West Cocoa Chat

This past Sunday we held a "Thank God for Kids Day." Our focus were kids up to sixth grade. I decided to include a picture of some of our teens. My son Steven is the boy in blue on the left. He appears to be taking a break from his "ushering responsibilities.



The next picture is the group of kiddos that we honored on Sunday. They practiced a few songs that they sang to our congregation. Their teachers did an outstanding job with them and they really got into it with each song. I was proud of our church family for the way they affirmed their efforts and really made the kids feel important.

The third picture is a picture of our Fellowship Room during the break between Sunday School and Worship. We moved our worship time back 15 minutes so we could have a time of fellowship and it has been a success. It gives us a time to greet our visitors as well as enjoy some "carbo-free doughnuts."

Every body of believers has it strengths and weaknesses. One of Central’s strengths is it friendliness. This has developed over time. We had an element that I would have characterized as “terrorists.” That element for the most part has left our church. What has replaced them is a growing number of young couples and singles, most with young kids. I don’t know which came first, “the chicken or the egg” but in our case as we renovated our educational wing and fellowship hall, our numbers in that age group grew as well. We held our “Thank God for Kids Day” to celebrate the re-birth of our educational wing. My good friend Sgt. Major Ray Oliver ram-rodded the effort to renovate our educational wing and he performed magnificently. Many in the church pitched in with labor as well as funds to get this job done. It was heartening to see the faces of parents and kids as they toured our new educational kids.

While all age groups in a body of believers are important, a church is doomed to die if it doesn’t contain and mentor young people. Keep us in your prayers as we attempt to minister to the young people of our community.