Evendays

You’ve heard of one-room schoolhouses. We have a one-room Sunday school. I knew I was in trouble when I started hearing toddler noises this morning. Fortunately the song leader had us stand for a hymn so I was able to discretely look in the back (we sit on the front row). So what do you do when you’ve prepared a lesson on Jesus choosing his disciples for your three 8 to 10 year olds who don’t show up, but two toddlers do (one of whom has seen you only once before)? First of all you pray as you are singing. Then you whip out your trusty Beginners Bible as soon as you get to class and start with creation. You sing lots of songs with clapping and hand-motions. You get down on the floor instead of sitting at the table. Many, many years ago some older ladies from some little church somewhere in the States sent us cloth books for Sunday school. Have you seen these books? There’s a “page” with buttons to button, one with a zipper to zip, one with pockets to put your hands in, one with a shoelace to tie, etc. I had forgotten how cool theses little books were. They were a godsend this morning. Whatever the situation, God sends something to help us through it. Stephanie