We did a great bible study by precepts called "evil". It was a study of job. Our guest speakers were Scott & Lynn Kain. We also had lots of messy games, swimming, hiking, zip line, card games and more.
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Showing posts with label Xtreme Kids. Show all posts
Monday, August 26, 2013
Fall Fuse retreat
The fall Fuse retreat for our 5th & 6th graders was a blast! We rented Bancroft Bible Camp in kingsport, Tn. We had a couple decisions for Christ and I had the honor of Baptizing Chloe Puckett!
Monday, July 8, 2013
The Summer Sensation!
As we ended the last school assembly of the 2012-2013 school year in May, I took a deep breath and said "Ahh, Summer is here!" Lazy days and long afternoons by the pool right? Guess again. God had bigger things planned for me this summer. It started with an amazing Mission trip to Tyler, TX June 13-23 with 28 Middle school students. We had Missionary training at Teen Mania and then we hit the local parks to do VBS in the mornings and spent the afternoons at the Salvation Army or The Local Food Bank. Several Children came to know the Lord and our teens learned how to share the gospel & give their testimony!
We drove back to church on Sunday June 23 and I literally unloaded the luggage for our teens and then drove straight to Camp Placid to begin our children's camp for 3rd-6th grade and our day camp for 1st-3rd grade. Our theme was Gold Rush... discovering the rock of ages. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also! Several more children chose to follow Christ during this time and eight children were baptized in the pool at camp. We had amazing worship. You could just feel the Spirit of the Lord hovering in the air as we sang. It was such a joyous occasion. Camp ended with many happy memories and a few scrapes from the grass at the end of the slip n' slide:)
I was 16 days in a camp bunk bed either in Texas or Tennessee. I was thankful for my bed when I crashed that first evening.We had a one week turn around to get camp supplies reorganized in the resource room and pull out the supplies for Worship Arts Camp which began today, July 8! We are off to a fun week of art, dance, drama, music & science. Worship Arts Camp ends July 12 and 2 weeks later we will be back in the schools for our assemblies. I can't wait to see all those smiling faces!
Lots of pictures are posted on my Facebook page. Feel free to stalk them and tag yourselves.
Plenty of stuff happening this fall! Don't miss the fun!
We drove back to church on Sunday June 23 and I literally unloaded the luggage for our teens and then drove straight to Camp Placid to begin our children's camp for 3rd-6th grade and our day camp for 1st-3rd grade. Our theme was Gold Rush... discovering the rock of ages. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also! Several more children chose to follow Christ during this time and eight children were baptized in the pool at camp. We had amazing worship. You could just feel the Spirit of the Lord hovering in the air as we sang. It was such a joyous occasion. Camp ended with many happy memories and a few scrapes from the grass at the end of the slip n' slide:)
I was 16 days in a camp bunk bed either in Texas or Tennessee. I was thankful for my bed when I crashed that first evening.We had a one week turn around to get camp supplies reorganized in the resource room and pull out the supplies for Worship Arts Camp which began today, July 8! We are off to a fun week of art, dance, drama, music & science. Worship Arts Camp ends July 12 and 2 weeks later we will be back in the schools for our assemblies. I can't wait to see all those smiling faces!
Lots of pictures are posted on my Facebook page. Feel free to stalk them and tag yourselves.
Plenty of stuff happening this fall! Don't miss the fun!
Sunday, March 24, 2013
March Whirlwind
It has been a very busy month! So Busy I could hardly find time to post anything, please forgive me.
We have had several school assemblies this month. Our good friend Sandy Kneffel and her monkey Kumba joined us as we talked about Honesty using Core essentials. We have one more school assembly left this month.
Learned way more than I wanted to know about Child Abuse at our teacher training given by the Children's Advocacy Center. I am so thankful for those who serve, protect and advocate on behalf of the children in our communities.
Helped remove lice from a sweet family associated with one of our local schools.
Attended the Food Show in Gatlinburg to pick out food for camp. I sampled so much food I thought I was going to bust. I had a great time hanging out with a few ladies that I love to work with, Debbie, Carol & Sandy. We also made so new friends that work for Reinhart foods and were recruited to help greet and hand out goodie bags with them. It was a fun time.
Helped Celebrate my Sweet friend Angie Bundy's Birthday.
The Fuse 56 Retreat: Sleep with the Sharks was lots of fun. We studied the book of Daniel and learned how to resolve to be like Daniel and live for God! It was pretty cool watching all the sharks swim above our heads as we drifted off to sleep.
Enjoyed some girl time and laughs with facials & fondue with a few friends.
Did some major Bible studying in Chattanooga at the Precepts Ministries campus. I took classes on the Old Testament, The New Testament, Spiritual Gifts & Bible timeline: How the Bible fits together.
My favorite class was Bible timeline, however, my hands may never recover from all the notes I took. While I was there, Jack Authur, co-founder of Precepts celebrated his birthday and it was a privilege to be there and celebrate with him.
Planned, practiced and costumed with all those acting out the Easter Story for Children's Worship. We are so very blessed to have such dedicated teens to help teach our children. I am forever thankful for all those who serve in Children's Ministry and help impart God's word each week.
Met my new friend, Kevin, while serving dinner at the Salvation Army. Kevin is a sweet soul. The children had the opportunity to lay hands on him and pray for him as he is trying to figure out God's will for his life. With the help of a few friends, we found him a place to sleep for the night equipped with a shower and laundry facilities. He is going to help work at The Branch House, an outreach and recovery center under construction by Celebrating Freedom, tomorrow. Asking you to lift him up in prayer even as you are reading this.
Whew, I am tired just thinking about all that has happened this month. I am also so blessed to be apart of all of it. This week is full of preparation for Easter. The children at Celebration Church will experience the sights, sounds and smells as the experience "The Jerusalem Marketplace", complete with carpentry, jewelry making, weaving, a scribe shop, bakery and Live animals. So excited for our children to be able to experience 33 AD as we reenact the Easter Story!
We have had several school assemblies this month. Our good friend Sandy Kneffel and her monkey Kumba joined us as we talked about Honesty using Core essentials. We have one more school assembly left this month.
Learned way more than I wanted to know about Child Abuse at our teacher training given by the Children's Advocacy Center. I am so thankful for those who serve, protect and advocate on behalf of the children in our communities.
Helped remove lice from a sweet family associated with one of our local schools.
Attended the Food Show in Gatlinburg to pick out food for camp. I sampled so much food I thought I was going to bust. I had a great time hanging out with a few ladies that I love to work with, Debbie, Carol & Sandy. We also made so new friends that work for Reinhart foods and were recruited to help greet and hand out goodie bags with them. It was a fun time.
Helped Celebrate my Sweet friend Angie Bundy's Birthday.
The Fuse 56 Retreat: Sleep with the Sharks was lots of fun. We studied the book of Daniel and learned how to resolve to be like Daniel and live for God! It was pretty cool watching all the sharks swim above our heads as we drifted off to sleep.
Enjoyed some girl time and laughs with facials & fondue with a few friends.
Did some major Bible studying in Chattanooga at the Precepts Ministries campus. I took classes on the Old Testament, The New Testament, Spiritual Gifts & Bible timeline: How the Bible fits together.
My favorite class was Bible timeline, however, my hands may never recover from all the notes I took. While I was there, Jack Authur, co-founder of Precepts celebrated his birthday and it was a privilege to be there and celebrate with him.
Planned, practiced and costumed with all those acting out the Easter Story for Children's Worship. We are so very blessed to have such dedicated teens to help teach our children. I am forever thankful for all those who serve in Children's Ministry and help impart God's word each week.
Met my new friend, Kevin, while serving dinner at the Salvation Army. Kevin is a sweet soul. The children had the opportunity to lay hands on him and pray for him as he is trying to figure out God's will for his life. With the help of a few friends, we found him a place to sleep for the night equipped with a shower and laundry facilities. He is going to help work at The Branch House, an outreach and recovery center under construction by Celebrating Freedom, tomorrow. Asking you to lift him up in prayer even as you are reading this.
Whew, I am tired just thinking about all that has happened this month. I am also so blessed to be apart of all of it. This week is full of preparation for Easter. The children at Celebration Church will experience the sights, sounds and smells as the experience "The Jerusalem Marketplace", complete with carpentry, jewelry making, weaving, a scribe shop, bakery and Live animals. So excited for our children to be able to experience 33 AD as we reenact the Easter Story!
Monday, February 25, 2013
Salvation Army Dinner
Thanks to all those who helped serve dinner at the salvation army last night. It was great to see some of the same faces we saw last month. Praying for several of them this morning. I personally had a super time getting to know a few more people who came last night to eat dinner.
This song came to mind as I was praying for several of my new friends. Praying for jobs, housing, healed relationships and clear direction for several of my new friends.
Numbers 13-14
It was a great weekend learning about the 12 spies from Numbers 13-14. Here is the weekend video in case you were unable to make it.
This is the lesson for 1st-4th grades. Preschool and 5th & 6th Grade have a different lesson each week. Just fyi.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Numbers 1-11
Today we began our study of Numbers. If you missed church or just want to see the lesson again, since we had a bit of technical difficulty with the second video, here they are.
Click here to see the wrap up video
Click here to see the wrap up video
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Peace
We had a great time this month talking about Peace. It was a challenge to find the Doves, actually homing Pigeons. Special thanks to the American Racing Pigeon Society for helping us find them.
No one has a bigger influence on a child than his or her family!
That's why it's so important to share the values at HOME and at SCHOOL.
This month your child is learning about PEACE in school:
proving you care more about each other than winning an argument.
We hope you'll enjoy this monthly ezine
(ezine = emailed newsletter!)
and get some ideas for talking about PEACE with your family.
Car Time -
Enjoy a song about PEACE while in the car.
Listen to a preview HERE of "Give up the fight."
It's also easily downloadable to your phone or iPod for $1.39 a
song!
Open Wide - Just for Fun:
What skill do you have that you could use to help someone else?
DISCUSSION STARTER:
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps to promote world peace and friendship. Since that time, nearly 200,000 Americans have committed to spending two years in one of 139 host countries. These volunteers work with local governments, communities and schools to meet needs in education, business, information technology, agriculture and the environment. In doing so, they're not only providing training and assistance, but they're promoting international understanding and cooperation.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
* Do you know someone who is frequently angry and often in a fight? Do you know someone who almost never gets in a fight? What makes these people different?
* What are some characteristics of people who are peacemakers?
* What are some things you can do on a regular basis to help you become a peace maker rather than a peace breaker?
* How can we help each other stay committed to being peacemakers on a regular basis?
Rest Time - (K-2): The Conquerors by: David McKee; The general of a large and mighty country invades and conquers each of its neighboring countries, one by one. Eventually, all the countries in the world are conquered but one... a country so small it doesn't even have an army. And so, when the day comes that the general is unable to resist invading the small country, the outcome is inevitable. Or is it?
(3-5): One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue by: Ishii Takayuki; Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.
Experience: One of the greatest threats to a peaceful life for your child is bullying. Whether they are involved or not, bullying affects their perception of their environment. Spend some time this month talking about what to do if your child is being bullied, bullying someone, or observes bullying. Come up with a plan for each of these scenarios and talk about the importance of caring about each person enough to stop bullying.
No one has a bigger influence on a child than his or her family!
That's why it's so important to share the values at HOME and at SCHOOL.
This month your child is learning about PEACE in school:
proving you care more about each other than winning an argument.
We hope you'll enjoy this monthly ezine
(ezine = emailed newsletter!)
and get some ideas for talking about PEACE with your family.
Car Time -
Enjoy a song about PEACE while in the car.
Listen to a preview HERE of "Give up the fight."
It's also easily downloadable to your phone or iPod for $1.39 a
song!
Open Wide - Just for Fun:
What skill do you have that you could use to help someone else?
DISCUSSION STARTER:
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps to promote world peace and friendship. Since that time, nearly 200,000 Americans have committed to spending two years in one of 139 host countries. These volunteers work with local governments, communities and schools to meet needs in education, business, information technology, agriculture and the environment. In doing so, they're not only providing training and assistance, but they're promoting international understanding and cooperation.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
* Do you know someone who is frequently angry and often in a fight? Do you know someone who almost never gets in a fight? What makes these people different?
* What are some characteristics of people who are peacemakers?
* What are some things you can do on a regular basis to help you become a peace maker rather than a peace breaker?
* How can we help each other stay committed to being peacemakers on a regular basis?
Rest Time - (K-2): The Conquerors by: David McKee; The general of a large and mighty country invades and conquers each of its neighboring countries, one by one. Eventually, all the countries in the world are conquered but one... a country so small it doesn't even have an army. And so, when the day comes that the general is unable to resist invading the small country, the outcome is inevitable. Or is it?
(3-5): One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue by: Ishii Takayuki; Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.
Experience: One of the greatest threats to a peaceful life for your child is bullying. Whether they are involved or not, bullying affects their perception of their environment. Spend some time this month talking about what to do if your child is being bullied, bullying someone, or observes bullying. Come up with a plan for each of these scenarios and talk about the importance of caring about each person enough to stop bullying.
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