Posts tagged 'service'
October 18
This Sunday, just like the grown-ups, we learned about service. We learned that we can love others by serving them. What did Jesus say is important? 1. Love God. 2. Love Others.
Our story was from 2 Corinthians. Paul wrote a letter to the church in Corinth asking them to share what they had with the church in Jerusalem. The church in Jerusalem needed food and clothes. We can share what we have with others too. We can share our things, our time, and our love. To help us remember our story, we made pictureswith food, we made a special snack together to share, and we sewed up a lacing card.
Parents, this is a great week to help your child focus on serving others. There are lots of little ways that your child can help you, their siblings, neighbors and friends. Sit down with your child and talk about the challenge. Then help them come up a with a list of 5 things they could do for others. Some great examples which might make the challenge more fun are: make cookies and take them to a neighbor, surpise a sibling by cleaning up their room for them, leave a special note on daddy’s mirror, send a card to a grandparent, or help make dinner for the whole family.
Be sure to practice this week’s memory verse together. “Love (cross hands over your heart) the Lord (point up) and love (cross hands over your heart) your neighbor as yourself .” (point to those around you) Matthew 22:37 & 39 (hold hands open like a Bible) View this video to see how to practice the memory verse with your child.
October 20th, 2009
In a few weeks, on April 12th, we will be celebrating Easter! Easter is an exciting morning at West Side and we always anticipate a rise in attendance. To make sure that we are ready to accomodate all those who are coming, we change our service schedule to allow for an extra service. So on Easter Sunday, we will have services at 7:45, 9:00, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. Children’s programming will be offered at all 4 services. Children who are infants-preschool will check-in on the first floor of the education wing. Children who are elementary age will check in upstairs in room E205. We have great things planned for all of our kids to make the morning extra special.
April 1st, 2009
On Sunday afternoon, our elementary kids and their families got together to serve some people in our community by raking leaves and giving out goody bags.This was a great way for our families to work together to let people know that God cares for them! Afterwards, we had hot chocolate and ice cream sandwiches back at the church!
Thanks to all the families who participated in our service project! It’s exciting to see you serve together and put GO into action! Check back later this week, as we invited those who participated to use the comment section below to tell their story!
October 28th, 2008
An exciting day is planned for Sunday, October 26th! Our kids have learned over the past four weeks that God calls us to GATHER, GROUP, GIVE and GO. Now it is time for them to roll up their sleeves and put that knowledge into action. What a great way to experience the joy of serving Christ! Parents are encouraged to participate with their children.
Register by emailing this information (Family Name, Number of kids, Number of adults, and Phone number) to Dawn. The registration deadline is October 22nd.
8:00 & 11:00 PowerHouseWade Beeman will make a special guest appearance teaching us what he leanred about service during his recent African Mission tip. We will worship together, then prepare for our own service project by decorating and filling bags with items for distribution to show God’s love to others.
12:20LUNCH Eat a boxed lunch (provided)then pile into our cars and head out.
1:00-2:30 Rake leaves and distribute goody bags to elderly church members
2:40 Head back to church for an icecream treat.
Parents are encouraged to attend all or part of this special day with their kids. Adult help will be needed to transport children and direct the raking projects.
October 17th, 2008
