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Issue 40
Welcome to the WAY2GO magazine. It’s full of ideas for people who work with children in their churches and local community. Pull it out and pass it around.
S A M T S I R CH IS COMING! ourselves thinking about what we can give the children in our churches and local communities — maybe a special book or a little knick-knack? But actually there are some far more important gifts for us to think about. These gifts are ones which our children really need because they will help their faith grow. Knowing what they believe is an important part of faith development for children so let’s help them learn the foundational truths, stories, wisdom and emotions of the Bible as part of their exploration of who God is. The second gift is the gift of belonging. It is important that children know they are wanted
and experience belonging to the church community. The quality of the relationships they form with the adults around them will teach them a lot about belonging to God. The third gift is the gift of becoming. As children build a relationship with God and learn to believe in him, let’s encourage them to put their developing faith into practice in the real world they live in. These aren’t just gifts we give our children at Christmas time - they are gifts we give all year round. God wants our children to have these faith in him - faith as they believe in him, faith as they realise that they belong to him and to his family, and faith as they become the people he created them to be.
children’s faith develop in Top Tips on Encouraging Faith to Grow. This is available from SU for $7.99. Buy copies for your team and look at it together. It’s a great book and very easy to read. november I 11