Gifts From A Child – Part 1

Luke 1:5-38

Main point – Two gifts that kids give us are priorities and purpose.
(Overhead 1) Art Linkletter and Bill Cosby are right, “Kids do say the darnest things.” We never know what they are going to say and sometimes they say the most insightful, amazing, and even somewhat shocking things, especially this time of [...]

Gifts From a Child – Part 2

Luke 2:29-32

Main point – In addition to priorities and purpose, children, and especially the Christ child, gives us passion and perspective.

Last week we started this two part series with the suggestion that among the gifts that our kids give us are priorities and purpose. And we looked at the opening chapter of Luke’s [...]

Allies For The Children

Proverbs 1:8-9

Main point – We need to be allies of God for the children.
A teacher asked her students to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders of the World. The students cast the most votes for 1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids 2. Taj Mahal 3. Grand Canyon 4. Panama Canal 5. Empire State [...]

Easter Worship in Kendallville

Today Easter Worship at the First Church of God in Kendallville was led by the 25 or so kids and teens as they did 3 One Act plays under the title of ‘It’s Friday But Sunday’s Coming.’
My wife has been our ‘unpaid’ childrens’ pastor for most our eight and one-half years here. It is her [...]

Kids Count

(I think that kids and teens matter to God and should matter to the church. We honored the hard work and accomplishments of our kids and teens on Sunday, June 1st with a Power Point slide show and the following message.)
About four years ago a group of people here in Noble County decided that there [...]