Under the Canopy - Part II

After watching this brainless reality show on TV, I realized I needed to take what the Lord had given me and create, with His help, this environment in our Early Childhood wing at church. I approached my children's pastor with the idea of transforming our entrance and hallway into a "Under the Canopy" rainforest, and she loved it.
I told our preschool/daycare director about it as well, and she loved the idea. In fact, she asked if we had an artist to render some drawings of "Under the Canopy". We didn't, so she contacted her mother who had connections with an elementary school. The next day - I had an e-mail waiting for me from an art teacher at a local elementary school (she also was a magnificent artist!)
This artist met with my children's pastor and me and then, two weeks later, delivered beautiful drawings of what "Under the Canopy" might look like. They were exactly how I had envisioned our early childhood area at church. Just beautiful!
Our children's pastor approached the pastor who loved the idea. The pastor took the idea to the church council, who also loved the idea. And here we are. Everybody's on board. We have a project manger. We have members and small groups already joining in to make it possible (see other Under the Canopy Part III).
Oh - and did I tell you our early childhood classroom names that have been in place for many years? We ARE the Caterpillars, Butterflies, Ladybugs, Bumblebees, and Grasshoppers - little critters who all live (guess where?) - UNDER THE CANOPY!
God is so good! Sunday's coming, and boy will it be great!