Second Church Steps

As parents of young children, the one thing that remains the same from day to day and year to year is CHANGE! It sometimes seems that our children grow overnight; sometimes they do! It has been 500 years since  one big change occurred in the church, The Reformation.  Okay, it was more like sowing seeds of change.  As Presbyterians we  speak about being “reformed and always reforming,” which is another way of saying “changed and always changing.”   What should this change look like?  Well, there have been committees, sessions, kings, queens, popes, and wars about that throughout Church History.  However, in Matthew 18:3 (NIV), the Bible quotes Jesus, "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” There is a lot of change coming up for our children. There is a new school year which begins NEXT WEEK for some of us. August 6 th   will be "Promotion Sunday" at Second Church when children  change classr