Act 10, Apostle Paul said :"I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right. You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
You may wonder why we start this Sundays' sermon with this scripture. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year and last week we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We thought it is a perfect timing to teach our children a very important topic, civil right, from bible point of view, of cause. What Apostle Peter said in Act 10 makes the point quiet clear. Yes, we are Chinese, our children are mostly ABC, American Born Chinese. Inevitably, we are minority in this land. However, God shows no favoritism but accepts men from every nation, because we are all created with His image, and He love everyone of us.
During the sermon, I played a short documentary video summarizing who MLK was and why we honor him. I was afraid it was hard for children follow and could make them bored. To my surprise, one kid said after the video, "It is so short, I want to see more." I guess I underestimate our children's ability to understand some serious matter :)
Well, to make the civil right easier for children to understand, we use to eggs to illustrate the concept, one brown egg, one white egg. Despite the obvious difference outside, inside they are really the same. Hopefully, children get the import idea, no matter how different we look outside, deep down, we all have a lot in common. Most importantly, God loves us all.
After the sermon, children were divided into groups. Each group came up a list of their differences and what do they have in common. They got to present their finding in the end. Oh, boy, they had a lot of fun doing this. I should have kept their lists.
Blessings,
Zhaoyang
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| 让赞美飞扬 Let praise arise |
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| Dear Lord, thank you for the beautiful morning ... |
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| 击鼓跳舞扬声欢呼 |
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| Are the two eggs different inside? |
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| What do we have in common? |
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| 相同与不同 |
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| We are all ..... |
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