• "Regarding the Ten Commandments, I was pleased with the good theology that the materials reflected. The two main ideas for that session, "In God's Family We're Loved No Matter What!" and "Because We're Loved, We Follow Rules" avoid the all-too-common pitfalls of, on the one hand, implying that our following God's commandments or doing good works helps us to earn salvation or God's love, or, on the other hand, implying that since God loves us no matter what we do, rules or behavior have no real importance. Also, I think it is good for us to memorize the Ten Commandments and was pleased that memorization was included. Because so many people are unaware of the fact that different denominations number the Ten Commandments differently, I was glad to see that you included that information in the Counselor Manual, though I think it might be even better to put it into a more prominently displayed note, since the different numbering systems can sometimes cause quite a bit of confusion."
   

• Decorating the box was cool. Making the pizza was fun, too. I made “A Slice of Heaven” brand pizza with a drawing of St. Peter on the box. My ingredient list included 100% love, 100% faith, 0% sin! – God and Family recipient, Auburn, AL
   

• This was the first time my son opened a Bible to read. - Sharpsburg, PA
   

• She talks more about church and Girl Scouts to other children. She gets excited talking and doing things with her sister and family. - Hampstead, NC
   

• I remember when Mr. Dan would throw Hershey kisses at us if we got the question right. - Macedonia, OH
   

• [God and Family] has changed my daughter in a very positive way: more respectful and more communication between her and me. - El Paso, TX
   

• My son at 10 is now questioning what his purpose is and wanting to read the Bible everyday. It has had a powerful positive impact on both of us. - Mother, Old Monroe, MO
   

• Tim was baptized! What a great joy. He reads his Bible every day and it’s such a joy to see him grow in his faith. - Williamsburg, VA 
   
• My son, daughter and I all gave our life to Christ the day of our last session. Thank you for providing this program for Scouts to participate in. Without it, we’d still be lost. Chambersburg, PA
   
• Alex is not a biological member of our family, but we all feel closer as a family unit after this program. Thanks!  Charlotte, NC
   
• I didn’t want to come in just for the badge, but also to help increase my faith for God, and I have. My family has also now started our “family night” and so even when the weeks get busy, we still spend time together, from now on!  Cocoa, FL
   
• We decided to do the written work, such as reading and answering the questions, at home, and do the games, activities and pizza building at the meetings. The opening activities are really good. The boys enjoyed them a lot and it did break the ice. THEY ALL LOVED MAKING THAT PIZZA!
   
• Our 8 girls will receive their awards during a church service and will then present the children’s lesson with a giant pizza and transparencies.
   
• As a moment of recognition, we appeared before our church congregation. We thanked our sponsor and each Scout spoke on one part of the pizza. Two of the families are not involved in a church right now and they were blessed to be there.
   
• Our church is involved with a Laotian ministry. We taught the God and Family program to our Sunday school class which is a diverse group of 4^th and 5^th graders. We had pizzas in both English and Lao! McDonough, GA
   
• My favorite lesson is Lesson 6. I have to admit that I have never been an awesome witness. I asked God to help me and he sent me this. Thank you.  Rochester, NY
   
• Tyler wants to “thank you” for this program. It helped him with troubles he has in school. St. Louis, MO
   
• We learned from our child to practice what we preach. It act, our child incorporated a picture of Osama Bin Laden, to our chagrin, but he quite calmly stated that God loves everyone and his eyes reflected a true belief in his comment.” Riverwoods, IL
   
• We asked our participants to bring a can of soup to each meeting. At the last meeting, we built a “soup pyramid” in the narthex, displayed it for a week with a sign, and then donated it to the food pantry.
   
• Our children’s ministry director adapted the pizza curriculum for our 6 week summer Sunday school session.

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