Until recently our Christian Science branch church had a bunch of wonderful kids who preferred to play in childcare on Wednesday nights rather than attend the Wednesday evening testimony meetings. The “regulars” were four girls—Amelia, Danika, Ellen, and Michaela. Certainly it was normal for the children to enjoy playing together, particularly since they didn’t see each other except on Sundays and Wednesdays. By the time they were seven–eleven years old, the childcare committee was trying to help them transition to attending the testimony meetings—without much success. The members knew the children would be blessed by what they heard at the meetings, and everyone would be blessed by having them there. Members were really praying about this, and no one wanted there to be a clash of wills.
The Gratitude Club turned out to be the bridge that helped this group transition from childcare to attending the testimony meetings.
Here’s their story, plus a bit of advice about how to include kids in testimony meetings.
