Well, the school year is in full swing. Our Family Zone has had three or four weeks going, and seems to be successful with getting parents and kids together during the class. Families are learning side-by-side and then working through application together and then spending time in prayer together. Our home resources are still pretty weak and we really haven't stressed their use like we need to. I hope the class has encouraged spiritual discussions at home.
Kid Zone, our children's church, is reinforcing the Family Zone story which occurs the hour before. The kids have been better able to apply the story to the situations the characters find themselves in quicker and easier. They are much better able to discuss what should happen and what may happen as the character resolve their issue in the second part of the program.
All is going well, my only though right now is MAN, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK! I'm teaching the FamZone class which is a totally new situation for me working with kids to adult seniors (some of which taught me as a child). I have been involved in the start up drama, but will likely be working myself out of that role soon. Then I'm writing a full kids productin for Kid Zone and teaching a couple of other classes. The work is worth it if families are growing closer to God and each other because of it.
