Children’s Discipleship (CD) Update by Ruth Quek
When the Children’s Ministry Team first floated the idea to the Children’s Discipleship leaders that we were going to tackle the letter of Romans with the children in the second half of 2025, we were met mostly with a lot of shock, uncertainty and a little bit of skepticism. ”Do you know how difficult Romans is?”, “It’s all about apologetics, the children are not going to understand that.” “How do we even begin to teach such heavy doctrinal stuff?”, “Let’s teach something easier.”
Well here’s a little update on how things have been going –
Prep started in 2024, there was no readily available material to teach the letter of Romans as a whole book to children. So we reached out to partner churches to ask if and how they taught this book. Dns Cassandra, the CD Apprentice Deborah, Jia Min and some others then worked to write up an outline for the book of Romans that gave the CD leaders an outline of each chapter, the big idea and main concepts to unpack as we go through the letter.
In May 2025 Danny took the CD leaders through a training on how to read and teach a NT epistle. And the CD leaders got some time to get their toes wet in the first 4 chapters of Romans.
July 2025! With a lot of anxiety on their part, the CD leaders prepared for and taught Romans 1. Unsure of how clear they were and how much the children would understand. But as Isaiah 55:10 & 11 tell us – God’s word that goes out will not return empty but will accomplish His purposes. And PRAISE GOD that in the 2 months we’ve been teaching Romans, God has graciously allowed us to see this. In the CD leaders themselves growing in confidence and clarity about the message of Romans so far but also in the children learning what it means to be ‘unashamed of the Gospel’ and to proclaim it to unbelieving parents and friends.
This is something we want for our children. We want them to be confident in this Gospel and the God of this Gospel! So that they will be unashamed – living with constantly renewed minds in a world that seeks to suppress the truth of the Gospel.
How can you participate in this exciting work that God is doing, you ask??!
PRAY! Pray along with us that God’s Word that goes out each week will continue to achieve His purposes in the hearts of the CD leaders and the children. Pray also for the parents to grow in their confidence in this Gospel such that it results in them being unashamed – able to teach it to their children and to model it through obedience, even if it is costly.
TALK! If you’re not too keen or don’t know how to engage kids in a conversation. Talk to the parents and the CD leaders about what you have been learning in Romans through AG and sermons. Encourage them! Get excited alongside them!
COME! Come join us and be a part of the work God is doing in raising the next generation of disciples for His Kingdom! Talk to Dns Cassandra if you’d like to find out more about how you can use your unique gifts to serve in Children’s Ministry.