Teaching Kids to be the Church
To be the church is so much more than just going to church on Sunday mornings. As parents we need to be doing more to teach our children how to be the church not just go to church. Being the church yourself and teaching that to your children is more important than getting them to simply go to church on Sunday. Helping them find opportunities to serve others, will do just that. Learning to help others will encourage them to be the church.
I was encouraged by the number of children in our i-kids that had a heart and desired to help others in need. We studied initiative last month and I saw God work in the hearts of our children. They understood that being the church is about serving and loving others. We need to be giving our children examples and opportunities to live as the church.
The next three weeks of November we are offering an opportunity for our children to serve others by helping take care of a need that children in our area may have. We will be collecting coats for kids to give to the acts shelter to distribute to children in the Dumfries area that need a warm coat for the winter.
Talk and pray with your child about how they can be the church, by donating a coat that will help someone in need. We will be collecting coats at Image Church this Sunday the 7th through November 21st.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me at twhite@imagechurch.com
