Today I took the day off from fighting for justice. I spent some time looking into curriculum for my adult Sunday School class for after Easter. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything I liked. Nothing that was a "United Methodist approved Bible study" had enough justice (I need to teach and record a session of a UMC Bible study for my ordination exam).
I spent my evening at church for a "family game night". Originally the event was supposed to be for "young adults and young families" - but we have done away with that group. I guess you could argue it was because we wanted to be "politically correct". You see, we don't have many young adults (under 35) in our church. And the "young families", well... what exactly does that mean? Many of our parents of kids under age 10 are in their late 30's to even 50's... are they "young"? Plus, we have many children who like to do things at church with their grandparents (often instead of a parent), is it really fair to exclude them? So we opened up "family game night" to the entire church "family". We had kids age 7-70. Families of 1 person to multi-generational combinations of 5. And we had a wonderful time.
I spent my evening at church for a "family game night". Originally the event was supposed to be for "young adults and young families" - but we have done away with that group. I guess you could argue it was because we wanted to be "politically correct". You see, we don't have many young adults (under 35) in our church. And the "young families", well... what exactly does that mean? Many of our parents of kids under age 10 are in their late 30's to even 50's... are they "young"? Plus, we have many children who like to do things at church with their grandparents (often instead of a parent), is it really fair to exclude them? So we opened up "family game night" to the entire church "family". We had kids age 7-70. Families of 1 person to multi-generational combinations of 5. And we had a wonderful time.
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