Florida: 2010 Children's Ministry Day Stories

  We chose to clean up a yard for a couple who are members of our church.  She has had an ongoing battle with cancer and he has back problems.  The girls and one boy raked and pulled weeds in the flower beds.  The adults trimmed a ginger plant that had been damaged by the cold while the children put the dead branches in trash bags.  We finished by raking under the hedge in the back yard.  The couple served the girls lemonade and cookies.  One of the GAs prayed for the lady which touched her very much.  The children and adults had a lunch of pizza at the leader's house.  Even though the girls found the work to be difficult, they still felt good about helping this couple.

We are the GA’s and RA’s of First Baptist Church of Crawfordville, Florida. This year for Children’s Ministry Day we did several things to try to reach as many people as we could. We learned that Jesus is the “Bread of Life” so we decided to bake fresh bread and attach the scripture John 6:35 where Jesus say’s; “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.”  We went to the Senior Adult Apartments and handed out the loaves of bread there. We also learned that Jesus is the “Light of the World” so we put light bulbs in paper bags and attached the scripture John 6:12 where Jesus say’s; “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light of life." We gave the bags to our church’s food pantry to be given to the people that come in.  We also collected cleaning supplies, hygiene items and made children’s gift bags for our local shelter for battered women and children. About thirty children and adults participated and had a wonderful time at Children’s Ministry Day 2010.