Inner City

Tonight we had Inner City. We get the 3 to 5 year olds on our bus and at our learning center. I'm glad, because they are at an age where they are still so sweet and cuddly. As a rule they are just so excited about going to the center and learning about Jesus. It's such a good feeling to see these little ones and hearing them sing "This Little Christian Light Of Mine" or "Jesus Loves Me". We've had fewer church members participate in the program lately though. I guess it's because we've been doing it for so many years and some people have kind of gotten burned out. The only problem is, we don't seem to have the new ones willing to replace the ones that need to take a break.

Sometimes that's the problem with teaching Bible classes too. If you are willing to teach, you may very well find yourself teaching indefinately! Because it's hard indeed to get someone to replace you for a quarter or so. It would be pretty nice for the Bible teachers to be able to attend some classes themselves sometimes! I think it's good for the kids too. Probably keeps them from getting bored with having the some old teacher until they are old enough to move up. Since we are a rather small congregation (140 or thereabouts) we don't have so many children anymore either. Seems in general the population of our congregation is getting older. Sometimes I wonder what will happen in the next 20 years or so. Will we still be there?