After most services, an adult will sit with two of the grade 5-6 kids (interviewer and writer ) and tell them a short story from the adult's childhood. The adult is encouraged to bring an item that is connected, to the story -- a ring, a feather, or some other physical object. The children record the stories and learn to ask questions to draw out details and background. This is good for everyone involved. In addition, in our case, we are going to publish the stories in a booklet of twenty or so stories, which will be re-sold by the kids to the adults; the money raised will be earmarked for accessibility improvements to our facility - a nice example of giving, sharing, and receiving.

The stories may be remarkable, but they don't have to be. Ours is a prairie congregation. It is novel and informative to kids to hear about horse-drawn ice-trucks, the effects of severe storms, animal quarantines, growing up in Iceland, or living on a first-nations reserve, for example.