I can relate the topic to when I was a worship leader, I would say to God for him to tell me which songs to play because I knew then that if I got the songs from God, he would annoint the worship. There was no point me picking the songs myself because I could easily get it wrong. I would remain open during the worship if there were other songs that God would lead me to play, and sure enough, the worship was annointed and God was able to do what he wanted to do during the worship.

I guess my point is, whoever is responsible for teaching either the children, teens and adults should be listening to God as to what he would have them say rather than being told a topic to teach on, otherwise it could easily appear to be regimental rather than allowing ourselves to be open to God for him to guide us. This would not be a “major” thing, this would be normal

Its not about having too much information to act upon if we are listening to what God want’s to teach us rather than us deciding what to teach.

God speaks to people on all levels, toddlers, teenagers, adults alike, and it’s not about what we decide to teach to all ages, it’s more about what God wants to say to us. And if we are listening to what God is wanting to say, then generally you would find that they will relate in one way or another, but either way, at least we know we are hearing what God wants us to hear rather than being concerned to teach only one thing a week to all ages.

It’s a fantastic book with lots of application to pulpit ministry, as well as the general ministry of the church. By teaching one “big idea” per week across the spectrum of a church’s ministries (children, youth, adult small groups, etc.), the authors argue that a church can increase “missional velocity,” the rate at which people put the Bible into practice and grow in Christlikeness.

George