News You Can Use

Hi Dear Friends,

I hope you are having a blessed week!

Here is some news you can use around the preschool as we start the new ministry year:

*We are having a ministry wide lunch and training on Sunday, September 27th, from 12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. We are encouraging everyone to attend. It will be a great time to connect and network with other volunteers and share ministry ideas, receive some pertinent training, be inspired by our vision, and anything else God wants to show us. It is great to be a self-sufficient volunteer, but I think it is also very valuable to meet together once or twice a year to encourage and learn from each other. Please let me know if you plan to attend so we can order enough lunch and training materials for everyone.

*Please pray for our elders as they interview a potential candidate for the children’s pastor position. His name is Dan Krause and he will be visiting our church from Michigan this coming weekend. Very exciting!

*Reminders: Please check-in early at the children’s counter to receive your volunteer nametag. Also, please grab your lanyard behind the hospitality room door (on the nursery hall side) and wear it during class. These are used for safety measures as well as name visibility for the parents (which help in making much needed connections between the parents and you, our volunteers.) Also, remember to be in your classrooms by 15 minutes prior to service time. If this has been a problem for you, please consider making a recommitment to do all you can to ensure that you are there at that time. It really is a blessing to the parents, children, staff and you, the volunteer, to be in the classroom early and ready to go. Thanks so much friends!

*I will also be posting notes and great training pages here on the blog every week, so please check in often. There is also monthly birthday recognition on the blog. If you notice that your name is missing, please let me know so we can celebrate you too!

*As a side note: If anyone has Tuesday mornings available and you would like to love on some little ones and earn a little extra money, Susan Marthaller is looking to hire another children’s classroom volunteer for the Moms & More study at church. If you are interested, let me know and I will put you in touch with Susan.

THANK YOU for all you do to shine Jesus into our dark world. His love is the only thing that saves and you are His messengers. What an amazing privilege and awesome calling we have!

Much love with joy,

Jackie

More Than A Time-Filler!

Hi Fabulous Friends,

Here is a great training on Activity Pages. Read through it for some great tips.

Have a blessed day!

Jackie

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Welcome to Fall & The Eyes of a Child

Hi Faithful Friends,

Welcome to Fall and the beginning of our new Children's Ministry Year! I am so excited that many of you are returning to serve in the preschool/nursery department here at Faith this month! I am equally as excited to welcome new volunteers who may have recently followed God's leading to join our team or had such a great experience this summer that you are signing on to serve even more throughout the school year. All I can think to say is "Praise the Lord!" for all of you wonderful servants of our glorious King Jesus.

We all know by what we've read in His word that Jesus LOVES children and wants us to love them too. Can you think of a calling that is higher than loving our children to Him? I certainly cannot. And what a blessing that we get to obey Him together, on an awesome team that has the same vision and goal.

Each member of this team is needed and highly valuable. Our check-in volunteers lovingly greet our families and make them feel welcome. Our nursery volunteers love, sing, play and speak love and truth over our youngest treasures. Our preschool volunteers do much the same, adding more Bible truths that will sink into those preschool hearts and grow and grow until they willingly give their precious hearts to Jesus. Our worship leaders have the amazing privilege of leading our children in praising the One who made them, loves them, and saves them.

Again, I believe there is no greater mission field and there is no greater calling. So, welcome and thank you for being a vital part of Children's Ministry here at Faith.

God bless you all!

Jackie Evans
for the team

P.S. Click on the notes below (to enlarge) to read this week's volunteer training. I think you'll find it useful and enjoyable. You can also print it out, if it's easier to read that way.

September Birthday Babies!

Hi Dear Friends,

This month we have several birthday "babies" to celebrate and here they are:

September
Makala P. - 6PM Nursery Dream Team
(Jackie E.) - moi
Gwen G. - 11AM Nursery Dream Team
Michelle R. - 11AM Dream Team
Peggy R. - 11AM Bears Co-teacher
Cathy M. - 11AM Whales Co-teacher
Robyn B. - 11AM Moose Dream Team
Donna O. - 11AM Dream Team
Liz S. - 11AM Puffins Co-teacher

You all are a wonderful display of God's richest blessings. Thank you for living a life of service that glorifies Jesus. I hope you each have a wonderful birthday and a year full of love, joy and peace!

Joyfully,

Jackie for the team!

Summer Birthdays!

Happy Birthday (and belated birthday) to all our summer birthday babies on the Preschool Ministry Team! You are a wonderful blessing to all of us here at Faith! And I pray that you have a wonderful year.

Happy Birthday to:

June:
Susan F. - 9AM Preschool Worship Leader
Jennifer C. - 9AM Bears/Puffins Teacher

July:
Lisa E. - 6PM Preschool Co-teacher
Connie J. - 6PM Preschool Co-teacher
Keaton E. - 6PM & 9AM Dream Team - youth vol.
Rodney B. - 11AM Nursery Dream Team
Rosalyn L. - 11AM Nursery Dream Team
Cindy A. - 11AM Worship Dream Team

August:
Sharon S. - 9AM Bears/Puffins Co-leader
Armin P. (staff extraordinaire)
Marvin B. - 11AM Nursery Dream Team

Much love,

Jackie for the Team

Volunteer Appreciation Dinner!

We had a great time celebrating our wonderful children's volunteers (you!) on May 14th. Here is a little pictorial review of some of the fun moments we shared:

Two awesome nursery volunteers - Rosalee & Lea!
On this night the kids served the adults (and bussed tables). They did great! Thanks so much friends!
The tables were turned and the adults had to do an activity! (Usually they're the ones having the kids do this in class :) I was very happy to see everyone participating - once I bribed them!
Basa rockin' the house! He even got a standing ovation.
Our new preschool logo unveiling. Love it!
Another lovely servant!

 

Gabbing around the table.

 

Our talented chef - Thanks Matt!!

 

Now they're getting into the game! They have to complete the puzzle to win the prize. "Does your puzzle piece fit mine?"

 

Yes, a good time was had by all. And if you didn't make it, you were definitely missed!

Blessings friends. I love and appreciate each one of you!

Jackie for the team

Don't Forget - Volunteer Appreciation Dinner 5-14-09!

Tomorrow is the big day! The day we get to celebration YOU - our awesome volunteers. Hope you are planning to join us at Faith at 6:30 p.m.

I'll see you there!

Jackie and the Team