Kids Church and The Big Kid

It was once our job as the kids room leaders to start a game of "crab" with the kids. As Drew explained, we needed to be on all fours, backwards, running, while playing volleyball. The kids went wild. Paul was just as into it as the kids. They saw Mr. Paul as one of them. He gloated in their victory after careful strategy with 4th graders paid off. Sometimes, the kids room got so loud and hyper over what Paul was doing that it could be heard in the sanctuary. Nobody minded. From Movies in the Park to VBS to a normal Sunday morning, I think Paul had the biggest impact on the children. They always saw him leading, serving, smiling, and laughing. How kids experience church plays a lot into how they feel about church the rest of their lives. We won't ever know on this side of Heaven how many kids will stick with their faith and lead others to God because they had a good experience at kids church and SAW who God IS from a young age. It was in Paul's hands, very often, what their impression of God would be. - Anja Scheib Baker