They understand that when they come to Jesus it is with nothing in their hands to offer Him. More Participation Children want do be involved. They don t want to sit and watch. Adults are too content to merely observe. Many churches find themselves having to beat adults over the head to get them to serve.
Children desire to participate and serve.
Greater Warning Jesus never warned that offending an adult would result in consequences worse than having a millstone tied around your neck and being heaved into the sea. He did say that in Matthew 18 about those who offend children. Evidently, there is something exceptional about children. It takes more people to work in children s ministry than it does to work in other departments in the church. Children s ministry is normally the largest department in the church and, therefore, often requires the greatest leadership skills to oversee.