AMARILLO, TX - When Mrs. Bennett arrived early to teach the three-year-olds, she thought it would be like any other Sunday. Little did she know, she'd wind up tied to a tiny, preschool-sized chair in a broom closet, as her class of toddlers ran amok, demanding a ransom of several boxes of Goldfish crackers in exchange for her safe return.

After Pastor Chuck was updated on the hostage situation after service, he and a team of negotiators used a baby monitor to communicate with the preschool-aged kidnappers, who had barricaded themselves in another room until their demands - which they left on the classroom refrigerator spelled out in magnets - were met in full.

"This isn't the first time our children's ministry has found itself in a high-stakes negotiation with a wild gang of guerillas, a

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