Louise Stuckert and I were talking to a couple of young mothers Wednesday night whose children are in our Uptown children's ministry. Both of them wee commenting on how much their children enjoy Uptown. One of the moms asked, "What so special about Uptown?" Of all the Bible teaching programs her children have been involved with, this seems to be tops.
When I told Doug Baker this, he suggested it was due to his magnetic personality!
Having had the privilege of working in Uptown, I have a few theories about what makes it so special. I believe it's the same thing that makes all of College church of Christ so special: it's the love we have for one another as a family. There is an indefinable quality about this love, but you know when you've experienced it. It crosses generational lines, racial lines, economic lines and educational lines. I am not surprised that children pick up on it because they tend to be more spiritually sensitive than adults. We do well to listen to children when they "feel" good or bad about a certain place or group of people.
Combine that family love with a really solid Bible curriculum that allows kids to learn while playing games, while making crafts and foods, while acting out skits or while learning about ancient customs and peoples, and you're living inside a really great Nat Geo channel special at Grandma's house with her homebaked cookies and all the cousins and aunts and uncles there. That's about the best way I can describe what makes Uptown so special.
Oh, and by the way, if you haven't volunteered to help in there yet, do yourself a favor and volunteer! Talk to Louise Stuckert, tell her Carolyn sent you--she'll give me a commission on her reward in heaven! You'll be glad you did!
--Posted by Mama O.
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