By: Ellen Dillard
Preschool and Elementary Families are invited to join us for a morning of fun, cake decorating, games and worship as we celebrate that JESUS IS ALIVE! Feel free to invite your friends and neighbors!
Date: Saturday, April 9
Time: 10:00-11:30 AM
Location: Barclay Building
· Families will receive 2 cake layers and a container of white icing.
· Families provide toppings needed to create their masterpiece! This year’s themes are Easter & most colorful.
· Families will start at the same time and be given 30 minutes to decorate their cake.
· Compete against other families to see who comes out on top with the best decorated cake.
· Families will receive a cake box to take home their creation.
Click here to register.
Deadline to Pre-register is April 5. Pre-registration required.
4th/5th grade retreat
Date: April 30-May 1
Location: Pine Springs Camp
Cost: $75
Join us for an overnight to grow in our love for Jesus and stronger in our friendships. Click here to register.
Summer Extreme VBS
We’re “Making Waves” this summer! And your kidz are invited to join us!
We think it’s possible for Kidz to create a ripple effect that can change the world by showing them who Jesus is, what He has done and what we were created to do.
Join us this summer as we have the most EPIC VBS yet! This is sure to be a week your kidz won’t forget.
Click here to register.
Ages: Pre-Kindergarten through 5th Grade (completed)
Cost: Free
Dates: June 19-23
*Family kickoff—June 19, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Kidz & friends—June 20-23, 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM
What kidz are talking about in April…
Elementary:
Theme: Puzzled – Believing there is a bigger picture.
Life can sometimes feel like a giant puzzle. All we can see is the piece we’re experiencing right now, and we’re not sure where it fits into the greater picture that is forming. We can’t always understand why some things happen to us or those we love. Yet, despite our confusion, we can have hope. God has kept promises throughout history. He is a promise keeper. We can believe that God will continue to be with us through what we face now. Even in the toughest times, we can have hope because we know God is always working and can make something good out of something bad.
· Lazarus Raised – John 11:1-45
Bottom Line: Whatever happens, remember how powerful God is.
· Palm Sunday – John 12:9-16
Bottom Line: Whatever happens, remember God is still working.
· Jesus Appears to Thomas – John 20:19-29
Bottom Line: Whatever happens, remember God is bigger than your questions.
Memory Verse: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33b
Preschool:
Have you ever called someone your BFF? Maybe just the sound of it has you thinking of someone right now. BFF—Best Friend Forever. It’s hard to be a BFF, even with the best of intentions. It’s hard for you and me, but not for Jesus. Jesus is the one friend that not only wants to be our friend forever, but He can actually keep up His end of the promise. And, He went through a lot to make it possible.
That’s why, this month, we are sharing the Good News with preschoolers that Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Your friend. My friend. Their friend. Everyone’s friend—forever! The best things that go together are my friend, Jesus, and me. And nothing, not even death, can come between us and His promise, because we go together forever and ever.
· Walking on Water – Matthew 14:22-33
Focus: Our friend, Jesus, is always with us.
· Palm Sunday – Matthew 21:11-11, 15-16
Focus: We celebrate our friend, Jesus.
· Breakfast on the Beach
Focus: Jesus wants to be our friend forever.
Memory Verse: “I am with you always.” Matthew 28:20
