Welcome to Adventureland. I'm glad you're all here today. We're gonna start off by
praying. Sweep out your heads with me. Lord Jesus, I want to thank you for today
and for these kids. And Lord, as we're here today, I pray that you would help us
to learn more about you. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Our mission statement in Adventureland is to honor God by partnering with parents
to help them raise wholehearted followers of Christ. We love kids and it's
what drives our ministry. It's the heartbeat of our ministry and it's what
Jesus wants us to do. As a church, as a ministry, as parents, we're all on this
together. They're so impressionable and so this is a great age to kind of, if they
have some faith, help them build upon it. If they don't have any to make that
introduction. I love the kids that we have in Adventureland. They are just, they
are such an awesome representation of God's purest love for us. It's awesome
and amazing to watch that light bulb go on when they finally do make that
connection of how somebody loves me and somebody died for me. I remember the
first time I accepted Jesus was back at the old Nora building. The lady there
asked, is anybody ready to accept Jesus? And now we've, we heard about Jesus
leading up to that for a couple weeks and I was like, this is a really cool guy.
And some of the other kids raised their hands and I raised my hands and that was
officially the first time I accept Jesus.
If you look at the volunteers who are serving in the classroom with dedication
that really does go unnoticed giving up their weekends 12 months a year and they
understand that every moment they spend in the classroom there's going to be an
eternal ripple effect that takes place. I volunteer here because I have a passion
for worship and I love children. I feel privileged that I get to be able to be
a part of this ministry. I just think that it's the best place to be when
you're here at the church. It doesn't get any more real. It's essentially making
everyone of one heart of training these kids and teaching them about loving God
and loving people and carrying on with this church is all about.
The kids are the hope of the church and they're the hope of every church
including Life Center. The kids that we're training and that we're teaching and
spreading the word to about Jesus there. The next step for our church, they're the
next step for Spokane, they're the next step for the world. There's gonna be a
generation that comes out of those kids that goes on to lead this church.
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