Kara’s Korner A Message from your Children’s Pastor

I’m back and boy have things changed! Gary and I love, love, love being parents. I never thought I would find such joy in burps, bowel movements, and spit up! Gary and I rejoice when Judah burps within 5 minutes, and are so glad when he goes potty! Judah is an abso-lute delight. He makes my heart smile. The kids at Crossroads have given Judah the best Welcome.

The Kidz Ministry team has an exciting year planned for your kids! When looking at events for this budgeted year, I made a decision to cut the Eggstravanganza event. I

wanted to make sure that every event or activity we invest in for our kids had a mission and was fruitful. I truly believe that while the Egg hunt was fun, it didn’t do anything but create a 30 sec. environment of swooping up as many eggs as possible. So, we will be applying that money into other events that will bring kids into our great services. During Spring Break, we will have a Spring Break Bash for our kidmotion kids in the gym. This will be a great time for the kids to invite friends and hang out with the kidz ministry staff.

We also have many fun services planned for June and July. In June, we will focus on “bring-a-friend” to church. July will once again be “themed Sun-days.” There will be big prizes to give away this summer in kidz church!

In June, we are also going to have a special 3 day camp for our preschoolers only! And there will be a playdate scheduled for our babies and preschool-ers and parents in May.

I am excited about the upcoming kidz ministry events and hope you will watch for sign ups and more details!

Wow! The kid's ministry team is truly the best team! To-gether Everyone Accom-plishes More is such a true statement! I want to extend the biggest thank you to all my teachers, teacher assis-tants, caregivers, check-in workers, door monitors, wor-ship leaders, teen helpers, Sunday school teachers, and other individuals who took up the slack while I was gone on maternity leave. Kidz Ministry

functioned flawlessly while I was away because of the team’s dedication to our children. It excites me to see how well our team works together to accom-plish a common goal—ministering to our children!

A special thanks to Mrs. Debbie Thomas for putting together a fabulous kid’s Christmas pro-gram. All the department lead-ers, I appreciate you!

If you are looking for a place to belong, and want to be a part of a great team, we would like to extend a wel-come to kidz ministry. We are always needing individu-als willing to play a variety of roles.

Inside this issue:

Kara’s Korner 1

A Big Thanks 1

Spring Break

Bash

2

Space Avail-

able

2

What’s being

taught?

3

Upcoming Events:

*Spring Break

Bash on Thursday,

March 18 at 6:30

p.m. in the gym.

Free Event!

*Go the Distance

Sports Camp 2010

Ages 6 yrs.-6th

grade

June 7-June 11

Sign up begins in

April.

*Preschool 3-Day

Summer Camp in

June. Ages 3-5.

Sign Up begins in

May.

A Big Thanks...Kara Hendrickson

Crossroad’s

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March 2010

Volume 2, Issue 1

KIDZ Ministry... Give Me a Break...Spring Break

SPRING BREAK BASH 2010

Kids Age 6 yrs.-5th grade

ONLY!

Thursday, March 18

6:30-8:30

Crossroads Gym

Free Event

Inflatables, Pizza, and Prizes!!!

KIDZ Ministry... Page 2

Space Available...Any Ideas ???

Kids running wild at your

house? Bring them to

the gym!

For the Month of March, we are

continuing our study over the

Fruits of the Spirit.

Sunday, March 7: God measures

a man’s strength by his self-

control. We will look at the verse

Romans 6:12 which reads, “Let not

sin reign in your body.” Spiritual

strength should be more desired

than physical might and ability.

Sunday, March 14: God defends

the longsuffering believer. The

world teaches that we should get

even with those who wrong us.

However, the story of Saul and

David teaches that God takes care

of the Righteous.

Sunday, March 21: Though

Christ was infinitely strong, He

was gentle in His dealings with

man. Ephesians 4:32 says, “Be ye

kind one to another.” Gentleness is

truly a sign of great strength.

Sunday, March 28: God is al-

ways good. Acts 10:38 says that

“Jesus went about doing good.”

Goodness is our nature in Jesus

Christ. We must, as Jesus did,

demonstrate God’s goodness to

others.

BABIES ON BOARD-Blooming in the Son!

In the 10 - 18 mo. room, babies

are learning that Jesus loves them

and their family. The babies will

learn about Jesus riding on the

donkey and the children praising

him on Palm Sunday, March 28.

19 - 23 mo. room, we are learning

that God cares for us and watches

over us during the daytime, night-

time, and wherever we are. Mrs.

Mary will send home the song the

babies are learning in class. The

babies are also learning that God

sent His son Jesus to tell us how

much He loves us.

In the 2 year old class, our ba-

bies are learning about some of

the healing miracles that Jesus

did. Jesus healed the paralytic

whose friends let him down the

roof to Jesus, the lady with the

issue of blood, Bartimeaus' blind

eyes, and Jairus' sick daughter.

The 2 year olds will be learning 1

Peter 2:24, “By Jesus' stripes

we're healed.”

Easter is Sunday, April 4.

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For the month of March, the

Training Wheels kids will be cele-

brating Jesus’ Death and Resur-

rection.

Week 1: Hosanna Day ( Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey)

Week 2: A Special Meal (The last supper)

Week 3: In the Garden (Jesus

prays in the garden)

Week 4: Jesus died and rose again.

The memory verse is: “We believe that Jesus died and rose again.”

1 Thessalonians 4:14.

On Easter Sunday, April 4, the pre-schoolers will have a special service in the opening ceremony room.

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Parents of Preschoolers—I

want to encourage you to

take home your child’s color-

ing sheet each Sunday AM

and review the lesson on the

back of the page throughout

the week. This is a great

way to reinforce our teaching

at church!