Wired for Worship: Week Two

Last Sunday we picked up on our worship lessons with some talking about who God is and what he does and why we were made to worship Him. The kids started out by creating things out of play dough, and then we talked about how God created every little thing in this world, and how He created the whole world. We talked about some things we know God to be, and then we talked about what worship is.

We've been defining worship as "our response to God's greatness". It's more than that, for sure, but on an elementary level, it gets the point across. The kids pay a lot more attention to us adults than I thought they did! We talked about how we see people worshiping upstairs, and why they might worship different ways. The most common answers were that people close their eyes and put their hands up in the air. One little girl noticed that the music team likes to clap and "jump around". We talked about why they do the things they do... How sometimes they try to reach God, or want to focus on him, and how the bible says we should be UNDIGNIFIED for Christ. We read the passage in Matthew that says even if we don't praise him, the rocks will cry out. And talked about how our God deserves a lot of praise! And then we played a song, and let the kids worship however they wanted to. Some danced. Some prayed. Some waved their hands in the air with their eyes closed. One little girl swayed. It was adorable, and really cool to see the kids praising God in their own way.

I think the coolest part of working with kids is that moment where you see what they've been learning hit what they're doing. Teaching the kids about worship has been really amazing--they've really soaked up who God is and why we should praise him, and I've seen a difference in how they're responding in church and in the lesson. They seem to be building a real reverence for the Lord, and it's really cool to watch. Looking around and seeing the kids with their hands raised and their eyes closed singing songs to God was really amazing, and I hope they'll never lose that, and that our church can be one that continues to foster that in our children.