 Okay good morning everyone and hope you all had a good weekend, a good refreshing and restful weekend and ready to battle it out this week. Welcome to class. Before we begin class can one of you please lead us in prayer? Avinas can you lead us in prayer please? Oh yes ma'am. Okay let's pray. Agraeus is heavenly Father we thank you for this time this morning we just to praise you, worship you Lord, we glorify you and Father God. As we're going through this day Father God help us Lord Jesus and we ask you Lord Jesus that heavenly wisdom and languages Father God help us Lord Jesus Father God to understand love. As Selah Mehmet was going to teach Lord we submit her to your mighty and Father God and all the students we submit to your hand. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you Avinas. Good to have for Kung back in class after a short break. We're just so glad that you could join us back Kung. Welcome back. Okay so last Wednesday in our last class we were you know we saw that ministering to children was a priority to Jesus. The disciples did not think that you know children should be ministered to but Jesus did he made time to minister to children and hence we see that or we can derive that you know ministering to children should be a high priority for us as a church today and we also looked at a few more reasons why ministering to children is important. Today we look at the real essentials in children's ministry and then we'll move on to chapter two where we look at we have time we look at the developmental needs of children. Okay so today in today's class we're going to look at the real essentials in children's ministry and then we have time we will move on to chapter two where we look at the developmental needs of children. So what are the real essentials in children's ministry? There there are four essential foundations for all church-based ministry to children. I've taken these ideas that were inspired by by the free training at Children's Desiring God. Also this what we're going to look at today about the four essential foundations for church base ministry to children will also help one of our online students who you know put this question up in the discussion forum he asked how can we invest in children for creating the godly heart in them. So this is also just to help our e-learning student to ask this question. I also would like to welcome all our e-learning students for this class as well. So what are the four essential foundations for all church-based ministry of course there's just four that I'm going to be you know pointing out to but y'all can add to the list and y'all can you know you can work on this and can add more essential foundations if you would wish to. So first one is children's ministry must be God-centered. This means that in our teaching we need to emphasize who God is which is talking about his greatness, his power, his nature, his attributes, and his character because we want children to know who this God is. We want children to know his nature, his attributes, his character so that they can they're able to understand him, they're able to relate to him better, they're able to understand his ways, his doing in their lives, what he requires of them, what he wants from them, and we also want you know our children to see how powerful, strong, big, faithful, loving, you know good, majestic, and you know satisfying our God is. So why are we basically going to be talking about his greatness, his nature, his attributes, and character? Why is it important for children to see how strong you know how great, how big, how powerful, how faithful, how loving, how good, or majestic, and satisfying our God is? What do you think? Why do you think it's important for us to teach them all of this about God? Any thoughts? You'll get unmute your mics and speak or you can even type it in the chat section. Why do you think it's important to teach children about God's greatness, his nature, his attributes, character, how loving, faithful, good, and satisfying our God is? Yes Se? I think one thing about teaching children at an infant age is that whatever you put into their lives is like a seed. So sowing that seed of the greatness of God, the awesomeness of God is something they get to grow with later on that would be a bedrock and a foundation for them when in their adult years. So first of all it's a seed you're sowing that will later germinate and then you give them a confidence they can always rely on and that's that God confidence knowing that they have a father who loves them, knowing that there's a God who is greater than all the issues in the world. So just having that at the back of their mind that irrespective of whatever goes on as they grow in life, they always have a confidence in God that God is great. He's done many miracles in the past. He's delivered the Israelites from you know the Egyptians, all those stories of God's greatness, then they'll be able to translate that into their experiences as they grow. So it gives them God confidence and it's a seed that will later germinate later on in their adult time and years. I think those are the reasons why we should teach them. Yes well said. Thank you. Say anyone else? Anyone else would like to share your thoughts on this? Yes say go ahead. And one more thought sorry and then again it's wonderful when particularly from the family cycle, when parents actually teach their kids about God, they're hearing God from their parents and then the church also adds in their own effort to see that children learn about God. Why? Because they will also one day have to leave their parents, maybe it could be secondary school, it could be university and there's so many ideologies and very very disturbing teachings on different things that are contrary to our faith and all that's it goes against scriptures, goes against the truth you know. So them learning about all these things early, catching them early, letting them know that this is the truth, this is what is actually what we're supposed to believe, helps them to be able to decipher what is false, what is not true, what they're not supposed to believe, what they're supposed to erase from their minds, what they're supposed to, they basically have a filter within their minds that no this is not what my parents taught me, this is not what I learned in secondary school from my teacher, whatever teachers are teaching them, contrary in school or what they hear from their friends or what they hear on the media, they have this filter in their mind based on all that they've been taught about God and all that he expects us to do to be able to distinguish what is truth and what is false basically. Yes, thank you very much for that thought as well that you added. Anyone else? Ma'am, can I share? Yes, sure Rupa. Yes, especially I have shared with the class previously also in the last semester that we have started during the third COVID ma'am before parents were very worried that their children would get the COVID and we had a one all night prayer after that God put it in my heart saying this verse in Psalm 8 chapter saying that on the praises of the children God will build a fortress based on that verse, God has spoken to me through that verse and from the next day I have shared it with the parents and we have started all the children would come on Zoom around 6.30 in the morning. So they will come with a praise, it's not we don't tell them sing this and sing that, but they come with a praise, they praise God, they learn a verse and also they pray for their friends who have not been who does not know the Lord something like that. In the beginning I used to teach them continuously on topics, on faith like that, on faith they used to learn the verses after that I have introduced them to the torchlighters it's a very beautiful resource in right now media they have on the machinery's lives nice Bible study and how to create awareness at the same time interest in the children through the activities we used to do that and from that day I don't even remember the date ma'am but from that day till today there's children come every day at 6.30 in the morning and it is going on and now we don't share a story in the morning because there is no time but there's praise they sing and they learn a verse every day they have finished 119 some they have learned it now they started chapter by chapter verse by verse they are learning proverbs now so but I have seen a lot of difference in the children they are growing closer to God some of the children even while they are traveling their parents say they're praising God in the spirit and they have recorded some of those songs and sent me I'm really feel this is not from me it is from God because it is not easy for children to come every morning and without anyone calling them maybe their parents wake them up sometimes because they're from all age groups but they come every morning and I see a difference and a lot of deliverance anointing in their families and also in their children's life and it's so powerful ma'am I have seen it and I'm praying every day I pray a lot show us how to teach them your ways how to draw their hearts close to you that they will fall in love with you and walk in your ways not because I am asking them it should not come out of compulsion but it should come from their heart their heart should be entwined with you like David that they would love to walk in your ways so that's what God is doing in our midst I just wanted to share ma'am thank you thank you Rupa so encouraging and just God bless your work and bless those children just seeing the hunger and thirst and the desire they have to you know to just worship God learn about him and also you know just learn his word and the word that is just being sown in their heart is just seeing that's a transformation that is bringing that's that's bringing about in their lives in their family life in their in their relationship with others and how they are viewing things looking at things and their behavior as well so it's just the word of God that is sown in their heart or the word of God that is just so implanted in their hearts and minds that is you know bearing fruit that's just bringing about transformed lives that's just bringing about lives that are being changed into more of being more Christ-like in nature so thank you Rupa for sharing that so we were basically for those of you joined class a bit late today we are looking at the four essentials in children's ministry the four essential foundations for all church-based ministry to children the first one we said is children's ministry must be God-centered which means you know we need to teach children about or emphasize you know when we're teaching them any narratives or whatever curriculum the topics teach about God's greatness his nature his attributes because we want to see you know we want children to see how strong big faithful loving majestic and satisfying God is okay so I just open up you know for students to answer this question why is it important for our children to see or to know God's nature his character his attributes why should they know that God is loving and faithful you know and good and say you know he said that they are like a seed and you know they're growing so all of this is you know will help them when they grow up to fall back it will give them God confidence to build their lives on to confide in God to put their faith and trust in God so just picking up from what say he said yes you know they are like the seed and the seed needs the right environment the right you know soil water nutrition for the seed to grow into a plant and then into a tree and to bear fruit so you know children are like that seed and what is the right environment or you know the right soil the the the the you know the the water that they need the minerals or you know that the seed needs for it to grow you know is who God is is his nature his attributes his character that is the right environment that that seed requires so that when they are able to understand the greatness of God they're able to see his nature who he is what he's done his power then you know it builds in them you know I was just looking for the word fertilizer the right fertilizer the seed needs is you know who God is his nature and what he does so you know that builds in them God confidence from a very very young age and you know at a very young age they're learning to trust in God because children trust anyone very easily you know in the very formative years of their life that is what is the childlike nature that we saw last week in our class you know the God values that the childlike faith the childlike confidence so in the early age when they're experiencing God when they are praying they see answers they know that God is a prayer answering God they they experience God's help in their studies or his protection or you know his strength to go through the challenges they face or the difficulties they face it's all just you know giving them the right environment for them to grow in their relationship with God so when they're growing up they automatically are just confiding in God they're trusting in God they fall back on him they know that he is there even if things happen that is that you know is very very disappointing or sad in their lives they will not go away from God they will not go away from their faith they would not think that God does not love them God does not care for them because all of these things the Holy Spirit the experiences in their past the Holy Spirit can remind them and it it will be that environment in which even if Satan is attacking them they can just you know they can just grow they can continue to grow a flourishing like the tree that's planted by streams of water because its root is you know is grounded in the right environment near the water the right soil you know and then that tree is evergreen it's bearing fruit and that's not its leaves that's not good in all they do they will prosper because they're just trusting in God even in times when they lack you know they know that God is a God who can provide supernaturally just like he part of the Red Sea just like he healed blind Bartimus just like he provided mana just like he provided water so all of these even as we think it's just narratives that we are telling them but you know it's important to these narratives just not to narrate stories to children but bring out the deep theological truths in the sense that bring out the nature of God so let me just give you an example now one of the you know best stories that all of us will narrate to children is how David killed Goliath okay so you know all we can say is you know just how David happened to go to the battlefield how he heard Goliath throw the challenge and how he was you know he was willing to go and fight Goliath and all of those details you can just share with them but you know if you want to really bring out the nature of God from this narrative you know then we can say that now we can throw these questions to children now you know David was who was David he was just a shepherd boy was he a trained soldier no now why did all of these soldiers who were there you know and Goliath was throwing this challenge for 40 days and you know none of them came forward to fight Goliath why was a small boy a shepherd boy you know willing to fight Goliath okay so then you know children will think and what does David tell us all when he says you're only a young boy you're not being trained in battle he says you know he says his God helped him to kill a lion and a bear with his bare hands and he will help him you know fight and and overtake Goliath so here we we we're teaching children you know God's nature that he's a God who protects a God who sees so we can say you know David is in the wilderness he's all alone there in the wilderness for many days he goes away from his family you know wild animals can attack him can attack his sheep but all along you know David trusted that God can protect him God him you know he's to sing songs to God he's to worship God in those days they didn't have books he can tell children so all he did was just sing and worship God just have a you know communicate with God speak to him because there's no one else to speak to he can't speak to the sheep you know and and this gave him that confidence so children you know you put you can bring out the learning when you trust in God with simple things you know what are some of the problems that you're going through children can tell you of course older children will not but you can call out a few challenges that they face and say you know you know God can do this when he can he can do this for David he can do this for you he can protect you he can help you and that is the confidence that that little David had and David was you know a very young boy at that time and he was willing to take up this challenge of fighting Goliath even though he was not a soldier because he trusted not in his strength that he could kill a lion and a bear but he said his God can help him so children whatever you know mountains whatever difficulties however big or small you know you're not able to remember things in your studies you can just call out some instances you know God is greater than all that he can just help you because he's willing and more than willing to help you he's there for you you know he's your shield he's a protector he's a very present help in time of trouble you can share you know scripture passages with them help them to see it and then you know again when you're talking about same David and Goliath when he goes to fight Goliath you know Goliath says I'm a dog you've come with your stick and stones and you know and then we can say what David said and what Goliath said you know the birds of the air will eat your flesh blah blah blah and all those things but you know if you want to bring out some theological truth what did David say he says you've come to me to fight again fight against me with your javelin and your sword but I come to you in the name of the Lord the God of Israel so we can pass over and continue with the story but we can stop and say you know what was what was David's weapon there's not a sword or a shield or his armor or his stones or his sling or his confidence but the name of the Lord the God of Israel so you can talk about how God's name is so powerful that you know the name of Jesus demon shattered and shivered and you know the name of Jesus people are healed people are delivered people receive wholeness so you know just talk about the name of Jesus that is the theology that are the greater truths that we're bringing in the stories we can just narrate the story and pass out but you know we are just bringing in more of who God is what he does and just you know dwelling on that helping them to see so this that they're able to see that name of Jesus is not something that they just use you know oh Jesus help me oh Jesus you know like a slang but the name of Jesus is so powerful and when they speak the name of Jesus you know they need to have that faith and believe that what they're speaking they are going to see so we're teaching children all of this at a very very young age I'll just give you another example you know of Zacchus you know now why did Zacchus Jesus stopped at that tree and look up and tell Zacchus you know come down you know I'm coming to your house and he was very excited he took Jesus why was Zacchus excited you know because nobody cared about him nobody wanted to do anything with him nobody's related to him because he's a tax collector he was a cheater cheating them of their money but you know Jesus goes to Zacchus's house and just to you know make the story more interesting so maybe I once I said you know Jesus Zacchus provided Jesus you know burgers and pizza and you know coke and biscuits and cake and you know and one child told me that you know auntie we're not supposed to eat junk food and I said yeah that's right Jesus never ate any of those junk food you know and it was so hilarious and so funny I said but you know when when people come to our homes we offer them all this but Jesus did not eat all of that because he knows it's not good for his health you know I didn't anticipate what was coming but kind of brought in a lesson that we should not be eating junk food follow Jesus's example but you know the and then after you know five minutes Jesus didn't speak anything but Zacchus just started telling Jesus all about the bad things that he was doing because I asked I asked children you know why the sudden change was he just acting I don't think Zacchus would act because he wouldn't want Jesus to know the bad things that he was doing you know and Jesus did not mention it so Zacchus must be glad oh thank God I thought Jesus coming to my house to teach me a lesson to tell me you know how to be good how not to cheat people since he's not said anything maybe doesn't know so let me not bring it up but why did Zacchus do that you know why did he say okay and it was not something was acting out but he says you know you sit here Jesus I'm going to go back and give back everybody you know four times of what I've taken and all of those things and he did that you know what was this real transformation so we then you know I bring in this whole thing about how we keep saying sorry to God and we we say God I receive you as my my into my heart but then we go back and do the same things it's not just you know a complete surrender of our lives we hold back things you know why was this total transformation this change that came about in in in Zacchus's life so you know I just say the very presence of Jesus in Zacchus's home you know just made him aware of all his bad things that he was doing you know made him feel guilty because till this point in his life he never felt guilty about anything that he did you know now he feels guilty he feels the need to change you know to be reconciled with people reconcile back to God and all of those things so you know we can say children the very presence of Jesus in our lives would bring about that change so the children are thinking you know if Jesus is in my life then you know all of these bad things I won't be doing you know or some of the challenges that I'm having the difficulties that I'm having you know speaking bad words or fighting with my friends or disobeying my parents or bad counseling all of these things are you know not things that is going to overpower me but is going to give me the freedom to get over it and get done with it and you know change and be transformed so we're saying the very presence of Jesus in Zacchus's house you know changed him so the very presence in of Jesus in your life can do wonders it can you know then you can just point out things so just using these two narratives from the Bible to see how we can talk about not just the story and leave it as such you know but bring in the deeper truths the theological truths about God what he can do just his name his presence how he's there to help and all of that so we just you know by by bringing in all of these theological truths we're just helping children to experience God his nature his power his greatness his attributes at the very young age to experience him okay like Psalms 34 verse 8 says would taste and see that the Lord is good blessed is the man who takes refuge in him so when children are able to taste God at the very young age you know it you know it builds up their love for things from a very young age if the children don't like a specific vegetable heavy person or son it lasts for you know for their life long it does not going to change you know so the way they experience God at very young age is going to build up in the future so it's good for us to not just narrate these narratives or just teach them this the theological truths could get them to experience it or apply it in their life so when they experience God in such ways they develop a long lasting desire for him you know and so when times of trouble you know they would come they would take refuge in him they put their faith and trust in God the second thing is children's ministry must be Bible saturated you know it's important for us to you know tell children to carry their Bibles to church they don't even nowadays see their parents carrying because we all go in digital use our mobiles but it's still good to carry the Bibles you know we at our children's church at all people's church you know we tell children that they every Sunday they have to carry three things it's very important their Bibles you know and their water bottles and their offerings three important things so it's important that you know they carry their Bibles they have a Bible and even if you're teaching them a narrative or a story whatever you know get them to open it so they know where Zach's story is found they know where David and Goliath's story is found they won't found they won't know they may not know the books the Bible but just getting them to open will also know you know the which books are the Old Testament which books are the New Testament you know also get them to read from their Bibles you know just get them acquainted to read from their Bibles and also you know teach them how to apply the truths that they're learning from about God about his nature you know what he's asked us to do in their everyday life so at the end of the lesson no just don't say okay let's just close our eyes and and thank God for helping David that and thank God that he's helped us you know and he's going to help us fight that battle so children will think what is the battle line facing you know or you know thank God that Jesus went to Zach's house and he changed and the whole city was happy but how is it going to help the child you know so get the child to write down you know what are some of the difficulties that you're going through what are some of the giants you are facing I always having a Goliath in your life so they'll think oh no we don't have a Goliath means Goliath means a giant a giant is something that is big that you think that you can't conquer like you know you can't study math or you find a language difficult or science you can't remember things when you your exam is like a giant your test is like a giant when you have to go up on stage you know that is like a giant like a mountain that you face so write down your giants and you know tell them you know through some God's word that speaks against those giants you know get them to write it so that they can keep reading those truths of God's word and then you know speak it so they say next time you know when you are going up on stage you're very scared or you're facing a test during exam or you have to do a homework or study math or subject that you find difficult just close your eyes and say God you know you're you might you're my helper you will help me you'll give me the wisdom you'll give me the skill just like you gave David you will give it to me God and you know sometimes children are being punished for doing something around with school or the parents at home they can say God Jesus you're in my life you can help me just like you help Zacchus change help me to change in this area I don't want to be stubborn arrogant disobedient backconcelling stealing and I'm sorry change my heart so you know just how they can so write down things that you're facing the challenges your weaknesses your the bad things that you do and start praying about it and you know so this is the way that you're helping children to apply what they have learned now all of our children if we who are who have become adults now or teenagers you know adults in adult church if you ask them they will kind of narrate all of these stories but you know ask them about those truths or whether those truths have translated into practical living into their lives it's it's very sad that many of them it has not because you know basically when there were children uh we as children's church ministers or Sunday school teachers failed to help them to apply what they have learned in their life so what we do at APC is we have in the children's workbook or in the teacher's curriculum the manual for teachers you know help children to write down you know in specifically these two areas what they have learned you know how they can apply this what the giants they face how they can overcome their giants you know what are the challenges the bad things that they're doing what it has any got to help them and then you know practice it this week and come at the end of the week on Saturday they have to write how they practice it you know and come back and share with the class how God helped them so you know we're basically helping children to you know practically work on these things and how God's word can permeate and flood everything they do 2nd Timothy 315 Paul reminds Timothy that from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus so look at what Paul is saying Paul is saying that you know hey Timothy from a very young age you were you know acquainted means you're very familiar custom to aware informed about the sacred writings about scripture the Old Testament scripture you know and that was able to help you and make you wise for salvation and your faith in Christ Jesus so Paul is basically the mighty Timothy you know even now you know fall back on God's word that is going to give you the strength and grace to enable you to accomplish what you have been entrusted to at the churches in Ephesus so you know keep the word of God essential teach them even as you know if you've thought them a lesson on Sunday on a specific topic or specific point whether it's faith is the word of God how to use the word of God how to declare the word of God or is it's about you know who they are in Christ whatever point that you're teaching them now just make a few Bible references listed out for the seven days of the week you know or six days of the week and get them to read those passages and just write you know what who they are in Christ from what in this in this verse that you give into them or the scripture passage on that day or if you're teaching them about the nature of God the character the attributes what nature of God did they find so basically children you're teaching children to you know see and learn from scripture when they're reading scriptures not just okay it's like a chore it's a ritual that they're doing but also how to look for these diamonds in God's word that can minister to their lives and then also how they can apply that truth about who they are in Christ or you know what God's word declares about them how they're going to apply it in that day how they've applied it how they can apply it and how God's word has become a reality or the truth of who they are in crime so the nature of God how it becomes a reality in their own lives so we're basically teaching children on meditation how to read God's word you know just take out those draw those truths those diamonds from God's word and how to apply it in their everyday life so it becomes just you know part of their living their lifestyle even when they grow up so just narrating mere stories or narratives from God's word to children is not enough to guide them they need the word of God and only God's word can change their hearts just like to give you an example you know I'm writing the I was writing the curriculum for our children's church on the word of God and I was reading Vedas testimonies about how people use God's word to bring about healing even when the doctors gave up you know just to just spoke those words it's just the kind of those words they just didn't declare it for the sake of declaring to get healing but it it just kind of eating God's word meditating on it chewing it's became so much part of their fiber of their entire being that it just brought miraculous healing in their body the doctors were shocked to see the healing there's a testimony of one man you know another testimony that I remember you know writing for the curriculum for children is that in two different schools you know two teachers in these two different classes had children who were children with special needs or learning disabilities so there's two teachers in these two different schools who never met you know they every morning they got their children to just speak a verse from God's by the God's word the Bible every every day they were just teaching them you know a scripture verse and children is narrated and they would just say it because and not knowing you know the the changes it's bringing in them but these these words the scripture passages that they were learning that they were saying every morning was bringing such healing in that in their minds in their learning disabilities in their lifestyle in their behavior that the parents were shocked so the parents are coming to school and saying you know hey what does the teacher especially doing with our children that we can see such a remarkable difference and remarkable change and you know it was the same pattern she was using to teach the children all of those learning styles and everything was the same but it was they found out it was just the scripture verses that this teacher was just telling them to speak out and teaching them just bought such miraculous change in these children's behavior and their relationship with parents that parents found it easier to relate with them teach them you know train them in their different habits they were small kids and you know at the end of the school year you know these children were written off as children with no learning so they did not have learning disabilities they were like just normal children so I mean this is a testimony that you know I read on on Google and just so amazed at you know even the children with learning disabilities just narrating those words they didn't know they're just children just saying those words so you know just teaching children God's word getting them to memorize at the very young age is so important so that they can just grow in you know in that then when they grow back you know these scripture passages just come back to memory so you know every time I'm facing challenges every time I go through situations difficulties and I'm saying God what are you speaking to me what are you telling me you know what is your promise it's just scripture verses that just comes to my mind and all of these I learned it in VBS Sunday school the Bible matches the quiz programs that I've attended because I had such a strong foundation in my formative years in my childhood years in attending children's church and VBS and I just thank God for all those faithful children's church ministers Sunday school ministers my parents who just fed us with God's word that is just bringing so much life and health just one worse boom comes like a reama word just lifts you your spirit up just gives you guidance gives you such wonderful assurance and it's just so supernatural just so wonderful so the second you know essential foundation for children's base ministry is it should be Bible saturated the third thing is children's ministry must be gospel driven you know we must be intentional in proclaiming the gospel to children and to their families Romans 1 16 says but I'm not ashamed of the gospel for it's the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes and Jesus commanded us in Mark chapter 16 verse 15 go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole of creation so every every time we meet you know share the gospel message with the children you know ensure that they know what salvation is what they have received get them keep reiterating it so that they're learning they're growing in it you know children just easily accept Jesus as the Lord and Savior because the teacher says and they just believe but we need to work on that some of them just pray the salvation prayer because they don't want to go to hell they want to go to heaven some of them prayed because you know they don't want Satan to trouble them or bother them in their lives they just want blessings but it's important to teach children the whole truth about salvation that salvation is not just making Jesus their Lord but you know sorry not just making Jesus their Savior of their life just accepting him as a Savior but also making him Lord of their lives now this is the aspect that is missed out very often you know many people living adults they to see Jesus as their Savior you know they just want to be saved of their sins delivered free from everything but they don't make him Lord which means they don't surrender and yield every aspect or area of their lives the faculties of their life to the sovereign control and the will of God so it's important for us to teach children the whole truth of salvation that it's making Jesus not just the Savior to be saved from our sins so that we can go to heaven when we die receive his blessing be his children enjoy everything but also to make him Lord because that is the whole truth about salvation it is making Jesus the Lord and Savior of of their lives and also how this truth translates out in that everyday lives we need to teach them how they need to live that salvation experience you know through the choices that they make their behavior the way they live and everything that they do and the last thing the last four essential foundation for children's based ministry is that children's ministry must minister to the whole family okay just like say you were saying you know we you know it family also needs to be involved in teaching the children in ensuring that children are learning God's word not just learning it or reading the Bible but also making it a part of their everyday lives living out that truth so you know it's important and we need to recognize that God has called parents to be the guardians the custodians the primary faith nurturers of their children so you know we as children's church ministers know we must partner with parents to assist them in helping them to fulfill this calling because this calling is on their lives this responsibility this mandate is on their lives we just partnering with partnering with them to help them to accomplish this so children's church ministry should also help you know parents how they can train their children in godliness in righteousness in in right living so you know one thing that some of the couple of things that we do at APC Children's Church is we have a WhatsApp group of the children in our class the parents so we just inform the parents a small give them a small liner one or two liners of what we taught them and what you know how children can you know practice it in their everyday lives so you know ensure that children are applying it so the the parent had this has this in the back of their mind so you know when the child is going through something say hey remember what you learned in Children's Church on Sunday you know this God can do this you know you learn to need to do this how you can respond to the situation so the children are reminded and the parents also know so this just helps the parents apply get the children to apply it we also have parent teachers meeting you know telling parents what we are teaching the children what is how they can you know be part of what we are doing so you know tell them that the workbooks have you know a take home activity it has application and you know how the children are going to apply what they have learned so just look at it get them to apply in the week and get them to fill up the in the box at the end of the week on Saturday night how they have applied what they have learned also memory verse the WhatsApp message also has a memory verse you know and tell me tell the parents this is a memory verse you know and and also we have different Bible quiz different okay you know different activities that parents are also involved and all Bible based based on what they're teaching them so you know just helps in reiterating the learning gets the parents to get the children to learn for the Bible quiz or the Bible match or participate in that activity which is on the topic that they are learning so children can learn better and can be helped as well okay okay we'll stop here anyone has any questions any questions oh yes pastor can you hear me yes Christopher now I was just a while you're going through the lecture I was also going through the notes and just shared with us and there seemed to be a little bit of difference in the notes and in the sense that there's a mention about you know five essential foundations yes yes I noticed that thank you the other thing is that the point number three has been repeated twice not sure which one is the right one so if you could just have a look at that and let us know what are the changes so the first thing is a children's ministry must be god-centered second one is children's ministry must be bible saturated third thing is children's ministry must be gospel driven fourth is children's ministry must minister to the whole family and the fifth one is children's ministry is about serving kids hello yes yes I'm here so point number three has been repeated twice one is a smaller section one is a bigger section so if you could just have a look at that please pastor okay I will yes yeah and it's five essential foundations sorry yeah thank you Christopher I'll I'll make a note of that and then I'll change the notes accordingly okay thank you anyone else has any questions okay no questions if there no questions we'll end class and see you all for the class on first Timothy see you all soon thank you for joining class have a blessed day everyone God bless