(Every past week either the weather has been bad, people have been sick, there has been a funeral in the Longhouse, or something has come up on our end.)
Because they have not met “normally” in so long, the group was missing some familiar faces, and the small group of 8-10 year old boys that I subbed for only consisted of two boys. We talked about the Bible story, and a little bit about life, colored, did worksheets, and made a craft.
And, I remembered what it is like to have a small group that is actually small.
I love every single one of my Sunday School kids to death, BUT, there is only so much you can do to get a deep discussion out of a circle of 12 – 14 kids who have the combined attention span of a guppy. Twenty-five minutes of small group time only leaves – literally – a minute or two of focused attention for each child, and that would be on a perfect Sunday, with no other distractions.
Tonight, I was able to spend the entire small group time directly focused on two boys, and it was amazing.
I’m pretty sure that, one of the many benefits of eternity will be being able to spend a thousand years pouring into and learning from one person, without feeling like you have wasted time that ought to have gone to someone else, because there will be enough time to get to everyone, eventually.
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