Last week was Lutheran Schools week so here’s an update on our ministry to Christ Community Lutheran School. We have seven classrooms. Upstairs we have Ms. Beth’s four year olds. This week I went in their classroom and told them about Jesus turning water into wine. In Mrs. Tina’s threes little Maddie squeezed me and said, “I’m going to hug you forever.” Mrs. Kelsey’s twos class was on quarantine for two weeks because someone got Covid. In Jana and Stephanie’s babies rooms the kids are back in their routines after the Holidays. By the gym, Mrs. Ali’s classroom got some needed repairs thanks to Jerry and the property team. I got a present from Mrs. Haley’s twos. It was a picture of a tree made out of all of the kids hands and it said, “Thank you, Glendale Lutheran for helping us to grow in our Faith.”
This year has been very tough on these teachers and children. The staff takes the Covid epidemic seriously, cleaning every table, chair, door knob and counter multiple times a day. Classes can’t mix with each other which means they can’t be in the gym or the lunch room at the same time. The masks make it hard for the kids to read their teachers faces. Because its winter, the kids can’t play outside. We haven’t had chapel in the sanctuary for almost a year.
But God continues to bless these kids through us. One parent told me that it fills his heart with gladness when his son spontaneously sings to Jesus at home. The teachers share their faith with these kids and with each other. Just last week a teacher had an emergency and the staff rallied around her. I know that you don’t get to see all of the things that I see. Realize that God is using Glendale Lutheran to plant seeds of faith in these children. It’s a beautiful thing.
