Saint Stephen Church

You know how the Chinese calendar designates specific years to specific animals? The year of the Pig? The year of the Rat? The year of the Tiger? Well, this year at Saint Stephen will be the YEAR OF THE CHILD. We want to focus specifically on Children’s Ministry this year because we realize when you reach a child, you reach a family, and when you reach a family, you reach a community, and when you reach a community, you reach a nation, and when you reach a nation, you reach a world.

Jesus made it very clear: “The Kingdom is in a child” (Matthew 18:1-6). All the research specialists tell us that the window of reaching people for Christ is primarily when they are children. So that, quite literally, when you reach children, you’re building a future youth group, you’re preparing future adult leaders, you’re ensuring a future for the church, and, most importantly, you are obeying Jesus!

The next few Sunday’s I want to flesh out these ideas in a little sermon series called THE YEAR OF THE CHILD. With the exception of one sermon, all the sermons will be based Matthew 18:1-6:

January 15     The Kingdom in a Child
January 22     Protection of the Child
January 29     Faith like a Child
February 5     Vision for the Child
February 12    A Little Child Will Lead Them

I hope you will not miss a single sermon!

Blessings,

Stan