Today, it seems like young people aren’t interested in God. Jon shares his story of how God made himself present in an everyday class.
Immersed in the everyday setting of today’s youth, schools, Jon has been able to lead classes, assemblies and discipleship work.
Currently, it can be quite daunting in schools with heightened pressures not to preach or share too much of faith. However, God is moving in our schools!
Jon shares with us of a moment when he was able to have the opportunity to show God in a local secondary school. Because of one inquisitive pupil, God showed up. Jon shares;
“A few weeks ago, a colleague and I had the opportunity to teach a few classes on Christian identity in a local secondary school, and in our last class of the
day God dropped an amazing opportunity right into my lap.
“At the end of the class, we had left 10 or so minutes for a “Grill a Christian” session. The young people could ask us any question in relation to faith that they had, and we would try to answer.
“After fielding a few of the usual suspects, one girl asked a question neither my colleague or I ever expected; “would you pray for us?”
I turned to the teacher in the room watching us, and asked if he was fine with this, expecting a “no”; but he said yes! And so, with the teacher’s permission, I got to pray for 30 young people, in a classroom, in the middle of a school day!
“I left the classroom afterward giddy with excitement about what God had done. It was just such a clear reminder that nothing is out of God’s control; even in spaces where we are told we have to be super careful to not preach or share “too much”, He is alive, He is moving, and He is constantly full of surprises!
“So, I just want to encourage you; God is moving in our schools! ” – Jon Stark