Sharing is Caring

This Sunday I experienced something that many will never experience in the modern American church. I saw unity and strength in the hearts of a bunch of crazy kids who had maybe never met each other before. Two weeks ago Garnett and Connection Church created something beautiful and kinda crazy in the aspect of children's ministry. These two churches that are completely different came together as one through their children. A couple months ago when Connection church began discussing worshipping at the Green Country Event Center, they expressed the desire to use the children's wing for their children's ministry. Seeing that Garnett used that wing for their own kids at the exact same time, a bunch of red flags went up. Garnett's children's ministry has been struggling for the past few years, while Connection had a thriving ministry. So, it would be awkward to have two churches using the same space at the same time, wouldn't it? After a lot of discussion about the children's ministry, Garnett and Connection realized that they both were using some of the same curriculum for the children's ministry. Odd coincidence, eh? After more discussion, the two churches decided to put all their differences aside, and to combine their children's ministry. It was this combination that brought on a beautiful sight.
As i stepped through the corridor to "Kids City" I automatically lost sight of who's people were who. I'm new to the church, so I had no clue which volunteers came from which church, but at the same time, it seemed like nobody else knew either. The kids apparently didn't notice that anything was new either. They were all playing as one. I spent some time in the elementary aged kids, and they were still rowdy, and hilarious as ever.
It was really fun to see how God works through the hearts of children and the lessons we are teaching them at a young age. Through this odd combining of churches I think we are teaching our kids to share more than their toys, we are teaching them what it is like to be unified as the body of Christ. God asks us to be unified, despite denomination and petty beliefs. We are a body of believers, and I think God was smiling as he saw the kids playing with each other, and the volunteers small talking in the back of the room.