The Men’s Ministry is hosting a Father-Daughter Banquet: “An Enchanted Evening” on February 3 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at LSCA. It’ll be a great chance to steal some intentional time with your daughter(s) and have a fun and memorable daddy-daughter date. All dads with daughters ages 5 and older are invited to attend. We’ll have a catered meal and interactive activities for dads and daughters to share in. Cost is $20/family. Sign up at the table in the concourse or by contacting the church office at 793-2800.
The Family Dedication Experience offers parents of infants and young children a formal and public opportunity to affirm their faith in Jesus Christ while promising to model and convey it to their children. Parents are challenged to pray daily with and for their children, teach them about God in their home, and participate faithfully in Christ’s Church. In turn, the church promises to support the parents and provide spiritual guidance for the family .
There are four steps in the Family Dedication Experience.
Family Dedication Class: Tuesday,January 3, 6:30-8:00 p.m. (required)
Bringing Up a Blessing Workbook: Worked on at home by the parents (required)
Family Dedication Celebration: Saturday, January 21, 10:00-11:30 a.m
Family Dedication: Sunday, January 22
Our Family Dedication Experience is held annually and is traditionally for families with children 24 months or younger. Contact the church office if you have recently adopted a child and would like to know if this event is appropriate for your family. The deadline for registration is Monday, January2.
Parents must be members of West Side Christian Church to participate in the Family Dedication Experience.
This week, we kick off the WEIRD series (1 week early) at West Side Kids. And, we need to warn you…..it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Let’s all get silly, wacky and weird together! Be sure to let your kids dress the part as we discover what it’s like to get a little weird!
Oct. 2 Christmas Jesus….a Weird way to be born (Luke 2:1-7)
Oct. 9 Beach DayJesus…..a Weird way to live (Matt. 4:1-11)
Oct. 16 Pajama DayAdopt a Weird Schedule (Luke 10:38-42)
Oct. 23 Sports Day Build Weird Relationships (Luke 15:11-24)
Oct. 30 Costume DayMake Weird Choices-Self Control (Daniel 1:1-16)
Nov. 6 Mis-Match Day Carry a Weird Wallet (Mark 12:41-44)
*We’d love to have your kids dress for each theme. Just be sure all outfits are modest. On costume day, nothing scary, no villians.
Our Fall Session of Play Days begin in just 1 week!
Play Days are a great opportunity for you and your child to meet other families and engage in fun learning-based activities! Registration is requiredto participate in the FallSession Play Days. Cost is $15.00 per child (ages 2-5)and covers all activity fees and supplies for theFall Session. We have a limited number of spots available, so be sure to sign up today! Click here to register!
Main Event is one of the highlights of VBX for kids and volunteers because of the time we get to spend worshipping together.
After VBX is over, one of the most frequenly asked questionsis “where can I get a copy of that great music???” The quick answer is that we compile each year’s music from some of our favorite kids worship CDs as well as a few songs providedby our VBX curriculum.
Wehope every family will continue to worship together at home all year long- so here are some resources you might want to pick up:
Group’s Pandamania CD
During VBX, we used the theme song Wild About Us, God is Listening, Sing, Sing, Sing and He Knows My Name
Have You Heard This CD is full of songs we know your kids will love. Get Up Stand Up is the song we used during our beach ball fun.
With Me Everyday This CD was created for preschoolers, but we used the song You’re Amazing with all of our kids.
AmberSky Records This is another great online resource for kids worship music. Most of the music that we use in ClubHouse for preschoolers, comes from this site including Oh He Loves Me and our Bible rap song, R to the B.
VBX Night 1 was an absolute blast! We learned that God Made You! (Thank You God!) The story of creation tells us that God made everything that we see, smell, hear and feel…but of everything that God made, we are his favorite creation.
We ended the night at Main Event where we worshipped God and learned about our mission project. To find out more, visit www.springfieldsharefest.org. But the thing that had everyone buzzing was our Sumo Showdown! To see it for yourself, check out the video:
This week, we kick off the WEIRD series (1 week early) at West Side Kids. And, we need to warn you…..it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
