I have been working at VFC for a little over 7 years. In the past 7 years I have had a variety of different responsibilities in Preschool Ministry. However, my main focus has always been ensuring the preschool classrooms are ready for the weekend services. Ensuring the classrooms are ready means each room has enough supplies to get through each service, all the toys are safe and working properly, and finally, walking through each classroom to ensure that each toy is placed in its proper place and is placed with excellence.
One day last spring as I walking through a classroom, I had two questions cross my mind. I asked myself, does it really matter if every item in the classroom is placed with excellence? Does anyone really care if a toy is haphazardly placed on shelf? That is when the Lord spoke to me and gave me an example to show me the importance of setting up the rooms with excellence.
One day last spring as I walking through a classroom, I had two questions cross my mind. I asked myself, does it really matter if every item in the classroom is placed with excellence? Does anyone really care if a toy is haphazardly placed on shelf? That is when the Lord spoke to me and gave me an example to show me the importance of setting up the rooms with excellence.
This is what He said: Think of this…when someone of importance, like a mother-in-law or a government official comes to a person’s house for dinner, what do they do to prepare for their important guest? What they do is walk through each room and make sure each item is in its proper place and placed with excellence. They take the time to ensure that when their guest walks into the house what they see is excellence. They want to put their best foot forward and they want their important guest to know that they took time to prepare for them. It is the same each week at VFC. We live by the code and one part of our VFC code is “the queen of Sheba inspires us.” We understand that a spirit of excellence glorifies God and leaves people breathless. So, we give God our best in all that we do.
Each week, we prepare the classrooms, the bathrooms, the atrium, and the parking lot for very important guests who we want to leave breathless. We are taking the time to ensure that when a visitor or guest walks in the door, they know that they are home and that we care about them. The guest can be an infant or an adult; each guest is important. Each week during our services, young children come and hear about God for the first time, scripture is spoken into their lives, and their lives are forever changed. As a parent checks in their child for the first time or the 100th time, they see the room and know that we have taken the time to ensure that their child is going to be safe and happy and they are going to learn about God. God taught me that day that walking through each room and ensuring that the room is set up with excellence does matter to Him and to each child and adult who comes into the room because they are God’s very important guest!
Jodi
Each week, we prepare the classrooms, the bathrooms, the atrium, and the parking lot for very important guests who we want to leave breathless. We are taking the time to ensure that when a visitor or guest walks in the door, they know that they are home and that we care about them. The guest can be an infant or an adult; each guest is important. Each week during our services, young children come and hear about God for the first time, scripture is spoken into their lives, and their lives are forever changed. As a parent checks in their child for the first time or the 100th time, they see the room and know that we have taken the time to ensure that their child is going to be safe and happy and they are going to learn about God. God taught me that day that walking through each room and ensuring that the room is set up with excellence does matter to Him and to each child and adult who comes into the room because they are God’s very important guest!
Jodi
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