Today I attended a wedding of two of my old children’s workers that I recruited to work with kids at the church I served in Montgomery, Alabama. The crazy thing was I recruited these two to help more than 20 years ago and they are still serving the kids of this church. It was as much a children’s workers reunion as it was a wedding. The best man was my puppet director, one of the groomsmen was my costume co-ordinator he is now a children’s pastor, there were 2 others past children’s pastors beside me at the wedding both had been volunteers for me and then ended up on staff. It was an awesome time. His sister who interned with me who is now a Pastor’s wife did some children’s worker pay back. At her wedding the brother showed up at the reception in a chicken costume today she showed up in a Dog costume wearing a wedding dress. The cool thing is every where I looked I saw people who helped me minister to kids and 21 years later Kids still matter.

It’s so cool to be able to see the long term fruit of children’s ministry. What we do not only touches people today but for years to come. It was so neat to hear from kids I had in children’s church and meet their spouces and kids and see them serving God and living large for Jesus. Sometime it’s hard to think about the difference putting a love for kids makes in people over the long haul. It works Children’s Pastors and what we do matters for eternity!