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"And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men" (Luke 2:52).

Chicago CBF had a messengers' workshop with 27 attendees in the afternoon of Saturday, March 6, 2010. After singing the hymn, "Jesus loves me," M. Rebecca Choi prayed for the meeting. Then M. Isaac Choi gave a key note speech based on Luke 2:52. He prayed that through this workshop we may learn how to be good CBF messengers through discovering where we are and where others are and setting a goal for where we will be so that God may raise spiritual leaders for the new generation.

Pastor Ron Ward delivered a heart-moving and wonderful lecture, "Worker approved by God," based on 2 Timothy 2:15. Messengers must handle the word of God correctly as a worship offering to God. He shared how he and Dr. Samuel Lee prepared the message and how he recited many books of the Bible. He said that Bible study and messages should lead us to Jesus and restore us to God.

After, six speakers gave reports on books they read about the children's ministry. Here are the following books and its authors and the names of the six speakers.

1. Four Views of Youth Ministry and Church................Young Lee (Mark H. Senter with 3 others)

2. The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School.............Tim McEathron (Aaron Reynolds)

3. Worship Centered Teaching.................................John Colagrossi (Jim Hampton and Rick Edward)

4. Teaching Youth with Confidence...........................Yvonne Timlin (Harly Atkinson)

5. Leading Kids to Jesus........................................Kevin Albright (David Staal)

6. When Church Kids Go Bad..................................Birgit Pierce (Les Christi)

Praise God for blessing this workshop!

May God bless our CBF messages for young children!