Ignite

Had a fab night tonight with the kids from Ignite.  We had 10 tonight with 2 new children and several others away or busy.  We looked at the Great Commission from Matthew tonight and talked about how a little thing can have a big impact.  We did a really silly quiz (Scripture Union idea) with really daft questions like how many hot air balloons could you fill with the air we breathe out in just one year - answer two, also how much water we waste while brushing our teeth if we don't turn the tap off - answer 5840 litres.  There was a question about how many acres of pizza Americans eat each day and one about bodily wind which I won't mention.  The point was that we might not think it a lot but little steps, little things can have a huge impact.  We also calculated that if every child at Ignite tonight talked to another person about Ignite over the next year and then they did the same over the year after and so on and so on then in ten years time we would have 10,240 people in Ignite.  I mentioned by the same method that if there was only one Christian in the world today and that person talked for a whole year to someone else and they became a Christian and then the two did the same again and so on and so on then in 32years time the whole world would be Christian!!! try it for yourself.  We then offered a challenge to the children and gave them a sand timer which we got last week from the Bible Society at Spring Harvest and the idea is that they take one minute a day to pray for the work of the Society who have a mission called the Big Mission - Every Child Has A Right To Encounter The Bible.  We ended our evening praying for each other as well as people that we know who are unwell.