Teaching Scripture Fun

(Katie post - again!) One the highlights of my week (outside of playing with Noah!) is teaching Scripture at a local primary school. A friend looks after Noah while I and another friend spend just one hour teaching little ones about Jesus - I really love it. The material we are given to teach is mostly really good - I didn't realise there were such good resources, and it makes it so easy to do.
We teach a grade 5 class using the 'connect' teaching manual. We've been teaching them all about God's kingdom (using the parables of Jesus) and more recently about the death and resurrection. The class is pretty hard work to control - they do love to talk. But it's great when they ask questions and seem to think hard about what you're saying.

The other class is kindergarten. They are very cute, and love to raise their hand to answer a question. We've been teaching them about how God created the world, how humanity turned against him, and what God did to fix the problem (Jesus!). It's a really fun class, and I love being able to tell them the truth before they hear too many of the world's lies.
Teaching Scripture is such a huge privilege. We get to tell children (who have to listen to us!) about how they need to trust in Jesus to be friends with God. After doing a couple of classes, I've found it's been probably the easiest ministry I've been involved in - so much easier than teaching your peers in a bible study context, and alot less difficult than trying to share the gospel with a 'grown-up' who might not want to listen.

Something I found surprising about Scripture classes up in Sydney is that there a few different classes which parents can choose for their children to attend. There's catholic, protestant, Greek Orthodox, and I think Islamic. Or you can choose for your child to do none. It probably depends on the area as to which religions are on offer.

If you ever get a chance to teach God's word to school kids, do it - what an important job :)