Volunteer Note This Week...

Hi Faithful Friends,

I hope you are having a blessed week so far! And what an interesting one at that with Mt. Redoubt and all.

Here is the low down this week in the Preschool department at Faith:

Easter is almost here. Yay! What a wonderful opportunity to share the best story ever told to even more children than usual. You may have heard by now that we are going to have 4 services again this year with the addition of a 1:00 p.m. service. I am asking that you please consider the following options to help us properly staff each classroom:

*Volunteering to serve at a service if you are normally off this weekend (let me know which one works best for you)
*Volunteering to serve a second service-if you normally serve at one (let me know your service time choice)
*Asking a family member to help in the class you are serving in (I will need their name and their DOB-if applicable)

Please let me know which option is doable for you. And thank you so much for considering this.

FYI for the classroom teachers, we will follow the normal class schedule. If you need me to purchase special treats or craft supplies for your class, please let me know at least 1 week prior. This will be a fun time to do some really special stuff with the kids so be planning now.

Linda S. and I will be gone this coming weekend. We are going to the Northwest Ministry Conference (from Wednesday afternoon to Sunday) in Redmond, WA. I am looking forward to all the great workshops and the new or renewed knowledge I will bring back to our department! Armin P. will be the director on duty for all 3 services and Rosalee O. will be our guest director for the nursery at 11AM. Please arrive on time to make sure that all classrooms are covered and everything runs smoothly. I so appreciate you doing that! And I will miss you! (Please pray that Mt. Redoubt behaves so we can go. Thanks!)

The Volunteer Appreciation Dinner date has changed to Thursday, May 14th. Please be sure and SAVE THE new DATE. We are planning some great fun and fabulous food!

Blog stuff:
*I will now be putting our Dream Team schedules on the sidebar of the blog for easy access. (I will also keep sending email reminders.)
*Don’t forget to send me your prayer requests if you want others to pray.
*There’s a great Tutti Frutti Playdough recipe on the sidebar now.
*And if you have any ideas for the blog, please let me know.

Reminders & Thanks:
*If you haven’t yet completed the new application or watched the child abuse awareness video (instructions found on the sidebar of this blog), please be sure and finish that soon.
*Also, please pick up your copy of the volunteer handbook in the hospitality room and read through it, if you haven’t yet.
*And a huge THANK YOU for doing this and for all those that have completed the above items!

God bless you all for your loving service and for your perseverance! You are my heroes!!

Joyfully,

Jackie

Happy (March) Birthday!

March:
Allison A. - 6PM Nursery Dream Team
Shirley W. - 11AM Moose Dream Team
Seana O. - 9AM Otters

Happy Birthday faithful friends! Thank you for being Jesus' hands and heart to His little ones here at Faith. You are truly a blessing to me and many others. And I hope YOU have a wonderful birthday and an awesome year filled to the brim with blessings of your own.

Much love,

Jackie for the Team

A Few Items of Importance

Hi Faithful Friends,

I hope you are all having a blessed day! I just wanted to check in with you on a couple of items of importance. (Note: Some items won’t apply to everyone.)

1. Just a reminder that it is extremely important to be in your classroom at least 15 minutes prior to class time. This helps so much with families who need to drop off more than one child and get to their class or the service on time.

2. Some of you may have received an email about the Spring curriculum. Just to clarify, the new curriculum starts next Sunday, March 8th. The new books will be in your rooms tomorrow. Thanks for your patience while I sorted that out!

3. I have a running list of who has turned in their updated volunteer applications. If you’re still needing to turn yours in, please do this right away. If you need another one, I can email it to you. And if you have any questions, please let me know. UPDATE – we don’t need your ADL# or SS#. Thanks so much!

4. We haven’t started the in-class security review because I decided to wait until Barb K. is back. This gives us more coverage in case someone needs a director’s help elsewhere so the director doing the review doesn’t get called away. FYI - The review is simply a short time spent in the classroom between a director and classroom volunteers reviewing our safety procedures.

5. The volunteer lanyards are getting done and should be issued soon. Yay! If you have not had your picture taken by Armin, please let me know.

6. Please continue to check in and get your computer name tag. The computer reports are kept and used to make sure that we have acceptable adult to child ratios.

7. I want to let you know that I would love to pray for any need you want to share, whether for you or someone you love! Please email me (or call) and I will pray! Also, if you would like, I can put your prayer request on the blog so whoever can, will pray with us. You can let me know if you do or don’t want it on the blog and if so, if you want it to be anonymous or have your name attached.

Well, I think this is enough for now!

Dear ones, I want you to know that I so appreciate each one of you! And I want to thank you for your outstanding service in the preschool department here at Faith. Each of you is SO important whether you are here every week or on a rotating schedule. I absolutely love serving Jesus with you!!

Joyfully,

Jackie

P.S. If you haven't received an updated Volunteer Handbook, please let me know.

Welcome James!

 

Announcing...James William Krafft! James was born Thursday at 2:46 p.m. He weighed 6 lb. 15 oz. and was 20" long. He is perfect in every way! I got to hold him at the hospital today. What a precious gift from God. Thank you, Lord, for blessing us all with this beautiful gift from your hand. Mama & Papa are proud as can be and doing good and so are big sisters, Maggie and Carlee. Welcome sweet James!

With love & thankfulness,

Jackie

Happy Birthday Friends!!

Happy Birthday (and belated birthday) to our dear children's volunteers who celebrate(d) birthdays in December, January and February. You truly are a blessing to the children, families and staff here at Faith and I soooo appreciate you. Thank you for loving our little ones to Jesus! I hope you have a wonderful year.

Much love,

Jackie

December:
Phil M. - Whales, 9AM
Stephanie C. - Nursery DT, 11AM
Karen Z. - Mtn Goats, 11AM
Carol J. - Nursery DT, 11AM
Laura B. - Nursery DT, 11AM

January:
Gary G. - Nursery DT, 11AM
Anna H. - Puffins, 11AM
Katie E. - Nursery sub

February:
Margaret K. - Greeter/Computer Check-in, 9AM
Patty V. - Nursery DT, 6PM
Briahna Y. - Whales, 6PM
Jordan H. - Nursery DT, 11AM

(DT=Dream Team)

P.S. Please let me know if I missed listing your name. :O)

A Wonderful Resource

Danielle's Place is a wonderful resource for Bible crafts and activities. Our church has paid for a membership so that you can fully utilize all that is offered on this site. Look for this picture on the sidebar (or click here) and plug in the user name "fcckids" and password "wowkids" and you can look around and download what you'd like to use in class to supplement your curriculum.


Have fun!

Blessings,

Jackie

P.S. Thanks Debbie M. for this great suggestion.

Truth produces peace...

 

Here are some of the scriptures God is highlighting for me today. Blessings, Jax

“Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.” - 1Chronicles 29:11

Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." - John 8:31b, 32

For he himself [Jesus] is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, - Ephesians 2:14