During the children's sermon yesterday morning, I asked the kids about the baskets we pass around to collect the offering. They knew all about what was put into the basket as it passed - bills, checks, coins. Often they had been given a quarter or wadded-up dollar bill to add. "What do you think happens to that money?" I asked. At both services, the kids (ages 2 to about 8) seemed to agree that it was used to feed people who are hungry or to help people who are poor. I like their (current) understanding of what is means to be a church - their church. It made me want to be more attentive and generous - closer to what they think we are and what God calls us to be.
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