God loves Me But Jesus Doesn’t

During last week’s mission outreach, we visited a local private elementary school.

We thank God the rain stopped shortly before our arrival so that we could do the program in the outdoors.

Brenda led the team who put on the assembly for kids aged pre-kinder through 6th grade.

Imagine lots of children

• wiggling to music,
• eager to volunteer,
• quick to point out where the missing sheep is. . .
• screaming the names of their classmates who are competing in minute to win it type games
• making crafts about the lost sheep
• laughing at the comedy skills of the mission team.

Brenda tied it all together with a short talk on

• how Jesus loves the little children
• how God loves us
• how the Lord is our shepherd.

A head turning comment

A young child approached Brenda after the program and dropped this innocent statement on her (not the one pictured):

God loves me, but Jesus doesn’t, at least in my house.

We use this comment as fuel for our prayers, that this child, and others like him / her, may one day discover the grace of Christ.

What’s next.

The immediate impact is impossible to measure in terms of gospel fruit.

However, it is clear that our church built good will with the school and we received a genuine invitation to return to teach again on values.  This will give us a chance to further build relationships with the local school and its adult staff.