Pastor's Blog entry posted August 12, 2010
This Sunday is the kick-off, where we commission the workers with prayer — and with a fast-and-furious carnival after church – Adventure Camp 2010. It’s all about Australia this year, the odd animals, hats, and accents — but mainly it’s about Jesus. This is an outreach to the children of the neighborhood, where they have fun for three mornings, and where they learn about the love Jesus has for them. So it’s very important!
Join in this by staying after church for “Sausage Sizzle” lunch (it’s cheap, but will help raise funds for the Adventure Camp materials). There will be fun games for the kids as well as adults. The big thing you can do is pray for the leaders and for the children. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away. For the kingdom of God belongs to such as them. Unless you receive the kingdom of God like a little child, you shall in no wise enter into it.”
Pastor's Blog entry posted May 4, 2010
Plus we try to take good care of them.
For whatever reason, churches don’t always welcome kids. I guess it goes back to the time of Jesus, when his disciples chased some parents of very little children away from the Master. They knew Jesus was about faith, and they didn’t see how kids could really exercise faith — so they wished they would come back later, when they were old enough to understand. Jesus, of course, disagreed. Disagreed angrily, to be honest. Said that if you don’t enter the kingdom of God like a little child, you can’t enter it at all. No question that Jesus loved children, and wanted his church to welcome them, too.
At New Church, our program isn’t a big program, but the real value of it is that the kids are cared for and taught about Jesus in small classes, with excellent teachers, in an atmosphere where they are surrounded by the whole church family, and get to experience the excitement of contemporary worship with their parents. Read on…
