Clever Free Methodist

As a pastor, I have always thought of the people sitting in the Sanctuary during a Sunday morning worship service was much like the “one-room school house” I have seen many times in episodes of “Little House on the Prairie.” Why, so?   Regardless of what grade the children were in and no matter what level of their true knowledge and wisdom, they were still altogether in one room learning together under the guidance of one teacher.   However, in the learning process, it was expected that all students show patience and respect towards their fellow students who struggled with learning or were much younger and at a different level of curriculum.   It would be cruel for a senior student to laugh and jest at a six-year-old learning to read for the first time. The difference between 12 th grade and Kindergarten is beyond obvious and should be understood and respected. It is no different in the Church.   Sitting in our church pews (chairs) each Sunday is a group of people who are literally