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Top 10 Blessings of Worship With Kids

2/5/2016

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It can be challenging to worship with children, but it is also supremely glorious to worship as a whole, holy Body of Christ. In fact, when I ask people to list the blessings of worship with children, I always receive an enthusiastic and varied response. Here are some of my favorites:

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​It is a blessing to worship with children because...
  1. "Their eyes and hearts are wide open and their wonder is vast."
  2. "They humble us and help us focus on the hope of our future."
  3. "They bring life and freshness to worship that completes our church family."
  4. "They ask such great and genuine questions."
  5. "They remind us of our baptism and the promises we have made to nurture and teach."
  6. "They make the congregation feel alive, especially when thy make connections in the sermon."
  7. "They remind me to look at things as a child." Mark 10:13-16
  8. "They teach me things at the same time they are learning things."
  9. "They see and understand things differently, which helps us see and understand things differently."
  10. "They worship with abandon."

What I love most about worship with children is how it changes the adults. Kids free us to be a little silly. They allow us to do things we wouldn't normally do - like dance or color or blow bubbles or listen to a storybook - because "it's for the kids."

Guess what?
It's not just for the kids. Children learn by listening, seeing, and doing - and so do adults!

When the child behind you sends her entire bucket of crayons skittering across the floor, grab one for yourself. Draw the story of the scripture or try to distill the message of the sermon into a simple picture. Give it to the child - but not before you let that image take root in your own heart.



2 Comments
Chip Pope
2/5/2016 12:30:23 pm

Thank you for this Karen. Have you ever passed out crayons to adults? Interesting thought.

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Karen link
2/5/2016 02:44:28 pm

Yes Chip! It's great! You can buy small boxes of restaurant crayons in bulk, or you can just go through the giant boxes that exist in almost every church to package crayons for the whole congregation. It's especially easy to do if you leave space on your bulletin or provide something specific to color. This week, we're talking about the body of Christ, so I've left space for them to draw and label the body. I also try to give them specific time to work on it.

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