Dear BPCWAians, As parents, what do we want to leave our children with? In this concluding Pastoral on the role of the Sunday School in the church, may every parent’s desire be to prayerfully instil God’s wisdom into the hearts of their children, at home and in church. Focus must be on the Word. Previously, we only used commercially produced Sunday School material. However, the content of the material was often unsatisfactory and at times inaccurate. We began to have to review all the lessons for all the classes and make changes/ comments so that teachers could teach the lessons accurately. Often, these materials also reflected beliefs contrary to the Biblical principles found in our Reformed faith. In more recent
Read moreDear BPCWAians, This week, we continue to look at our Children Sunday School ministry. I remember some visitors previously who were keen for their children to attend Sunday School because they regarded it as somewhat of a child care cum tuition program where children would learn some basic interpersonal and discipline skills, while perhaps picking up English at the same time. But these are not the reasons why we run the Sunday School. Continuation of worship. The reason for the Sunday School ministry is to teach our children the Scriptures that will help them to worship God, trust, and obey Him. Our focus is imparting the knowledge of God to the children because it is an extension of worship for
Read moreDear BPCWAians, This morning, we had Sunday School promotion. After this, some children will move on to the higher level classes, or even join adults to worship in the sanctuary. Have you ever wondered – why do we have Sunday School? Should we have a Sunday School? I want to take some time to answer some of these questions in this Pastoral. Children are part of the local church. As Presbyterians, we know that that God requires believing parents to have their infants baptised. It is not for salvation or because we know they are saved but it is our acknowledgement that we desire them to be part of God’s covenantal church family. That is why when these children are
Read moreDear BPCWAians, The Purpose of friendships was the topic of the 1st day’s Holiday Bible Program Lesson. Friends that we spend much time with must be chosen on the basis of how you all can mutually draw each other towards God in love and obedience to Him in life. This is because friends can have much influence our lives and our characters. So after we realise why God intends us to have friends, it should help us resist the urge to be indiscriminate when making friends and who we choose to spend much time with as friends. We conclude now by looking at the lessons on day 2 and 3 of the program. Basis of godly friendships. In the fickleness
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