This is a very special time of the year! Advent and Christmas! We just observed Thanksgiving! Eat more turkey! I love the food of the holidays. I love the parties and get-to-gathers. The presents are nice too. Spending time with family is the best. I even had fun this year putting up the tree in our new home. I usually do not like doing it because I think about having to take it all down.
Well, this blog is dedicated to Sunday School and the things related to it. Specifically, it relates to Sunday School @ Mount Zion Baptist Church, Huntsville, AL. I copied my weekly article from the newsletter below. I hope you will continue and read it.
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This is a great time of the year! Decorations, music and….the food is wonderful! There is just something about gathering around a table of goodies with a cup of coffee and some good friends. It is even better when you have many new friends in the group. Well, that reminds me of Sunday mornings during the fellowship time in Sunday School! Let me encourage you to invite your unchurched friends to Sunday School during this time of the year. They already know there is something special about Christmas; many of them just do not know how special that “something” is!
As we continue to seek to become a 24/7 Sunday School, take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the holiday season to connect with your lost friends, relatives, acquaintances and neighbors! You may have invited them to church before, but maybe now is the right time to invite them to attend your small group (Sunday School class) on Sunday mornings. Statistics say they will most likely say yes! Why not give it a try this week? Then let me know how it went.
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The purpose of the article is to help us realize that there are a lot of people in our world that enjoy all the “stuff” related to Christmas and other holidays. They are open to attending special events and parties and the such. They just do not know that they do not know the real meaning of it all.
That presents us (Christians) a wonderful opportunity to pull them into our small group, either Sunday School class, circle of friendships, supper club, etc. We can help them know the real meaning of these special “holy-days”!
Let me encourage you to think about how you can capitalize on the natural interest of your lost friends about the holidays. Use your family traditions and special events to introduce them to Jesus.
