Monday, February 23, 2009

Youth Service...

Paul was talking to one of our young people awhile back and found out that he is wanting to be a preacher. This gave Paul an idea and he asked Dorian if he would be willing to preach. Dorian said he would be glad to, so Paul ran with his idea. Last night his idea came to life. His idea was to have the children of our church run the service and then have Dorian preach. It was a great service. The children did a fantastic job. Some of them were very nervous but that is natural. Paul started the service with a few announcements and then he let them do the rest. I hope my pics came out in order. Ashley led the song service, Jason led in the prayer requests and then called on an adult to pray, Lauren and Kenslie did the offering (Lauren prayed for the offering), Kenslie, along with the help of her older sister sang the special, and then Dorian spoke. He did an incredible job for his first sermon at the age of 12. He spoke about doing what God says. He spoke for about 8 minutes. It was a very short service but, well worth it. It was good exposure for our children. I pray each one of them grows up to be exactly what God would have them to be.

Ashley leading a chorus. She will be 9 on Tuesday...

Jason telling the prayer requests. He is 10 years old...

Lauren and Kenslie taking the offering. Lauren is 7 and Kenslie is 4...

Kenslie singing the special along with her older sister Krisi...

Dorian preaching his first sermon at age 12...


Paul and his up and coming preacher boy...

2 comments:

Marea P said...

Getting kids involved in the services is a great learning & training experience. Our church has the young people lead one Sunday night service a month. They do everything except the preaching (& sometimes the special song).

Julie Schultz said...

What a terrific idea!