Happy Birthday April & May Babies!

APRIL:

Karen A. - 6PM Nursery Dream Team
Debbie B. - 11AM Moose Dream Team
Jinger P. - 11AM Dream Team
Karen G.-H. - 11AM Dream Team
Debbie M. - 6PM Whales
Dawn W. - 11AM Bears
Mike B. - 11AM Moose Dream Team
Rosalee O. - 9AM Nursery
Bob A. - 11AM Preschool Worship
Jeff W. - 11AM Nursery Dream Team

MAY:

Emily P. - 9AM Bears, 11AM Mtn Goats/Whales (& Children's Ministry Admin Assistant)
Rachel C. - 11AM Dream Team
Robert M. - 6PM Whales
Mona H. - 11AM Otters Dream Team
Carolyn S. - 11AM Otters Dream Team
Linda S. - Preschool Associate

Happy Birthday to all of you fabulous volunteers! You are a wonderful blessing to the children and families of Faith...and to us! Thank you again for your act of loving service. And may you have an awesome year full of God's richest blessings - His peace, strength, joy and love!

Joyfully serving Jesus with you,

Jackie & The Team

To Our Easter Volunteers...

 

A great big THANK YOU! Because of you we were able to serve 160 children in the preschool department. Each one received the love of Jesus through your act of service. You are my heroes and it is a privilege to minister along side you.

Much love,

Jackie for The Team

Jesus Has Overcome! Happy Easter!

This is beautiful. Listen and be blessed.

Happy Easter to all our wonderful volunteers! By His wounds we are healed. By His resurrection we have victory over sin and death. Worthy is the Lamb!

I love you all! See you special people this weekend.

Jackie & the team

Easter Here We Come!

Hi Fantastic Friends,

I am so excited to minister with you this weekend at our Easter Services!! What an amazing opportunity we have to love and lead our little ones to Jesus and tell them anew of all He has done for us. And what an amazing ministry this is:

Some of us will give a welcoming smile and a kind word to children and families as they check-in, pointing them right to the Savior that loves and welcomes all.

Some will lead children in worshiping the one true King who is worthy of all our praise.

Some will sing over the smallest of our children while rocking them with arms of love that point to the Jesus that loves them personally and wants them to feel safe and secure in His house.

Some will tickle and giggle and sing and play with the toddlers that need to know they can have fun and be accepted for who they are in Jesus’ house.

Some will tell stories, play games, make crafts and serve snacks in such a way that children will be drawn to the love of Jesus that they see in their “teacher’s” lives.

You all are accomplishing major kingdom work as you minister to the hearts of these children. You are nurturing, loving and leading these children from the beginning stages of their lives, setting a foundation of trust and love for God, our Redeemer and our Peace.

My challenge for you this weekend (and always) is to do what is in your power to make this a special time for the children. Have everything prepared (please don’t try to wing it), be on time, be prepared to welcome children 15 minutes prior to service, use children’s names as much as possible while wearing a great big smile, and know that you are loved! {{HUG}}

Classroom volunteers – remember we are using the regular curriculum. Do what you want to make it special, including snack. 15 minutes of worship time in Big Group will be included unless there are too many to have together. (A good problem to have!) Plus we will have the “resurrection eggs” with the explanation sheet that you can do with the kids. Also, we will have a gift bag for each child.

At some point, before or after your service time, please come to the hospitality room for a special snack of Great Harvest cinnamon chip bread for the volunteers (plus fruit).

If you have any questions, please be sure to let me know.

Thank you so much for being Jesus’ hands and heart to this special generation.

Joyfully serving Jesus with you,

Jackie for the team

CHILDREN'S MINISTRY VISION: Working together with parents, we seek to lead children to become fully devoted followers of Christ.

Blessings Around the Preschool...

Some of you may have been in the service a few weeks ago when we celebrated the official adoption (and dedication) of Jessica A. by our dear friend and nursery volunteer, Karen A. Here is a picture from that special night. What a wonderful gift this whole family is to our body here at Faith. Congratulations and much love to you, Karen, Andy and Jessica!!

Blessings,

Jackie for the team

P.S. I'm hoping to get a few more pics from Armin to post with this.

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