One of the biggest reasons for small groups was that this was our chance to help the kids make it real. It's so easy to say that bible stories are just that - stories. Stuff that happened years ago to people who are from another time and place. It's easy to think it has no relevance to modern life.
But through small groups - our kids found connections. They were able to see that the story of David and Bathsheba wasn't just about a long dead king who made a mistake, but it was about thinking you could make better decisions than God could. It was also about realizing that everyone makes mistakes, no matter how great they seem. They also realized that if you trusted God even when you made mistakes, that God could do great things with your life.
The kids realized this because their small group leaders made the bible real to them. These were adults who were living it. They weren't perfect, but the kids thought they were 10 feet tall. And when they admitted that it was hard to trust God, hard to be brave, hard to read the Bible every day - all of a sudden the kids realized that it was real.
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