Isaac and I began teaching the middle school Sunday school class at church today. Back in April, some of our 5th graders began asking if we'd move up with them in the Fall. By mid-July, the current teachers decided to pursue other opportunities on Sunday mornings, and Isaac and I were longing for more opportunities to have real relationships and more one-on-one discipleship with the kids we teach, which wasn't possible in the large group format that the children's ministry is currently using (not saying this is negative, just not what we desired). Today was promotion Sunday, so we got to move up with our now 6th graders and join the 7th and 8th graders.
The 9:30 hour is the big draw for the youth group, so we were excited to have 15 kids this morning at 11:00. Considering we didn't get the curriculum until Thursday, the lesson went really well. We need to work on getting the kids up and moving during our discussion time, but we'll have more time to prepare this week. The lesson was about how Christ calls us to be missionaries-all of us (Matthew 10:1-20). Some of the kids brought up great questions on what should be done if they feel passionate about something but their parents don't agree. It was nice to use personal experience talk about how God will often put a desire in our hearts that He won't cause to occur for many months or even years, but that doesn't mean they should stop praying or ignore it (ahem, Zambia, anyone...?) or disobey their parents.
We're praying that God shows us how to really encourage these teens in their faith, help them bond with each other, and challenge them to live what they believe.
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