Oak Grove Baptist Church

                                                                               From The Heart       

   Pastoring in Missouri, I had the opportunity to have a  garden.  One of the church members, Woodrow lived on the other end of the block and he allowed me to have some of his garden plot to put in a garden.  I was good at putting the garden in, but as it began to grow and the summer wore on, my commitment would falter because of pastoral responsibilities.  Woodrow would say, “You need to work your garden right now.”  I would respond by saying, “I will work the garden when I have time.”  And of course, the garden did not produce as well as it should have. 

Sunday School is the same way, we need to have the attitude of Woodrow as we approach 2012 in Sunday School. We need to keep Sunday School in the forefront of our minds and hearts.  We cannot do Sunday School on automatic, we need to be intentional in reaching out to folks, in building relationships with one another, and in our participation in Sunday School.  In Matthew 9:37, 38   “Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.  Therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.’”

 In the Sunday School conference held in December, we learned that Sunday School takes work, it takes workers, and it takes going into the workplace.  Please be in prayer for our Sunday School classes and teachers.

   Bro. Kyle