07/21/2026
“For our kids, church involves worship, prayer, Bible reading, and people who love them. That’s it. No bells and whistles. No performance or productions. Just the frail and broken body engaging in the healing work of Christ,” wrote Amy Julia Becker in 2016.
“Our kids have been able not only to learn about God’s love for them but also how to love in return.
They rolled up their sleeves on ‘grubby Sunday’ to scrub the fingerprints off the walls and clean out the craft closet. They’ve handed out programs and read Scripture and helped with the call to worship. They’ve written notes of condolence. They’ve prayed through the church calendar. They have become an integral part of the work of the whole.
Perhaps the things I thought were our church’s deficiencies are really gifts.”
