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Top Ten Reasons Why Children are Welcomed in Our Church
Top Ten Reasons Why Children are Welcomed in Our Church
10. — Repeated exposure to the sights, sounds and symbols of Eucharist help form all Christians.
9. — Children actually like sitting in those usually-empty front row seats so they can see and hear what’s going on.
8. — It would be expensive to repaint all those signs to read “The Episcopal Church Only Welcomes Adults.”
7. — Practice makes perfect – teaching young children to enjoy and participate in the service helps them become active and receptive worshipping adults.
6. — There are no pop quizzes at the communion rail! We all experience the Eucharist as a mystery . . . you don’t have to be able to explain it in order to benefit from it.
5. — Children have their own unique relationships with God. Being in church helps them learn how to pray, sing, worship, and otherwise strengthen that relationship.
4. — If children aren’t in church, who are the candy-unwrapping, restless, coughing, whispering adults going to blame for the noise?
3. — Sunday services make great family-togetherness time. Use the quiet space for extra hand-holding or snuggling time that may get lost during a busy week.
2. — Children teach us what absolute joy looks like – and what better place to experience that than in church?
And the Number One reason why Children are Welcomed in our Church:
1. — The Circle of God’s family is incomplete without them!
Thanks to Tracey E. Herzer, President of the National Association for Episcopal Christian Education Directors www.NAECED.org.