Loving the kids in our churches is one of the best things we should be doing. I don't care about numbers, I don't fret if they don't come back after college, I don't care if they spend the entire service on their phones. I make sure to say hi on the stairs and ask about their week. I invite them to get involved in the work of the church. I complement them on their new tie or awesome nails. I ask them about their dad's FB post about them. And when I get a smile in return it's the best!
I love this for many reasons, and needed the parenting part today. Also, I was like 27 years old and in my first few years of pastoral ministry when I first heard about a Halloween Hell house, and I thought it was a joke. I am also grateful to have grown up in the kind of church that made me think that was a joke!
Due to the fact that I had a moving spiritual experience as a young adult and was befriended by an evangelical Baptist, I initially for a period was wrapped up in Campus Crusade for Christ and D. James Kennedy’s evangelism program. Thankfully, the call to pastoral ministry and pastoral education in the COB has enabled me over the subsequent years of ministry to experience God as so much more than a ticket to heaven with Jesus. Thanks be to the Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer!
Loving the kids in our churches is one of the best things we should be doing. I don't care about numbers, I don't fret if they don't come back after college, I don't care if they spend the entire service on their phones. I make sure to say hi on the stairs and ask about their week. I invite them to get involved in the work of the church. I complement them on their new tie or awesome nails. I ask them about their dad's FB post about them. And when I get a smile in return it's the best!
I love this for many reasons, and needed the parenting part today. Also, I was like 27 years old and in my first few years of pastoral ministry when I first heard about a Halloween Hell house, and I thought it was a joke. I am also grateful to have grown up in the kind of church that made me think that was a joke!
Due to the fact that I had a moving spiritual experience as a young adult and was befriended by an evangelical Baptist, I initially for a period was wrapped up in Campus Crusade for Christ and D. James Kennedy’s evangelism program. Thankfully, the call to pastoral ministry and pastoral education in the COB has enabled me over the subsequent years of ministry to experience God as so much more than a ticket to heaven with Jesus. Thanks be to the Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer!