Students

We have such beautiful opportunities to serve our Lord. For the past few years I’ve been focused on the youth in our church. We’ve started a specific ministry for our seniors, too. The church has classes and activities for every age group covering several days each week. The regular schedule has two worship services on Sunday, Sunday School for Bible lessons, Monday visitation, Wednesday Bible study and prayer services, Saturday morning bus visits and afternoon soul winning visits. In between are the youth and senior activities.

We have missionaries who visit on a regular basis; evangelists who have a specific message; music groups – such as the multi-tasking Hinkle Family. Not only are they wonderful musicians, but their primary ministry is visiting and witnessing at nursing homes. They bring such brightness into so many lives and make that marvelous joyful noise unto the Lord.

This Sunday night is a special graduation service for one of our high school seniors who was home schooled. She’s the top of her class, and there will never be a problem getting her entire class together for reunions! We understand her situation, for although my granddaughter was in a private school – she, too, was the graduating class.

It is harder for those who remained in the public school system and face daily pressures these two did not. These two young ladies were supported in their studies, in their activities, in their daily interactions by family, friends and teachers dedicated to Christ. For that larger group of public students, we need to provide a church network to see them past the temptations around them. To help them focus on their long-term goals. For those who as adults will say:

For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. (Psalms 71:5 KJV)

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. (Psalms 71:17 KJV)

It is the responsibility of mature Christians to provide leadership to younger ones, offering them opportunities as Paul did for Timothy: Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. (1 Timothy 4:13 KJV)

It is also a blessing for mature Christians to be able to provide that leadership: If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. (1 Timothy 4:6 KJV)

Both the mature and the new have a common goal, a common walk, a common salvation That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; (Colossians 1:10 KJV)