It Happened in Our Church Nursery

We were in the church nursery yesterday.

The adult staff had just received Holy Communion. I was picking up the little gold-colored plate with the small communion cups in their holders and a space in the middle for the squares of bread when a little voice asked what we were doing.

“Sharing God’s good gifts,” I told her.

The others had gathered around. A quick head count and a scan of the Elements still on the plate revealed a perfect match.

“Can we have some?” one of nursery clients asked.

“Sure,” I replied as they helped themselves.

They were finished as fast as they began.

That’s when one of the children turned to another and said it. Boom. She just blurted it out.

A moment later I was walking back down the hall to our sanctuary. With our Associate Pastor Jessica and our guest speaker Jeff up front presiding, all the rest of the congregation was finishing the celebration of the Sacrament.

And I realized that I had just had church. In our nursery. Because of an unscheduled holy moment and what a nursery kid said. As long as I’ve been in ministry, I don’t think anyone’s said it better.

Her analysis of that shared experience, those simple Elements, that Holy Sacrament? “That’s gooooood.”

Yup.

By the grace of God, may you and I recover that profound appreciation of God’s good gifts in our lives this week.

Today, I’m grateful to God for that little girl and her excellent theological expression: “That’s gooooood.”

Amen?