One word: Fellowship

Nap times, milk and cookies, seeing the world in wonder, and testing the boundaries…

Characteristics of young children and what most adults aspire to do everyday.

Last time I mentioned what the Son Light City is doing as they partner with parents to provide intentional Christian nurture for our youth. This time I wanted to mention our Kids Town (3-5 yrs old). What’s great about this age group is that there is some dynamic growth that happens in just a few years. There are physical changes, independent changes (being able to dress themselves, go to the bathroom themselves, etc.), intelligence changes, personality changes, social changes, and spiritual awareness changes. To me, this is the age group that there begins that innocent and pureness when it comes to spirituality. Having a son who’s 5, it amazes me to see how he thinks about things and how he prays. It’s this age that is important to teach them about God and to learn a few lessons ourselves from our children.
Our Kids Town does a great job at doing just that. We use FirstLook curriculum which helps these short attention spans get a grasp of three things: God made me, God loves me, and Jesus wants to be my friend forever. They know that it takes repeating for these children to really understand the concept (we care more about understanding, then just gaining knowledge) so they have only one memory verse the whole month and only one song to learn, but uses different bible stories and activities to keep them engaged.

For the parents, they hand out “Small Talk” cards that describe the basics of what was discussed that Sunday and gives the parents a few challenges in reinforcing the concept throughout the week. This is where the real influence happens and if both the parents and the church is saying the same thing, the better chances are that they are understanding what it is that God wants them to learn.

So go ahead and take a nap, eat some cookies with your milk and join our Kids Town to see the world in wonder and we’ll let them test your boundaries!!