We need grandparents in children’s ministry
Column, Inviting Faith Ruth Konrad Column, Inviting Faith Ruth Konrad

We need grandparents in children’s ministry

When I served in the children’s ministry in my home church as a young adult, one of our faithful volunteers was Grandpa Ed. Grandpa Ed showed up nearly every week and was what we called a “listener”—he wasn’t in a classroom or teaching a Bible lesson, but as kids worked through their memory verses in their classroom, he was available in another area to work one-on-one with kids to memorize or recite their verse. And they loved him.

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What We Teach Our Children Matters
Editorial Rebecca Roman Editorial Rebecca Roman

What We Teach Our Children Matters

I remember how it felt, if little else. Wow, I must be really bad. Whenever I sin, God can’t be with me. This is the message I internalized as a result of the teaching on sin I received at an early age: “God cannot be in the presence of sin.” With an object lesson to illustrate the point if we were lucky.

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