Kids

I had five kids at our Wednesday night service!  I know, I know, that probably doesn’t sound like very many at all if your church is big.  Heck, it’s not even very many for our little country church.  Unless it’s 2020.  We decided last month to do a ‘soft opening’ for the children’s department.  Let’s face it.  Kids and social distancing are conflicting concepts.  

So, five of us teachers in the children’s department are showing up on Sunday mornings and taking turns on Wednesday nights.  We’re not doing any aggressive marketing, if you will, but are allowing the kids to come back as they talk to each other and just naturally gravitate back to church. I want to go slowly.  If we have a spike or if the governor shuts us down again, I don’t want the kids to feel jerked away again.  It just seems to make sense to take it slowly.  

Inspiring

Our lesson centered around Matthew 25:31-40.  But, Lord, when did we feed You, or when did we give You something to drink, or clothe You or visit You?  And they got it!  They are Jesus’ hands and feet.  I was shocked at how much money they had brought in within just a couple of weeks for our global hunger relief offering.  They generosity just flowed.  And then we had fun almost completing four shoeboxes for the Gospel Mission in a neighboring town.  They were so excited to take flyers home so their families could make their own shoeboxes.  

Experiencing the unguarded response to Christ that kids consistently exhibit is inspiring.  I know that I’m supposed to be mature.  And most days I act pretty adult.  But sometimes, I tire of being grown-up and just gotta soak in the joy of kids.  How about you?  Do you show up unannounced sometimes in the kids’ department on Wednesday nights at your church?  You know…just to be inspired?  Tell me about it at Lifting Her Voice, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.