09/20/2026
Apparently, we have a shoe-size requirement in our children’s ministry: NONE. 😂👟
I snapped this picture because I thought the contrast was hilarious, a big kid’s shoe next to one of our littles, with a middle somewhere in the background.
But then I realized it really is a pretty good picture of our class.
Bigs. Middles. Littles. All growing, all learning, and all figuring this thing out together.
And one of my favorite things has been watching the bigs help the littles. They don’t even realize sometimes how much they are learning about leadership, patience, kindness and responsibility just by being part of this group.
Which is why this year has been a little bittersweet. My last year with my 6th grade bigs was cut short. I know moving them into youth is the right thing, for them, for the youth ministry and for our church. I know that. My heart just isn’t quite as mature as my brain about it yet. 😂
Because that’s the hard part of loving kids: they grow up.
You teach them what you can, love them well, pray for them, and then eventually you have to let them move into the next chapter.
Just like our own kids.
One less year with them. But one more year grateful that I got to have them. ❤️
What a gift these kiddos are.
