Childrens Church has begun again for another year. We two are leaders of the grade one's this year. Peter is taking their pictures and Steve, another leader, is making really nice ID cards for them to wear with their name prominent. One of our great challenges as leaders is to put names to faces. Without knowing their names we will hardly be able to develop a meaningful relationship with which to help them grow in the Christian faith and to share the challenges they will all face along their way.
They are a great group of kids. Most of them already have an amazingly strong faith. We are humbled by the trust their parents have for us to do our best in this important church ministry. We miss out on the adult church sermon on those Sundays but learn from the Bible a different way - through having to reduce the content and extract what is finally important and in ways for a child to understand. That is very fulfilling.
They are a great group of kids. Most of them already have an amazingly strong faith. We are humbled by the trust their parents have for us to do our best in this important church ministry. We miss out on the adult church sermon on those Sundays but learn from the Bible a different way - through having to reduce the content and extract what is finally important and in ways for a child to understand. That is very fulfilling.
1 comment:
wow what a class!! did u have grade fives last year? ow do you get all their pictures stuck together like that Pete?? very cool. I want to do something like that with Christmas card later on this year but i dont yet know how im going to accomplish that. love you guys!! ooo and if what i have observed on facebook is right, sounds like Heather is heading back to Aus in April or May!! Pretty sweet stuff!
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