Christ Kids

Today and almost every Wednesday after school is Christ Kids. My sister and I with help from many other people have an outreach program at our church for children in first through sixth grade. The church van picks the children up from school and takes them to church. We are just a few blocks from school which is a good thing because sometimes we make several trips. The woman’s group provides and serves a snack. We have people available to help with homework if they want help.Then the children have play time outside if the weather permits. They line up and come inside to sing songs and share things they want to talk about. We have prayer and then divide up by grades and go to our individual rooms. Here we have a Bible story and talk about what we learned. We usually do a craft and sometimes we have work sheets, crosswords or word finds to go along with our lesson. We have field trips. We make cards, plant flowers, sing and decorate pumpkins for the nursing home. We have an Easter egg hunt at the park. We have a carnival and a cookout or two. We have a Christmas program and we make sure that everyone who wants a part gets one. We invite their parents and have snacks and fellowship after the program. This may be the only time some of these parents and children ever come to church. We try to make each child feel special and let them know how much Jesus loves them! This is our fifth year and we have had as many as sixty five children. The youth group is very involved in helping us with this ministry. They do an awesome job!