’t say we don’t learn new things! There were prizes to be received – fittingly, plaques and plants!