Jesus is God

Passing the doughnut

It was another great time at Campaigners today. Today there were over 60 kids, and a new leader!

The game was a relay race were kids must run around a tree with a doughnut on a stick and then pass it to the next person in line without using their hands. It made for some pretty close contact!

The exchange

Keep your head up!

Giana doesn't mess around

After the game we dove into the Bible and talked about how through Jesus we can know God, and not just know about him, but actually know him. The main verse for today was John 1:18 "No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, (he) has made him known."

It is easy to say that we know something when we really just know about something. For instance, before I moved to California, I learned and studied as much as I could about surfing. I knew it was something I wanted to do, so I got books about it (yes, "how to surf" books exist) and watched as many surfing movies as I could... but when I got out here and tried it for the first time it didn't take long for me to realize I didn't know surfing at all (shocking, right).

It can be the same way with celebrities and athletes that we admire. Its easy to learn about them, what movies they have made, what their stats are, maybe even something about what they believe or what their political views are, but we still don't know them. We don't know what their favorite food is, what really makes them laugh, what breaks their heart, or what they think about as they fall asleep. Knowing about someone is MUCH different than knowing someone.

Its the same way with God. We all have things we know about God, or things we think we know about God. Some of these things may be true, and some of them are, more than likely, false. What we get in Jesus is an opportunity to really know God. Jesus is God, and Jesus has made God known. Through knowing Jesus we can know God, and I am surprised at how often what I think I know about God is different than how God really is.

So, if you would like to talk to your middle-schooler about what we did at campaigners Friday, ask them about drawing a "banana-bass" and then ask them about Jesus showing us what God is really like... and if you are curious, read Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John (the first four books in the New Testament of the Bible). These books give us a really wonderful picture of what God is like through Jesus.