Chrys Corner August 2010

Many of you have heard the story of how I found my way to Jesus on a church bus. Once I got off that bus at church the next place I went to was the Sunday School rooms. It was an old church and we had to go up some narrow stairs to get to the room. I can still remember the smell of that steep narrow staircase; old, musty, dusty… but it became one of the most comforting smells in my 8 year old life. That was where I got to meet God every week! I loved hearing the stories about the people of the Bible, imagining what it would have been like to be in a big boat with two of every animal, (although I feel God could have let the spiders drown!) thinking about how afraid Daniel must have been when they put him in the lions’ den, and wondering what it feels like to be in a big oven surrounded by fire and not be burned! I can’t say that any particular Sunday School Teacher stood out for me but the entire experience gave me a foundation that I came back to later in life. The seed was planted and it continued to grow in me for all of those years and now I have the best job in the world! I was so happy when we first came to UCUMC and got my kids in Sunday School. They learned things from some of you that will be with them for the rest of their lives. They talk about their special Sunday School teachers more than they talk about some of their school teachers!
Please think and pray about becoming a Children’s Sunday School teacher or helper!  The life that gets touched may be yours!!