Making it all the way to Canaan...
Genesis 11:27-32
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. 32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Thought for the week…
God had given Terah a plan… the plan to go to a land of ‘milk and honey’ the plan to go to Canaan. He packed up his whole extended family, his tents, his animals everything and off he went with great vision, great purpose and a plan. However along the way to Canaan we see that Terah settled in Haran, geographically half way between where he had been and where God wanted him to go. Terah possibly didn’t intend on staying there for long… maybe it was just a pit stop… just for a while he would say…(cause it really was a long way!) but year after year he continued to say there, ½ way to his destination.
Terah settled in Haran, he settled for 2nd best, and eventually he died there… It was Abram his son, the next generation that took up the call of God to continue on the way, to fully experience what God had intended for his family, for the people of God.
When we look at the Bible there are amazing people who did amazing things for God, but there was also someone coming right behind them that went even further in the call of God… it didn’t stop with Abram, because Isaac was next. He did amazing things for God, then Jacob was next. Jacob did great things but Joseph was next. Now Joseph did incredible things for God, but Moses was next…. And so on.
There is always someone beside us, behind us that God has great and amazing plans for and our job as Children’s Leaders, their Pastors is to see this God given potential, train them, and release them… cause God has great plan for them that will greatly exceed even our current ministry. What a great blessing, that we today can plant a seed, believe in their potential, and see the fruits of our labor. Possibly years from now as our ‘kids’ are the next great children’s pastor, the next amazing evangelist, or the ‘on fire for God’ bank clerk or public school teacher reaching people we never could…
We can learn a couple of lessons from Taran and Abram… As we plan for our coming summer programs, our coming September lets be conscious of God’s call on our lives, on our ministry… let’s never settle for second best, lets not go ½ way. Go all the way, to the land of milk and honey (kids will love that J ) and bring others along, our kids, our volunteers… Plan on pouring into them all that you have and watch God take their ministry farther than you ever imagined!
What’s Going On…
Silver Birches Kids Camp – Only 6 weeks away J
We are in need of some counselors, both Male and Female for the week of July 2nd to 6th. It’s an amazing week, an opportunity to truly impact young peoples lives for God. If you can assist us please fill out the form attached, thanks in advance for your servants heart and desire to see kids come into the kingdom of God!
Camp Inner-Change
Continue to be in prayer for this counselors and campers coming this week that God would move in their lives. That kid’s would be saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. That God would heal their broken lives and their broken hearts.
Braeside Kids Camp – Only 11 weeks away J
We are still in need of a few counselors in order to keep our counselor to camper ratio low. Camp is July 30th to August 3rd. If you can assist please fill out the attached form and return it to me. Thanks in advance for assisting us in making this camp all the God wants it to be.
L.I.F.T.2007
Workshops are being planned for Saturdays from September 29th through November 24th. Locations are being confirmed and will be announced next week. We are attempting to disperse the training events through-out the district allowing all churches to take advantage of this volunteer training. Plan to Protect Training will be included in the day’s events along with limited workshop choices pertaining directly to volunteers and their ministry in your church. I trust you, and they will find this day’s event to be a blessing to your children’s ministry program.
Be blessed this week as you serve others…
Pam