Dinner with the King!

The last two weeks have been great. Attendance is really at record levels. Plus the greatest thing is that Children are being born again! Last week we had a slice of the life of Joseph. Since we arrived early Verna started to worship early and I think she ended singing almost all the regular songs we use. It was a really good time of worship with the kids. We endeavor to teach the kids how to worship, and sometimes the anointing is really precious. This week we ministered on the king who was holding a feast. He invited many guest, all who had excuses why they could not attend. Eventually the 'unwanted' became the wanted and the feast was a great success. Angelique (not shown) is our main storyteller and then Verna and I (Mark) finish up. We preached on the second return of Jesus. It was lots of fun the kids seemed to focus well. Of course you have to be over animated, which I thoroughly enjoy to do. We are blessed to send the smaller children upstairs which allows us to be more effective with the older ones. We are also telling the children to invite their parents. I think last week we had 3 parent in attendance. Praise God for what he's doing. To see more pics go here. With Love - Mark & Verna

Coming Home, the prodigal son

Prodigal means wasteful, I never knew the real meaning of that word. We had a great time today. As the story was being enacted, I looked and there was not a kid sitting. They were watching so intently. It's lots of fun making these stories come to life, especially when they are fun and today was no exception. We had real pigs, almost... Of course the prodigal son and his mean older brother, and even a party time with the prodigal and his partymates, BH. That's before hunger. Well he ran out of cash, no one would give him anything over in partyland, and then he tried to be a servant for what was already his. His Father said no, you can't serve for what is already yours. That is good news. After the story we split the kids at 6 years and had two groups. The bigger kids we preached the story in a little more detail downstairs and the little ones went upstairs with Noel, one of our trusted helpers. It helps to split the kids. Also after the Praise and Worship, there was a tangible presence of the Lord before we started teaching. It's great to be apart of a ministry that is so enjoyable. I will sometimes walk around and make eye contact with the children, no language is needed as they will always smile at me after I look at them for a few seconds. Praise God for the Harvest of Children. You can see more pictures here. We had 10 pray to receive Jesus and over 120 in attendance. Praise Him!!! Love, Mark and Verna