ESL Classes Conclude with Dartball

Last night we finished our latest session of English as a Second Language classes at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Forestville, WI. We celebrated our work by learning a popular Midwestern game: Dartball. For the uninitiated, Dartball is a game that mimics baseball with darts.

Our ESL classes have morphed over time. We still call them ESL, but they really aren’t ESL anymore. Instead, they have become tri-lingual language-sharing sessions. Native speakers of Spanish, English, and Afrikaans attend, and each shares their language with others.

We end each evening with a reading from Luther’s Small Catechism and a meal, provided by a sister LCMS congregation in the region.

St. Peter’s is a small, rural congregation. And yet we are operating as a frontline mission outpost.

How is God calling your church to cooperate with Him in the cause of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?