Michigan —Childhood is the time to develop children's talent and prepare them for leadership and service. The training they receive now will help them become active church members.

Last December, the Grand Blanc Adventist Company celebrated its first children's Sabbath. Every child in this company of only 30 members participated, praising the Lord through music, recitation of scripture, story time, prayer, and preaching. Stephen Visser, a 15-year-old freshman at Grand Blanc High School, preached the sermon on the assurance of salvation.

Our Lord delights when young ones praise His name. One never knows if there will be another "lost sheep" in heaven because of a little one's persuasion to seek salvation today.

Liesbeth Fernandez, Grand Blanc Company children's ministries director