September 16: Kids’ Choir Kickoff (Wednesdays @ 7pm)
September 26: Movie for a Good Cause @ 7pm
October 4: Visit to the Midlothian Nursing Home
October 24: Oak Crest Kids to Mainstay Farm
October 31: Family Fun Fest, 6-8pm
KIDS’ CHOIR STARTS TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 16th!
MAINSTAY FARM
Mark your calendars! We’ll be going to Mainstay Farm on October 24th…time TBD. Children 8 and up may attend without a parent. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
CHILDREN IN ACTION/MISSION FRIENDS
We are so excited about the great turnout we had for our first night of Mission Friends and Children in Action! A big thank you to Tonja Adams, Paul Cheek, Courtney Steele and Connie Bowers for all of their help each Sunday evening! Come join us Sundays @ 6pm! Children in Action is for children in 1st-5th grade. Mission Friends is for children 3 years through Kindergarten. Childcare will be provided for children 2 and under.
This month in CiA/MF…
Serving in: San Diego
Missionary Family: The Aylett’s
Biblical Focus: Faith
Memory Verse: “ Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. “ Hebrews 11:1
Don’t forget: Movie for a Good Cause, 9/26 @ 7pm
Bring a friend and non-perishable food items!
KIDS’ CHOIR
Kid’s choir resumes TONIGHT! WOOHOO! Kid’s choir will be each Wednesday night during the 7pm service. We will be focusing on the “Hymn of the Month” and Christmas music. This year, we will not be doing a Children’s Christmas Cantata, but we will be learning three different Christmas songs. One will be performed with the Adult Choir during the adult Christmas cantatas (evenings of December 12th and 13th), and the other 2 will be performed during the morning service on December 13th.
MAINSTAY FARM
Mark your calendar! We’ll be going to Mainstay Farm on October 24th…time TBD. Children 8 and up may attend without a parent. Children under 8, must be accompanied by an adult. Children’s ministry will purchase each member child’s ticket, 3 yrs-5th grade.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
This week’s Bible story takes us back to the garden of Eden. Before the fall, Adam and Eve enjoyed a loving, two-way relationship with God. The garden was a true paradise. God filled the garden with good gifts so that they might enjoy them and give thanks to God. The Lord gave them only one restriction: “You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,” and the punishment was severe: “You will certainly die” (Gen. 2:17).
Adam and Eve believed the serpent’s lie, and they sinned. Because of their sin, God cast them out of the garden. Though they did not die right away, sin’s effect was immediate and thorough. Their lives and their children’s lives—and the lives of all of mankind—would be forever affected by their choice. As your kids become increasingly aware of the bad news—that we are all sinners from birth—rejoice with them over the good news: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Tim. 1:15).
Family starting points
Preschool
Kids
● Why did God create the world? God created the world for His glory.
● What is sin? Sin is breaking God’s law.
● Adam and Eve sinned.
● Why did God create the world? God created the world and everything in it for His glory.
● What is sin? Sin is breaking God’s law, and sin separates people from God.
● Adam and Eve’s sin separated them from God.
Check out the Gospel Project for Kids Family App or the Big Picture Cards for Families for ways to interact with the Bible content each week.
In Christ,
Stephenie