I work with 3/4 graders, so it's a little easier to pour into them and challenge them spiritually because you can get better conversations going. I've been avoiding preschool like the plague (though I might not so much now that my kids are all out of it). Preschool really does require that focus.
]]>One of the stations was taking communinion. I think that falls under most people's definition of worship. Another was designed to demonstrate how many thousands of people die of hunger each day and to offer a time of reflection on what we, as individuals, can do to combat that. Caring for God's people is a command from Christ. Obeying His commands is an act of worship.
A third station was reflecting on who God is in our lives and what He has done for us. Focusing on God's character and action in our lives and taking time to praise Him for who He is and thank Him for what He's done is an act of worship.
The marble station was about focusing on how we interact with those around us. In Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus commanded us to go and make disciples of all nations. A disciple isn't a follower. Disciple comes from the Latin word discipulae (which I may or may not have spelled correctly), which means student. We're to make (and become) all people students of Chist. This means more than making someone a convert. It means pouring into them and mentoring
them. It also means that someone will mentor us. Again, doing so is acting
out of obedience to Christ. Obedience is a spiritual act of worship.
Finally, the last part of the marble station was thinking about how Christ
made us each into a new creation and thanking Him for that. I think anytime
you take time to honestly thank and praise Christ for the things He's done
for you is a moment of worshipping Him. And, again, acting out of obedience
by sharing with others what He's done for you is obedience, an act of
worship.
We ended with a more traditonal form of worship — praise and worship songs
and a time of prayer. I think, though, that worship means much more than
singing songs of praise. While the whole stations thing may be different
than the norm, I do think that these types of acts that cause us to focus on
different aspects of our faith and different characteristics of our God have
just as much merit as what someone may typically think of as worship. This
isn't something that we do every week, but only a couple of times a year.
It's always very powerful, though, and draws me closer to God. I definitely
think that falls under the heading of worship.