by Josh Liu
It’s been about four months since the start of Lighthouse Kids’ Club for the 2010-2011 academic year, and we are already halfway through the curriculum! For this term, we have the great joy and privilege of going through the attributes of God. So far, we’ve covered God’s holiness, eternality, creator-ship, sovereignty, kingship, provision, faithfulness, unchangingness, wisdom, goodness, and attentiveness.
It’s been humbling and encouraging to witness the increase in these kids’ cognitive and spiritual capacity to hear the Word of God. Still, many have not genuinely confessed Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. We will endeavor to continue sharing the gospel and the character of God every week.
To that end, the LKC staff has been joyfully serving every week. The LKC staff includes Chris Tang, Daniel Yee, Danny Kim, Peter Park, Jennifer Shih, Lily Han, Melody Yu, and Vicky Williams. As a physically young staff, we are all constantly challenged to develop a firm biblical philosophy of children’s ministry, and how to apply that in our unique context. For example, to continue teaching the Word of God, the kids are divided into small groups based on age. Each small group is made up of two to three kids and one or two staff leaders. It’s been an enormous blessing having many willing servants be small group leaders. This allows us to tailor our ministry to meet the specific needs of individuals.
If you’re curious, I would encourage you to ask the staff about how to lead a small group for children. I believe it takes wisdom and creativity to communicate the truth of God’s Word to a child, to challenge them with appropriate application, and effectively illustrate main points.
As we desire minister to the parents, we plan to begin emailing 1-page summary sheets (beginning February) detailing the lesson and small group discussion/activities to further support parents’ discipleship of their children. We hope in all this to create a caring environment that allows kids to have fun while being ministered to by the Word of God.