The Class Visited the Kingdom Hall

Ines, a fourth-grade pupil in Finland, heard that her class was going to discuss Jehovah’s Witnesses as part of their religious instruction, so she decided to invite the class to visit the Kingdom Hall. Both the students and the teacher thought that this was a good idea.

The next week, 38 pupils rode their bicycles about three miles to the Kingdom Hall. Two teachers and the headmaster also came. Two brothers and three sisters met them at the Kingdom Hall. While having some refreshments, the pupils asked questions about the hall and the Witnesses: “What takes place at the meetings?” “What is that room over there?” They were referring to the library. “Why is ‘six divided by ten’ on the wall?” The yeartext was Matthew 6:10.

Because the school participates in a project to prevent school bullying, the brothers showed the class the whiteboard animation video Beat a Bully Without Using Your Fists, on jw.org. They also showed them other sections of our Web site and played a Kingdom song. The visit lasted about one hour.

The headmaster, the teachers, and the children were enthusiastic about the visit. The headmaster was interested in the material on our Web site because he felt that it could be used during the lessons on religion. He was delighted to hear that other classes were welcome to visit the Kingdom Hall. As a result, a teacher of another class contacted the Witnesses the very next day and asked if they too could visit the hall.