Special Edition of Family Times for January December 31, 2009
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Do you make an annual New Year’s resolution to spend more quality time with your family and then struggle to keep it? Sometimes we have the best of intentions but the busyness of life often gets in the way. Consider using Family Times Virtue Packs as a tool to help you keep that promise in 2010. The materials are designed to fit into your family’s natural patterns and don’t require special scheduling or extra prep work for y0u.
And starting this weekend, January, 2/3, a special edition of the Family Times Virtue Pack will be available for purchase. This month we’ll be teaching 5 faith skills in elementary classes. Faith skills are spiritual habits that help children to establish a lifestyle of pursuing a relationship with God. To highlight the 5 faith skills, the January Family Times Virtue Pack is packaged in an exciting, new way!
The CD has been enhanced so that parents and kids can play it on a computer! Special new features on the CD include:
- An overview PDF of the Five Faith Skills
- Memory verse cards
- Coloring pages
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of KidJam, Parenting Matters, and the monthly virtue song
- Downloadable MorningTime cards and BedTime stories (in addition to the normal printed versions)
- Downloadable Meal Time placemats, which include a new “Family Challenge” activity to encourage application of the virtue (the downloadable Meal Time placemat replaces the printed Meal Time card)
New packs come out monthly to coincide with the same virtue being taught in elementary classes. These are special features just for January! Available in THE BOOKstore for $10 each. Previous months packs are currently on sale while supplies last for $7.50. Packs are timeless and can be used at any time and independent of attending Kid’s Quest.
For more about Family Times Virtue Packs:
Read a previous post
See the company website
P.S. We’d like to hear about your family’s experiences with this resource. Is it easy for you to use? How are your kids responding? Do you have advice for other parents in how to use it effectively? Would you reccommend it? Email romney.short@mcleanbible.org to share.
Christmas 2009 December 21, 2009
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Christmas Eve Services
3:00 pm Family Service:
Service geared specifically for families with children.
Nursery (newborns – 36 months)
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Reserve by Monday, December 21 by contacting Kim Hellen at 703-770-1012 or kim.hellen@mcleanbible.org.
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Check-in opens 15 minutes prior to service.
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Go directly to nursery rooms to check in.
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There will be no computerized check-in. Use the sign in sheet provided and you and your child will receive matching security wristbands.
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See TV monitors for nursery room locations.
Preschoolers Explorers (3 years by 9-30-09) & Pathfinders (4 years by 9-30-09)
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No reservations required.
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Preschoolers will perform bells, “Away in the Manger.”
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Preschoolers will practice the bells in their classrooms on weekends in December.
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Parents, please review basic colors with your children at home to prepare as this is how children know when to ring their bell.
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Preschoolers must arrive 15 minutes early in order to participate.
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There will be no computerized check-in. Bring preschoolers directly to check-in area that will be set up outside the Coat Closet in the Main Lobby. You and your child will receive matching security wristbands. Then drop off children in the far right hallway across from the Coat Closet.
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Parents, reserve seats for your preschoolers. After they perform, they will be released to you to sit with you for the remainder of the service.
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Many children enjoy getting on stage and participating in services. However, if your child is uncomfortable doing this, please do not pressure them.
Elementary children (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
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Sit with parents in service.
Other information:
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Access Ministry (children with special needs) available.
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No Internet Campus available.
5:00 pm Family Service:
Service geared specifically for families with children.
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For children newborn-5th Grade, same information as outlined for 3:00pm service above.
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Access Ministry (children with special needs) available.
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Someone in the family sick? You can still participate! Internet Campus available at www.mbclive.org.
7:00 pm Service with Communion:
Nursery (newborns – 36 months)
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Reserve by Monday, December 21 by contacting Kim Hellen at 703-770-1012 or kim.hellen@mcleanbible.org.
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Check-in opens 15 minutes prior to service.
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Go directly to nursery rooms to check in.
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There will be no computerized check-in. Use the sign in sheet provided and you and your child will receive matching security wristbands.
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See TV monitors for nursery room locations.
Other information:
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No preschool-elementary programming.
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No Access Ministry (children with special needs) available.
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Internet Campus available at www.mbclive.org.
9:00 pm Service with Communion:
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No childcare available.
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No Access Ministry (children with special needs) available.
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Internet Campus available at www.mbclive.org.
11:00 pm Service with Communion:
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No childcare available.
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No Access Ministry (children with special needs) available.
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Internet Campus available at www.mbclive.org.
WE NEED HELP!
December 24: If available to assist, contact Kim Hellen at 703-/770-1012 or kim.hellen@mcleanbible.org. All positions must arrive 30 minutes prior to service time and check-in to Volunteer Central.
- Nursery: caregivers during the 3:00pm, 5:00pm, and 7:00 pm services for newborns – 36 months.
- Preschool Escorts: help kids enter and exit the stage at 3:00pm and 5:00pm and match wristbands to return children to the correct parents after performance. Escorts will miss a portion of the worship at the beginning while backstage but will still be able to attend the majority of the service.
- Greeters: Do not need to know the computer! At 3:00pm and 5:00pm, direct families to correct nursery locations, pass out matching wristbands to Preschool children, and assist with keeping preschoolers in hallway. At 7:00pm, direct families to correct nursery locations. Greeters will miss a portion of the worship at the beginning but will still be able to attend the majority of the service.
December 26/27:
- Nursery-Elementary: helpers needed in children’s classes of all ages and at all services to sub for regular volunteers on vacation. If available to assist, contact Kim Hellen at 703-/770-1012 or kim.hellen@mcleanbible.org.
- Check-in Greeters: we need subs to cover computerized check-in stations for regular greeters on vacation. Easy-to-learn system - we will train you. If available to assist, contact Krystal Culpepper at 703-/770-2906 or krystal.culpepper@mcleanbible.org.
Sneak Peek! December 18, 2009
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What If…
What if the primary mission of the church is not to help the family and the number one priority of the family is not to go to church?
What if they are both designed to work together to show a generation who God is?
IT’S NOT EITHER / OR.
IT’S BOTH / AND.
The world may be “going green” but in Kid’s Quest, we’re going ORANGE. Early next year, Kid’s Quest will be launching a new logo to reflect our ministry philosophy to bring church and family together for a child’s spiritual growth. We believe that two combined influences can make a greater impact than just two influences working independently. So as we end 2009 and are writing our ministry’s goals for 2010, we’re looking for ways to THINK ORANGE. Church leaders who THINK ORANGE…
- Engage parents in an integrated strategy
- Synchronize the home and church around a clear message
- Provoke parents and kids to fight for their relationship with each other
- Recruit mentors to become partners with families
- Mobilize the next generation to be the church
When you THINK ORANGE, you rethink the way you do ministry for children. Why the color ORANGE? What does it mean to THINK ORANGE? Watch for our official logo launch in early 2010 to find out! Here’s a sneak peek at the new logo:
Can’t wait? Want to know more now? Pick up Think Orange by Reggie Joiner in THE BOOKstore or online to learn the Biblical basis for our approach to ministry and guidance on how to develop your children to be fully devoted followers of Christ.
Give The Gift Of Quality Family Time December 14, 2009
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Most parents want to raise children with good character and values. Many struggle to find the time and the means to get the job done. Where do you start? What do you say? How much time will it take?
Family Times Virtue Packs are designed to help equip parents with easy-to-use tools to make the most of everyday moments together. These tools are based on the biblical model that teaches that the home should be the primary place where a child learns about God.
Here’s what the bible says to parents about teaching virtues to their children…”Impress them upon your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up,” (Deuteronomy 6:7). Family Times Virtue Packs provide activities to be used once a week during each of these four family times – Meal Time, Drive Time, Bed Time, and Morning Time. All of this is designed to give parents simple ways to help their kids grow in faith and character.
The resources you will find in the Virtue Pack are designed to be strategically placed within your home as reminders of a specific virtue and its related principles each month. They should be placed in the location that corresponds with the time they are to be used. These pieces will be constant reminders to you and your children and help you to prioritize each of the four family times. As you go through the virtue pack you will notice that it introduces you to all the pieces and explains the concepts in more detail.
The plan is based on the Hebrew method of teaching children found in Deuteronomy 6:7. It helps parents reprioritize four significant times that are routinely within every home: Bed Time, Meal Time, Drive Time, and Morning Time. The tools included do not involve preparation nor do they have to be pulled off a book shelf. They are used during the four significant family times. Each tool reinforces one of the four times of day, and helps the parent maximize their time and fulfill their intended role (counselor, teacher, friend or coach).
New packs come out monthly to coincide with the same virtue being taught in elementary classes. Available in THE BOOKstore for $10 each. Previous months packs are currently on sale while supplies last for $7.50. Packs are timeless and can be used at any time and independent of attending Kid’s Quest. These make great stocking stuffers and family Christmas gifts!
Children’s Book Signing December 10, 2009
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BOOK DETAILS:
Madeleine Morris of Potomac, Maryland, was 10 years old when in the summer of 2008 she contracted Lyme Disease and meningitis, and became very ill. During her recuperation, she was confined to bed for weeks. She believes that God used this difficult time in her life and inspired her to write Prayers for Puppies about Him. The Ten Commandments are presented in “puppy dialect” by Clover and Emma, the Morris’ two Boston Terriers. Engaging color photos of the dogs capture the reader’s attention and heart. Maddie hopes young children will read her book and that their faith in God will be strengthened through her story. At the time Maddie wrote this book she was a Kid’s Quest attendee and now attends The Rock Student Ministries.
BOOK SIGNING EVENT DETAILS:
Books cost $16 each. Book sales and signing will be during the 6:30 pm service on Saturday, December 12 and 9:00 am, 10:45 am, & 12:30 pm services on Sunday, December 13 in the lobby area of THE BOOKstore.