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Learning About the Bible

In centuries past, church builders included stained glass windows to teach stories from the Bible to a mostly illiterate population. Today, a large segment of people in our society doesn't read, either--preschool children.

Our church sponsors an active nursery school program for children ages 2-4, and once a week they attend chapel in the sanctuary. Pastor leads chapel once a month, in order to keep in contact with the children, and I cover the remaining three weeks.

The theme of chapel each week is drawn from the stained glass windows in our sanctuary. I read a passage of Scripture that pertains to the "window of the day," and then the kids discuss what they see. It's amazing to me how much content the children pull out of the images. They often see more details than I recognize.

A blind person's sense of hearing is usually more acute than that of people who see. Likewise, a pre-reading child's power of observation is quite amazing.

posted by Stahlkes @ 10:50 AM