A post from my wife, a dynamite Christian educator.
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to serve the children and youth of my congregation as they became acolytes. Acolytes are those kids in white robes who bring in the candles and light the ones on the altar just before worship begins. All of the children and youth I served already knew how to acolyte. They knew where the candle-lighter stick was. They knew when to walk forward during the service. This training, however, was an opportunity to figure out why we have acolytes. But before we could do that, we had to figure out why we need acolytes in worship… and indeed, what worship was to begin with.......
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