Touch Kidz is R.E.A.L!!!
All right, the title for the entry is a no-brainer. In fact, I should be glad I am not being sued for plagiarism or something. I 'volunteer' at the kids' ministry in my church, and it's called Touch Kidz, so there.
Now, pray tell, what gives for this entry? I was ruminating on the sequence of events that had taken place in the span of 6 months, and I am really thankful for the opportunity to serve God in an area I have a calling, or so I'd like to think. Sometime late last year, there was an altar call which I went for, wondering which ministry I could best serve Him in. So there I was, and the next thing I knew, I felt a calling to serve in the kids ministry to teach Sunday school. It so happened that I have a few good friends in the ministry then, so it made the assimilation process slightly easier.
Believe me when I say I am never one who jumps at the chance to drag myself out of bed super-duper early on Sunday. It was something Jacq mentioned that I'd slowly get used to - something I was sceptical at first, but now I am ok with it.
Through this 6-month period, it was my bunch of boisterous kids (yes they give me a splitting headache once too often at the very beginning, and I always had to yell at them) who kept me grounded. Even on occasions when I felt like changing churches, it was my sense of responsibility towards them that made me hang on and work through some of the doctrinal issues I had.
Somehow, my leaders at the kids ministry seem to think I have some 'anointing' to be hauled up on stage every once so often to participate in some play, rah-rah event etc. And funnily enough, I don't really mind. But the best bit I have to say, is that I know I really care about the bunch of boys under my charge. I see in each one of them different traits of myself when I was young (to think my group is one of the most boisterous, I shudder to think what a terror I must have been in my childhood), and even for some other boys I thought I'd have problems with, I am gradually able to really learn the meaning of loving the unlovable.....
Hmmm, now I shall start 'plotting' to see which are the ones I would like to keep with me, and which other boys I can 'poach'.....ha ha
Now, pray tell, what gives for this entry? I was ruminating on the sequence of events that had taken place in the span of 6 months, and I am really thankful for the opportunity to serve God in an area I have a calling, or so I'd like to think. Sometime late last year, there was an altar call which I went for, wondering which ministry I could best serve Him in. So there I was, and the next thing I knew, I felt a calling to serve in the kids ministry to teach Sunday school. It so happened that I have a few good friends in the ministry then, so it made the assimilation process slightly easier.
Believe me when I say I am never one who jumps at the chance to drag myself out of bed super-duper early on Sunday. It was something Jacq mentioned that I'd slowly get used to - something I was sceptical at first, but now I am ok with it.
Through this 6-month period, it was my bunch of boisterous kids (yes they give me a splitting headache once too often at the very beginning, and I always had to yell at them) who kept me grounded. Even on occasions when I felt like changing churches, it was my sense of responsibility towards them that made me hang on and work through some of the doctrinal issues I had.
Somehow, my leaders at the kids ministry seem to think I have some 'anointing' to be hauled up on stage every once so often to participate in some play, rah-rah event etc. And funnily enough, I don't really mind. But the best bit I have to say, is that I know I really care about the bunch of boys under my charge. I see in each one of them different traits of myself when I was young (to think my group is one of the most boisterous, I shudder to think what a terror I must have been in my childhood), and even for some other boys I thought I'd have problems with, I am gradually able to really learn the meaning of loving the unlovable.....
Hmmm, now I shall start 'plotting' to see which are the ones I would like to keep with me, and which other boys I can 'poach'.....ha ha
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