Yesterday we celebrated children.
They are an integral part of our church, and we took the opportunity yesterday to develop our worship time entirely around the children.
In the morning at Seacombe Gardens we 'wiggled and froze', sung about our Great Big God, and prayed with thanks as our Junior Soldiers renewed their pledge. It was sobering also to hear Angela and Wendy speak about the 90 children connected with our children's ministry at the moment, and the responsibility we have to ensure they are in a safe, gospel-oriented environment.
In the evening at Glenelg we joined with other Salvationists around the world in observing the International Day of Prayer for Children. We prayed that the children in our community would have a safe environment in which to grow. We prayed for our children's ministries, that they would be places where children learn about God's unconditional love. We prayed for our mission, remembering lost children in our community. And we also prayed for children that are born into extreme poverty.
I can't accept the notion that the children are the church of tomorrow. They are the church of today! They are more spiritually aware than many adults, and need to hear and use God language, and see and learn about Kingdom values NOW. May we be instruments by which this happens.
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