Great story about the Connection Studio, a 4,5 & K class Westwinds Church in Jackson, Michigan, where I used to be the kids pastor. The Connection Studio used Sonja Steward and Jerome Berryman's "Young Children in Worship" curriculum.
This story is from Sarah who both taught in the Connection Studio and had a young daughter in the class.
The school started doing "Book It" program where kids earn a free personal pizza for reading so much. Ryan, now in first grade, loves reading so she decided she would read her Bible for Book It. Tuesday evening she was in the yard reading her Bible and I noticed that she kept putting it down, so I went out to see what she was doing. When I asked her she replied, "Ugh, mom, didn't you know that when you read the Bible you are supposed to stop, think about it and then pray?"
I am so thankful for the people who invested in our kids at Westwinds Church; who believed that kids can connect to God and didn't need to be "entertained" to learn about God. God meets us in silence, in play, in nature, in literature, in relationships. Our kids ability and desire for repetition is inate.
It's no wonder that our kids who have been brought up with entertainment focused programs, seek entertainment based "big people's" church when they grow up.
. . . Just saying
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