Love Your Neighbor

Valentine's Day provides a great opportunity for us to spend some time thinking about the importance of loving our neighbor. The Lord wants us to show mercy, compassion and care for our fellow human beings and Olivet New Church School tries very hard to encourage a life according to these important concepts.

As an example of how we can blend secular "Hallmark" events with important spiritual concepts, Mrs. Gatti and the Kindergarten class have planted a Heart Tree in their classroom. Children can offer appropriate and relevant ways of showing love to the neighbor by writing their ideas on paper hearts which are then placed on the Heart Tree. You can see below that their tree is really starting to bloom with great suggestions!