VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION LUNCH!

Don't forget to check the Children's Ministry blog (there is a link to it on the left side of this page) to see pictures from the Volunteer Appreciation lunch. It was an amazing fellowship!

July 29, 2007 - Sunday School and Praise Patch

What wonderful volunteers we have!!! Thank you all for coming and sharing with our children. We learned about self-control. They made awards for themselves that read "I am in control of my words and actions." At this age ... they don't have control over so much, so finding out that they could be control was a great idea to them! We then taught them about making the right choices just like Daniel did when preparing himself by eating well (not like the donuts we were passing out or the fried chicken we served at the Volunteer Appreciation! ha ha!). This was this last Fruit of the Spirit for them. So they went over the Fruits of the Spirit again in review and each class created their own Fruit of the Spirit tree. It was another wonderful Sunday with our angels!

Sunday, July 29th - Self Control

Sunday, July 22nd

We continued our Fruits of the Spirit lesson this week talking about GENTLENESS. Our Bible verse this week was: Let your gentleness be known to everyone." Philippians 4:5. You can click on the coloring sheets and sheep project below to pull them up larger and print them out. We would love for you to share this lesson again within your home! The children were able to do coloring sheets, sheep name necklaces, Psalm 23 bookmarks and sheep handprint projects! They had a wonderful Bible story and got to have a BIG book read to them too! It was a wonderful lesson that we all are familiar with ... but seeing it through our children was truly a blessing this week! Ginger was dressed the part of our shepherd and led the sheep "our kids"! That is why they are crawling on the floor! They LOVED that! Lauren was sharing the big book with the older kids. As you can see, they were thoroughly enjoying watching the shepherd read to them! Our Praise Patch kids got to enjoy both! It was another GREAT Sunday! Thanks for sharing!

THE WISHY WOZ!

The Wishy Woz was a WONDERFUL success! It was a Family Night enjoyed by all. The children were so precious to watch as they interacted and learned from the puppet show. We ate dinner together with our friends and children and then were entertained and inspired by these talented teens! They travel all over putting this puppet show on ... and we consider ourselves very blessed to have had this group at Christ United! It was SO much fun!

July 15, 2007 - Sunday School and Praise Patch

hank you to all of our volunteers this week! Things were wonderful and the kids got a GREAT lesson! We are learning about the Fruits of the Spirit and this week was a focus on FAITHFULNESS! Mechelle Stockett was our incredible Bible Teacher and did this wonderful story and set up a great skit for the children. They got hands on learning from a wonderful teacher. Thank you Mechelle! The children during Sunday School made a big scroll together as a class. They put things on the scroll that they thought would represent God's rules and faithfulness. They wrote Bible verses, drew pictures and put cut-outs on them. They were precious! They were hung in the 2 and 3 year olds pods! Then in Praise Patch - they continued by making their own personal scrolls! Our Bible verse this week was: "The Lord has set apart the faithful for himself. Psalm 4:3" Our children are growing in so many ways! It's a blessing to be a part of!