children's sabbath

Today is the celebration of Children's Sabbath.  On this Sunday the children of our church take over the -service.

This Sunday is set aside to bring into focus  issues that children face but sometimes one of the biggest issues is having them seen in church!  Church is NOT important to parents or children...Sunday afternoon football games are SO MUCH more important...make sure you explain that to God one day when he asks why you didn't teach your children the importance of his word...why they don't know about him...football games are more important!

OOOOps, a pet peeve of mine...
In honor of Children's Sabbath please read the following litany.

God did not call us to succeed,
God called us to serve.

God did not call us to win,
God called us to live for God.

God did not call us to be happy,
God called us to be hopeful.

God did not call us to fame,
God called us to faith.

God did not call us to seek power,
God called us to seek peace.

God did not call us to loot the earth and each other,
God called us to love our earth and each other.
Amen

Please pray for all children.

God, you call us to the hard work of justice, and we look for an easier task.  You expect us to persist and we want to give up.  You call for courage and we worry about criticism.  You ask us to protect the most vulnerable, and we mostly look out for ourselves and our "own".  Forgive us we pray.  Instill in us determination, persistence, courage and selflessness, that our lives may be a more true reflection of the one we claim to follow and in whose name we pray, your own beloved child Jesus.
Amen