This year marks my 3rd year teaching/leading a small group in KidVenture. When KV launched in 2010, I was going through Downline ministries institute which instilled in me core Biblical principles on discipleship. Through Downline, I was being equipped to make disciples in my home, church and community, and I also discovered that I had the spiritual gift of teaching. KidVenture offers me the opportunity to exercise this spiritual gift with children who are at an age where they are anxious to learn and with hearts that are open to love the Lord.
The time commitment is minimal -- I teach every other week and this enables me to still be involved in my own Sunday school class while not miss out on worshipping with my family each Sunday. The greatest benefit I get from teaching in KidVenture is that it gives me a model for leading discipleship in my home with my 2 daughters.
I encourage anyone, especially those with children, to invest in the lives of the children at CUMC. The following verse from Paul to Timothy is on a baton I received at the completion of the Downline program and it sits on my desk to serve as a continual reminder of the eternal importance of teaching, disciple-making, and passing on God's Word to the next generation.
"And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will be qualified to teach others." -- 2 Timothy 2:2
