Most of the children and youth that come out to our after
school programs have some understanding, some history and some form of
experience with Christianity. Catholic school, family influence or church
attendance or having grown up in UPT after school programs are all factors in
this.
Often kids know about Jonah and the big whale, David and the
giant, Noah and the big boat and other biblical historical figures. Often times
what I find our time of studying the bible together does is it teaching them
about having a relationship with Jesus
Christ rather than having the title, label or identity of being a Christian
because they were born into a Christian home, taught to be a Christian or have
attended a church or catholic school. It is a lot of conversations around it
being personal, live changing and real, relationship rather than religion sort
of stuff.
Last Thursday we shared the Easter story with our kids and
youth through reading the story and having hands on activities to have an
opportunity of experiencing the Easter story. They got to taste vinegar, hammer
a nail, carry and cross and other tangible things like that. At the end of the
day Sonya ask if we could talk because she had some questions. Sonya has been
coming to camp for just over a month now and she is believes in the Muslim
faith. She had some questions about Jesus and we talked for over a ½ hour about
Jesus, sin, result of sin, death, a merciful God, how we can receive life in
heaven and so on. As we stood at the bus stop on the way home she said to me,
“I knew what Easter was about until today, and I still don’t really understand
it”.
Five days later we sat down together and read through the
entire Easter story. Her questions astonished me and we didn't have enough time
as we talked through all the significance and meaning in just a few short
chapters. Please prayer for Sonya as we continue to reading through and discuss
the truth of the Bible and Jesus Christ.
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