Operation Christmas Child
We are taking part in something called Operation Christmas Child. People across the country will fill shoe boxes with small toys, school supplies, hygiene items and other gifts. With your $7 donation (placed inside the box), this Christmas season, a child overseas will receive your shoebox along with literature explaining the good news of Jesus in their language.
Want to pay online and find out specifically out where your box goes? By making your donation online here using a credit or debit card you will receive a special shoe box label included in your e-mail receipt. Print or copy the label as many times as you need to attach to each of your boxes.
Want to know more? Check out more about Operation Christmas Child and what happens with a shoebox!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrBZAONeq3E
Please return the shoeboxes to us by Sunday, November 24 (the Sunday before Thanksgiving), and we’ll get them to the collection place.
Questions? Comment below or contact us for more info–or see Cindi or Jeff on Sunday and/or pick up a brochure in the lobby. If you’re interested, pick up a shoebox too!
Where’s the cue?
Have you found the “Parent Cue” or “God Time” sheets? In order to help kids grow in their faith and learn spiritual disciplines for life, each week we supply a weekly Parent Cue for parents and God Time sheet for kids.
The Parent Cue sheet is meant to be a resource for you to discuss and reinforce the lesson with your kids.
The God Time sheet is intended to help kids learn to spend some quiet time with God on their own. (Of course, you’re welcome to help them and model it for them as they learn!)
We normally post the upcoming week’s material for the lesson that will be taught this Sunday. We also make hardcopies of them, but sometimes they don’t make it home. So, we’re going to try putting them someplace else. Check the table in the foyer on the way into the gathering space this week!
The sheets can be useful for discussions whether your kids attend Kids Church at Deep Water Church or not. Check out a preview of this coming week’s sheets or look at the ones from this week here.
Take a Test Drive in our Kids Ministry
Ever thought about getting more involved at Deep Water? Or thought about helping out in our Kids Ministry?
For many, that may seem like quite a big commitment to make and you may not be sure you would like it–or maybe you’re not sure the kids would like you! Either way, feel free to come take a “test drive.” We’ll have you experience our kids program with one of the current leaders. And if you decide you might want to help out, you can talk to us about joining the team. If you decide it’s not for you, we can help you find something that might be a better fit!
Let us know if you’d like to take a closer look to find out what we’re doing. Contact us or comment below to get started!
Parent Cue for Sunday, November 10
Each week we supply a weekly Parent Cue for parents and God Time sheet for kids.
- The Parent Cue is meant to be a resource for you to discuss and reinforce the lesson with your kids.
- The God Time is intended to help kids learn to spend some quiet time with God on their own. (Of course, you’re welcome to help them and model it for them as they learn!)
We’re posting the upcoming week’s material for the lesson that will be taught this Sunday.
Parent Cue Discussion Spiritual Discussion Starter Sheet
For the lesson this coming week: Parent Cue November 10.
Haven’t gotten to this week’s yet? Check out the Parent Cue November 3.
God Time Quiet Time Exercise for Kids
For the lesson this coming week: God Time November 10.
Haven’t gotten to this week’s yet? Check out the one for God Time November 3.
As always, instructions are here.
Our goal as a church is provide you with resources to help your children grow spiritually. We’re doing our best to make things simple and easy. Please feel free to give us feedback on this!
Test Drive our Kids Ministry
No, we’re not asking you to go to a local dealer and test drive a new car! (But feel free to see our community board with some business cards of salespeople if that’s what you were hoping.) What we are looking for is a few people to help out in our Kids Ministry. For many, that may seem like quite a big commitment to make and you may not be sure you would like it–or maybe you’re not sure the kids would like you! Either way, feel free to come take a “test drive.” Let us know if you’d like to take a closer look to find out what we’re doing. And if you decide you might want to help out, you can talk to us about joining the team. If you decide it’s not for you, we can help you find something that might be a better fit!
Contact us or comment below to get started!