Happy New Year 2010!!

Happy New Year to all our wonderful Children's Ministry Volunteers!! You shine Jesus and our children are drawn to Him because of you. Thank you so much and may God bless you this new year with more of His love, joy and peace!

Joyfully with love,

Jackie for the team

Jingle Jam 2009!

Hi Wonderful Friends!

I hope you are having a very merry December so far. :)

Just a note to remind you that Jingle Jam (our Children’s Christmas Program) is this Friday night. Our preschool children will start off the program with those sweet songs they’ve been practicing at Worship Time. If you are able to join us to help herd our little sheep (oops, I mean angels), please arrive at 6:30 p.m. and come to the preschool worship room. After our kids sing, there will be two songs from the elementary choir and a festive, short program. We will follow this with a cookie and hot chocolate reception in the Fellowship Hall. This is a great time to visit with your student’s parents!

If you think you can come, please send me a reply.

Thank you so much for all you do to shine Jesus in this dark world. HE IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!

Joyfully serving with you,

Jackie Evans

A note from Pastor Dan...

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to briefly talk about the vision God has given me for our ministry (in case you were not able to make it to our meeting the other night). First of all, I would like to congratulate all of you on a job well done! I am very impressed with where our ministry is and the quality job all of you are doing. I would also like to thank you for all of your selfless service, and reassure you that there are eternal ramifications for what we are doing.

This past weekend we had a number of kids come forward to either receive Christ or express a desire to be baptized. This is something to be celebrated! It should also serve as motivation to us as we move forward. If we look out our windows we have a front row seat to a lost world, a lost world that we must work diligently at reaching. With this in mind, we are going to become more outreach focused. That is not to say that we will neglect the children that we have, we will simply become more intentional at going out and bringing them in.

One of the ways we are going to accomplish this is by creating some bus routes. We have a goal of 3 bus routes to begin in January for our Saturday service. I would ask you to pray about what your part may be in that exciting ministry. Another way we are going to try to reach out to the community is by expanding some of our events to make them more outreach oriented. For example, on December 11 we have a Parents Night Out (P.N.O.). In the past the P.N.O. has been limited to the first 60 kids registered and it has been free. We are now going to charge $5 a child and use the budgeted money to sponsor kids from our community who may not have been able to come otherwise. During the night there will also be a gospel presentation and an opportunity for kids to come to Christ.

More long-term plans include; V.B.S., Upward sports (upward.org), and continued building of the bus ministry. Again, I would ask that you all pray about how God may use your gifts in these ministries. I believe the fruit we saw in this past weekend should serve as motivation to us, the world is truly lost and we have a responsibility to reach them for Christ.

In Christ,

Pastor Dan

Bible Story Article & Tips

Top Tips for Bible Story Telling:

---Tell the children that every time they hear you say [a certain name or word], then do a [particular] motion.

---Have children dress up and help you act out the story or retell the story.

---Use a puppet to review the story, asking the puppet questions (give a few funny answers to keep the children interested). Or the puppet can ask the children review questions after the story.

---Sing a special song to start each story time. Teach the children that when they hear the song, they are to gather in a certain area for the story. The best way to do this is to use a familiar tune (like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) and come up with simple words about story time.

---Read the children a Bible BIG BOOK (based on the curriculum that week) from the hospitality room.

---Keep the Bible in a special container or treasure chest and bring it out when it is story time.

---Tell the story in character using all the voices.

---Cut out a picture while telling the story. If you are telling about Joseph, you could be cutting out his coat of many colors while storytelling. The kids won't know what it is until you show it to them at the end of the story.

Exciting News!!!

 

Hi FAITHFUL friends!

*I want to share the GREAT news with you all that Dan Krause is our new Children’s Pastor! Thank you, Lord! Dan and his family will be moving up here from Michigan the first part of November. We are hoping to have a dessert social after a Saturday night service in November to welcome their family and hear from Dan about his journey to Faith Christian Community. I’ll definitely keep you posted on that.

*Thank you to all of you that were able to attend the Children’s Ministry lunch and training. It is always great to fellowship with you in a relaxed setting. And your participation and input is so valuable! For those that weren’t able to attend, you were missed much!

*Happy Birthday to all our October volunteers celebrating their special day this month! Check out the blog post below for special birthday recognition. :) And please let me know if you were inadvertently missed.

That’s all for now folks! Have a wonderful week and thank you so much for playing a vital role in children’s ministry here at Faith!

Love with joy,

Jackie Evans

Happy Birthday October "Babies"!

Happy Birthday to all our amazing volunteers who are celebrating a birthday in October! You are a wonderful gift from God to this world and we hope you have an awesome day and a very blessed year! And thank you for shining Jesus in your homes, at church and in your community!

Joyfully,

Jackie for the team

Happy Birthday to:
Noelle T. - 11AM Moose Dream Team
Monica H. - 11AM Super Greeter
Deanna H. - 11AM Super Greeter
Janice G. - 11AM Nursery A Team
Tara W. - 11AM Nursery Dream Team
Leah O. - 9AM Nursery A Team
Diane G. - 6PM Nursery Dream Team
Jennie M.-H. - 11AM Nursery Dream Team
Emma H. - 11AM Nursery Dream Team

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