What the Kids are Saying
Erika Abdelatif reports on some of the things our elementary kids are learning
Speaking the truth: We’ve had really cool responses from the kids, as we’ve been able to get on a more one-on-one basis. During the large group teaching time, it’s way easier to stop and ask the kids questions when you have 20 kids, as opposed to 100. Here are some examples of awesome things we’ve heard from the kids:
When asked, “Why would God choose a shepherd like David to lead His people?” a kid responded, “Well, God shepherds us. He wanted someone who would reflect His character to the Israelites — not somebody who was mean or controlling, but loving and watching over them.”
When asked, “What other covenants have we learned about?” (because we teach chronologically through the Old Testament) one student responded, “I can choose ANY of the covenants? Like… anyone between Abraham and David?” When I said yes, he paused to think about his favorite of the covenants. I don’t even think half of our congregation could name all the covenants between Abraham and David!
Giving God their whole hearts: Response time has been really incredible. Recently we did a lesson about Solomon’s later life, and how he didn’t give God his entire heart. We gave the students heart shaped papers during response and asked them to think about where they need to give God there whole heart. Many of the responses were things like “I need to give my jealousy over to God.” or “I need to give God more worship time.”
Is this little girl’s prayer your prayer? Last week we asked students to come forward if they wanted to receive prayer. One leader told me a girl came to her and asked her to “pray for me to know God more, and to love Him my whole life.” For many of the students, it was their very first time being prayed over individually.
