The church we have been attending is doing a church plant in our neighborhood. I’ve never been involved in a church plant program before, have never realized the type of challenges that the group faces in selecting venues, time, programs, coordinating volunteers, advertising, and maintaining members.
For the past few months I have been appointed as the Sunday School superintendent. My role is currently more of a coordinator/Sunday School teacher, as juggling this ministry while raising 3 boys under 4 years old, is almost already more than I can handle at the moment. I suppose, being a start up church, almost half of the class are my kids, it is also in my best interest to assist in keeping things going.
Growing up attending Sunday School myself, and had been a helper-teacher preciously for over 6 years, I feel so privileged given the opportunity to plant tiny seeds of faith to children at a very early age.
I really enjoyed bringing Bible stories to live to this wonderful group of kids, whom their parents are also my friends. I am truly praying for wisdom to connect with these very young children at their level, so they would pick up simple concepts of God, Christian living, and loving others. The children still have very limited vocabulary and life experiences, it is quite a challenge presenting Bible stories using words and ideas that they are familiar with. Children grow up much more quickly these days. When they start attending children’s activity groups offered in the community, they will start their journey in discovering their wider world. They would start exposure to fairy tales, myths, superheroes, other characters and live concepts that are much more enticing yet may not completely be in-line with our family’s personal values.
I am hoping that somehow, by starting at an early age, my children can hold on to their values and beliefs, when they reach their crossroads in their teens. They will be at the stage where are reluctant to discuss their issues with their parents, yet I hope, they stay strong and make wise decisions. So I am really hoping, even in such a little way, I can make a bit of a difference in the young lives of the children that attends our Sunday School and of their parent’s.
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