Since churches vary in what they do about children’s church, part of a children’s church teacher’s goals should be to align with that purpose. Yet, teachers can certainly have personal goals for impacting children’s lives that could include a broader objective.
What a Children’s Church Teacher’s Goals Should and Shouldn’t Be
No matter how one’s church handles children’s church, individual teachers can make it their goal to be wise in making the most of all opportunities to teach children (Eph. 5:15-16). As a result, teachers will view this time as more than keeping children occupied while parents attend the worship service. If we see our role as more of a babysitter, we will be less likely to invest our time and effort into it.
Rather than merely supervising children until the adult service concludes, teachers can use this opportunity to impact lives, helping children develop into people who love, worship, and serve the Lord. They can do that by:
- presenting to children a God who is worthy of their devotion and adoration so they learn to love the Lord
- planning ways for children to worship in accordance with their age level so they learn to worship
- providing opportunities for children to take part in preparing, leading, and some aspects of worship and teaching so they learn to serve
Even in a church that uses children’s church as an extension of Sunday School or a replacement for it, rather than a mentoring ground for learning to worship, this broad goal and means of getting there can still be incorporated. Teachers simply need to keep this focus throughout the lesson and implement methodology that helps students develop into lovers, worshipers, and servants of our Most High God.
Training Resource: The Teacher’s Role in Discipling Students to Worship
It’s helpful to know what church teachers could do to impact children’s lives. I heard my cousin’s looking for a church to take her kids to because her family moved to another house last week. She used your guide to find a church with a strong children’s program that’s planned according to their ages.
How good, Eli Richardson, that this has proved helpful to your cousin’s decision. May God use that church to build her and her children up in the Lord.