- A child who has never been to church before was experiencing Jesus in our K-4 worship and couldn't wait to jump in and participate and learn what it means to give God your all.
- A child who runs up to their parent after class is over and says, "We HAVE to come back here!"
- Kids who ask if there will be any free time because they want to read Bibles together.
- Families who will contact me after a service saying, "I just wanted to let you know that we have been a part of many churches and we've never been to a church that had a secure check in with a team of people who authentically looked excited that we were there."
- Little boys in the toddler class that sometimes can't focus.. until a male leader comes in, worships with them, prays with them, plays with them, and reads with Word of God to them. Then they're all ears and can't wait to participate.
- Kids who can't wait to come back to church.. not because of the fun worship, or the games, or the cool Bible message.. but because they can't wait to see their leader who pours into them each and every week.
- And then those same kids who invite friend after friend, just so they can meet that leader.
- A child who says, "My other church was so lame and boring but here we actually learn about God and it's fun and we worship! Did you see me raising my hands?"
- A parent who finally gets up the courage to leave their infant with us for the first time and comes back to see that the baby has been well taken care of and loved on.
- Babies you have seen grow through the worship set---starting young just by holding the "world" ball as they sing He's Got the Whole World in His hands but in just a few months, they are now waving the ball in the air with smiles.
- 99% of the time ALWAYS having atleast ONE person give their life over to Christ.
- A 4th grader who fills out a prayer card at the end of small group time asking for prayer for their friend who's dad just committed suicide and wants prayer for that friend to know that God loves them.
- An overflow of kids asking if they can be jr. worship leaders because they want to be good examples of what it means to live for God and give Him their all in worship.
- Leaders who BEG to serve more than once because they see the life change happening in the kids they get to serve with.
- A new preschooler is sitting in small group time and the leader is asking about what God gave us to show his love to us and the other children say "Jesus" and the leader says, "that's right, God sent Jesus to die for you and me." The new preschooler looks confused so the leader asks them if they have ever heard that before. "No." The first opportunity this child had to hear about Jesus coming to live and die for them.
- A new family comes to church and sits in the back row: Mom, Dad, and 3 young kids about the ages of 2-5. During adult worship, the kids see Freedom family raising their hands and closing their eyes as a they sing. The oldest child looks over at the 2 younger siblings and they raise their hands so he raises his. He looks over at mom and dad who aren't. He stands up on his chair next to mom and grabs her hands and puts them up in the air. He then goes over to dad and raises his hands and then the boy goes back to stand on his seat with his hands raised. A new family of 5 getting in the posture to surrender it all to God.
It's all to reach one more... to make a difference.. to make someone's day and be Jesus to them.. to show others love and gain their trust.. to see them live for God.. to see them turn their life over to Him.
Know that what you're doing is making a difference... WHAT YOU DO MATTERS. Lives are being changed because of your faithfulness.
-Honored to serve alongside you,
-Pastor Tiffany
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