Tomorrow will mark my third year as a teacher for first and second graders at my church’s vacation Bible school. We see many faces walking through our doors, many familiar , and because we offer a free program, many new faces. For some, this will mark their first time in a church and others will learn that Jesus is more than just a derogatory expression. What an awesome responsibility this is. This week, 15 hours to be precise, to plant these precious life giving seeds in these precious little ones.
What I really love about this week is that while we are planting seeds in these little ones, the children are going home and sharing the stories, singing the songs, and sharing and practicing their memory verses. They are planting seeds in their own family, even if they don’t know it.
This marks the biggest and most important outreach event in our church every year. According to the current Barna study (2004) ” indicates that nearly half of all Americans who accept Jesus Christ as their savior do so before reaching the age of 13 (43%), and that two out of three born again Christians (64%) made that commitment to Christ before their 18th birthday.” In order to pull off such a big feat we need the whole village to participate.
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these (Matthew 19:14).” Evangelizing to these little ones is imperative, not just for the children but for generations to come.
Would you please lift our churches up in prayer during the busy Vacation Bible School season?! Pray for leaders to have pure hearts and intentions as we disciple and lead little hearts to Jesus and pray for families to have tender receptive hearts as their children share with them scriptures and stories, and pray that many lives will be led to Christ.
~Be Blessed and be a Blessing~
Rebecca
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Will definitely do…. It’s a beautiful task to plant seeds into hearts. Be blessed in this beautiful journey and all who are working with you,
Teaching and praying for little children is something that I enjoy doing. It’s a joy looking at their eager faces, wanting to know more about Jesus as the seeds of hope are planted in their hearts.
I once taught children age 7 – 9 years for our church school. It was a wonderful experience.
Will pray for you this week. Hope it’s going well already. Thanks for your service to these children!
Thank you, my friend! Your prayers are a true blessing!
Thanks for thiss