What a great night at LOGOS! I have to admit, I have had my doubts about my ability to teach young kids about how to worship. Thankfully, with a little bit of preplanning and patience, I have been pleasantly surprised by how much fun I am having! I am also learning that it is not about me, but about the interaction with the kids that will help me to teach and to learn.
Let me back up a little because I just realized that some of you reading this might not know what I am talking about! LOGOS is a children's/youth program at my church, which allows both children and adults to get together on Wednesday nights to build relationships through recreation, bible study, worship skills, and by sharing a meal together.
SO, I am responsible for the PreK-2nd grade Worship Skills class, which has 11 kiddos in it. Tonight we sang a song about the story of Noah and the Ark, and we also are learning a musical version of The Lord's Prayer. I am so happy that I did a little rearranging in the Chapel so that we could all sit together on the floor to talk about our songs. We giggled over words like "kangaroosies, roosies" and "gopher barky, barky" and we also had a very meaningful conversation about temptation. We were talking about the phrase "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" and one of the kids asked what temptation meant. I am so excited that they are not just singing the words, but that we are ALL learning from our time together at LOGOS!
Shastina, you were fantastic! It was such a joy to watch both you and the kiddos shine with laughter, singing, and really getting into it. Thank you so much for trusting that God has given you an amazing gift of teaching and realizing that you not only can share that gift, but when you do you are inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI love Noah's arky arky song!! I'm glad you're having fun teaching and singing!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great program for you and the kids! It's wonderful that you are so involved! I need to find a church like that!
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