Kingdom Pilgrims
Robert Coles describes a child’s faith journey as a pilgrimage, where children are active agents, walking with adults and God throughout their lives. In our own New Zealand Prayer Book / He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa we say to the newly baptised: “You are now a pilgrim with us.”
Children are full and active members of the body of Christ, with gifts and talents to offer. As you walk with a child on a journey of faith, you are helping to give them words to express their beliefs, experiences to grow through, examples to learn from, and safe communities to make mistakes and take risks.
As pilgrims, the children in our faith communities are on a pilgrimage with us. We’re in this together - we minister with children. Sometimes we’re further ahead, giving them advice on how to navigate the way, and sometimes they’re ushering in things of the Kingdom we have yet to see.
Children are full and active members of the body of Christ, with gifts and talents to offer. As you walk with a child on a journey of faith, you are helping to give them words to express their beliefs, experiences to grow through, examples to learn from, and safe communities to make mistakes and take risks.
As pilgrims, the children in our faith communities are on a pilgrimage with us. We’re in this together - we minister with children. Sometimes we’re further ahead, giving them advice on how to navigate the way, and sometimes they’re ushering in things of the Kingdom we have yet to see.
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