Every year for Vacation Bible School at our church, the pastoral staff does a skit everyday during the worship rally. The kids always look forward to seeing what the new twist on The Adventures of Pastor Mike will be, and how bad guy Duane's evil plots will be foiled by Missions Man. It's just plain silly.
This year as I was showing one of the skits on Youtube to someone, I noticed them frowing. Later they said that it was unnecessary for the pastors to do that. The kids don't need to be entertained like that because the point is to learn about the Bible. I totally agree with their opinion.
However, it gave me an extra sense of gratitude towards the pastors at our church. Right, we don't need to do that. True, the point is for the kids to be learning about the Bible. But they were willing to do it anyway, and I am so thankful.
Christians can have fun, and I hope the world around us sees that. I have heard many say that they would never become a Christian because they just couldn't have fun anymore. I'd like to take that excuse away. We can have lots of fun! I know that it is just a poor excuse and that the real point is they don't want to surrender their lives to Jesus Christ and have a personal relationship with Him. I just don't want them to see Jesus as a fun-sucker.
Thank you to all of you out there who show the world around you that you can have good, clean, Biblical fun. If you don't feel you could have that kind of fun in a church, then perhaps it's the wrong kind of fun for you, or the wrong kind period. But, if you can't find a Scripural reason against it, then by all means, have a blast!
Moreover, if they are having fun at church they will come back and learn! Some churches take that too far, but a fun skit will be memory that these kids will remember fondly. Then if they are lost and looking to find their way back - the fond memory will help them look at your church for the answers. Jesus fed the body as well as the soul and we should too.
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