by Abram Kim
LBC’s Sonlight Elementary Ministry is set to resume on October 3rd. The staff is excited and looking forward to a new year to teach the children of our church God’s holy truth. Children Desiring God has provided faithful curricula the past two years, so we will continue with them again this year. Our curriculum this year is called “In the Beginning…Jesus.” We will walk through the Bible to see how it is all about God’s plan from the beginning to save sinners through the death and resurrection of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. We will see how God’s plan from the beginning had the cross in mind. We will learn how Adam, Abraham, Moses, the Levitical priesthood, King David, and others from the Old Testament point to the main character of the Bible (and all of history), the Lord Jesus Christ. At this stage in their development, we want to impress to the kids the reality of God, the truthfulness of Scripture, and the seriousness of our sinful state. We look forward to using the curriculum as a tool to teach the Bible and plant the seeds onto, we pray, good soil that will one day bear fruit thirtyfold, sixtyfold, even a hundredfold.
As it was announced on Sunday, starting this fall Sonlight will be dismissed during first hour at the start of the “big” message. The additional Sunday School time will, we pray, provide greater opportunities to instill the lessons from the curriculum into the hearts and minds of the young ones in Sonlight. Each week our staff will prepare for an age-appropriate lesson based on the curriculum. Our time together for 1st and 2nd hours will also include singing songs, small group discussions, snacks, and an activity.
We are experiencing a lot of turnover this year in terms of our staff. Two left this past summer for the San Jose Church Plant (Cindy Chu and David Jung) and two have moved on for graduate school opportunities (Kristen Yee and Susan Kim). However, we are excited for all the new staff that will be joining us in the fall! Our new staff this year are: Catherine Lee, James Lim, Jane Liou, Josh Liu, Ryan McAdams, Tim Paik, Dennis Su, and Grace Yi. Our returning staff are: David Ahn, Abram Kim, Daniel (Diddy) Kim, Emily Kuo, Josh Lee, and Stephanie McAdams.
If you have any questions about Sonlight, please feel free to talk to me anytime.