Quote from Howard Schultz' new book "Onward"

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Spiritual Formation 4 Kidz

Meet Paul Pedersen (and his little sister Emily.) He is one of our 5 year olds at Southgate. He just started going to The Loft (k-5) on Sunday mornings where he is currently learning the story of the exodus from the Old Testament. Because of the interactive, creative environments and the amazing leaders who care and teach the children, we find that kids not only remember their 'lessons' but end up talking about their experience with others. That's where Paul comes in. Here is a letter from Paul's mom, Cindi about a recent conversation she had with him....

I just had to send you guys an email after our ride to the sitter this morning. This whole week, Paul has been talking about how God sent the “beetles” to eat everything that was green, and the frogs, and the flies, and the water turned to blood, which made the fish stink… ;-) And yesterday, he was singing “I Am Free” all day...

Well, this morning, he asked me if I remembered about the “beetles”, and he told me about the other king with the snake on his crown that dreamt about the fat cows and the skinny cows and that there would be no food, which is what he and Will (Paul's dad) read about last night before bed. So, we got to have a great conversation about how we don’t have to worry because God takes care of His people, like he did with His people in Egypt and the way he warned the king with the dream.

All of that to say, I’ve worked in the Loft, I’ve seen the concepts click with the kids as I was teaching, but to see the impact of the Loft from a parent’s perspective has only increased how much I love it and how aware I am of the impact it has on our kids. I knew Paul would love the Loft, but I had NO IDEA how much! And to see it clicking for him after just two weeks, it’s been so amazing! The Loft makes it so easy for us, as parents, to have those conversations with our kids…

Thanks for writing the letter, Cindi! It's great to partner with parents and give them tools as the primary shapers of their kids lives.