Does Ebenezer care about kids?

Seems like a ridiculous question after this week . . . Last night our VBS numbers were a little off. We only had 450 total folks there!! Tons of visitors and folks who have no church connection. One of my friends and I were talking about all of this, and honestly, there is a feeling out there that this church does not value children.

That hurts. On one hand, I hope no one would say that I do not place great value on the children of EBC. Because that would be terribly wrong. But on the other hand, what would we do if all of these people showed up this Sunday?? Where would we put them?? What are we doing to prepare for this??

We, as a church, need to answer these questions in our hearts, and we need to do it YESTERDAY. Our new facilities team is working hard on a long-term solution, but that will not come soon enough. We need to do something, and we need to do it NOW. Do we need to add another worship and another Sunday School?? Do we need to immediately build more education space, and add worship space later? Do we need to get over ourselves and move worship to the Family Life Center??

God has given us a great opportunity, and He will hold us accountable for how we respond. And, as for the “Ebenezer does not value children” thought, I will agree there are a few people who do not care for the number of children we host at Ebenezer. There are some who do not care for our Weekday Ministry. There are some who would not care at all if we did not do the CLC this year, or if all of our youth left. Yes, there are a very few people who feel that way. And a couple of them are squeaky wheels.

But I believe there are far more that DO care about youth and children at Ebenezer, and maybe it is time THEY were a little more vocal. It is obvious God has blessed us with youth and children in abundance, and it is so true that He will hold us accountable for how we respond.