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Sunday, October 07, 2007

There's Sugar Cubes in the Kitchen

Tonight was my first night of teaching youth at our church. I used to teach adult Sunday school at our church. Now, I co-teach Sunday evenings with thise oither great guy from our church. Tonight was the first Teen Sunday night at the church. We had 7 kids and I praise God for them.


The night started with prayer and introductions.

I then handed out a roll of toilet tissue and asked each one to take whatever they thought they needed. With no other explanation, the roll went around the room. Some took 9 or 10; one boy took 1. My son took 23. He later regretted it as he and the others who took a lot of TP tried to think of things about themselves to share.

After they all had them counted, I told that for each sheet of toilet paper that the had that they would have to tell one thing about themselves as well as one thing from each of the people that went before them.

We learned a little something about each other then Mr. T (not THE "Mr. T") opened the Bible and we talked about unity and what that means to a Christian. We looked at Collossians 3:12-15

12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. 14 Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

We also talked about what we were trying to accomplish in the kids lives and asked for input and we tried to keep a dialog going.

One of them jokingly mentioned that they needed sugar. I said that I would bring some snacks next week. Without missing a beat, this boy said, "There's sugar cubes in the kitchen!"

Ummm, I know that I'm new to the teen ministry thing, BUT I DO have a teenaged son and other kids close to that age to the point that I know that that didn't sound like a good idea.

It was a great time. I pray that God continues to lead and bless us.

2 comments:

Diana said...

Maybe you should introduce Juliana to the "sugar cube" boy.

I am so glad that you and Tommy are off to an awesome start to these young men and young women.

I know that as word gets around that more of the teens will be filtering in.

How strange it is for you to go from adults to teens. When you taught adults it was different in the sense that they sensor themselves sometimes and keep to themselves maybe what other people are feeling.

Teenagers ( me to sometimes)are much more free with thoughts if you allow them to be.
Mentoring is such a tremendous part of life when you 2 or 102.

I am excited for you as you enter this new journey.

George Romano said...

Thank you for your encouragement. It is a big change. You are right about mentoring. I feel such a tremendous responsibility towards these kids. I pray that God works through Tommy an myself for His glory.

Love Always,
George