God’s Family Birthday Party

By Bonnie Aldrich

One thing we all have in common: we will all have a birthday this year. I love listening to children talk about their birthday parties, their favorite gifts, games they played. Children love to celebrate the day they were born into their families.

God talks about another birthday--a spiritual birthday--the day when we enter into His family and become His children.

“But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn--not with a physical birth...but a birth that comes from God.” John 1:12, 13 (NLT)

When a child makes a decision to follow Christ, he is given a spiritual birthday. He begins a new life as a member of God’s family.

No doubt your child is already thinking about his birthday party this year, wondering which friends to invite or gifts he may want. As a parent, you will want to celebrate the day he was born into your family with a day of rejoicing. Your child will be reminded of your love and acceptance of him.

We believe it is important to also celebrate the day your child is born into God’s family. It is also a day of rejoicing. Your child is reminded of God’s love and acceptance him.

Every January, Children’s Ministry has a party for children who have become Christ followers the previous year. If your child made a decision to become a Christ follower sometime during 2008, we would love to have both you and your child attend our event "God’s Family Birthday Party" on January 18.

We will celebrate your child’s spiritual birthday by talking about what his eternity will look like in Heaven. We will do fun activities and crafts that remind us how we should live now that we are Christ followers. And of course, what is a birthday party without cake and ice cream?
You and your child can experience this celebration together. We even have a special invitation for you to invite him to this day of rejoicing over his entrance into God's family. Stop by the Children's Ministry registration counter (upstairs by the main office) for one of these invitations. Then come and delight in the birthdays of God's children!