"added to their number"

On Saturday I had the opportunity to help out with children at Sojourn while the church hosted an event. The Bible lesson for the children covered the story of Pentecost. When we got to the end of the story and asked for questions, the kids asked what it meant that three thousand were "added to their number."

Later, during the games, I helped to come up with a game that taught the kids the meaning of "added to their number." Two people would go away from the group, turn around, and then one would say something true (the sky is blue) and the other would say something false (the sky is purple). The kids' goal was to "add themselves to the number" of the person telling the truth. So they learned that "added to their number" means "joined themselves with the group," and they also learned that they should only "add themselves to the number of" those who are telling the truth.

So why did I write about this? For one thing, I don't often do such activities with kids, so I was rather excited about having come up with an idea like this on the spur of the moment, and excited that it went really well. For another thing, I had lots of fun. Maybe I'll do some children's ministry someday? I wouldn't want to base my plans on one fun event, but still...