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Seeds Family Worship is a wonderful resource for memorizing scripture as a family. Summer is a great time to take on a little memory work as a family. Seeds Family Worship is a way to experience God’s Word through music. We wanted to share with you how to use the music and free website resources to make the most of scripture memory.
Start by going to www.seedsfamilyworship.com/
Once you are at the site choose a theme; The Character of God, The Power of Encouragement, Seeds of Character, Seeds of Purpose, Seeds of Praise, Seeds of Faith, Seeds of Courage and Purity.
Last summer my family chose The Power of Encouragement, and this summer we are listening to Seeds of Courage.
Take the next step. You can do more than just listen to the music, download the Memory Cards! Under Resources you will find every song has a memory card. You can print these off with the check list. 
This picture is of our work station above the children’s art table.
I hope this information is helpful for your family as you discover ways to experience God’s Word together.
Growing in Grace, Holli
We are pleased to present a new tool for helping children participate in our weekly worship services. Our new Worship Guide is a simple worksheet that asks children to respond to what is happening in the worship service. We are excited about this new tool for several reasons, but most importantly we believe that God desires the worship of children as well as adults and we hope this will help children to more fully engage with what is happening in the worship service.
You will be able to find printed copies of the new Worship Guides each Sunday at the Children’s Welcome Station or at the Resource Desk in the Foyer. You can also view a printable pdf version of the document here: Worship Guide for Children. The guide is designed primarily for children who can read and write, but there is a space on the back for children to draw a picture of something from the sermon that can be used by children of any age.
Our pastor, Rob Pendley, and our Worship Director, Chris Hiatt, will be visiting with our 2nd-5th graders this Sunday, May 25 during the 9 am Education hour to share with them why our worship services are constructed they way they are and how children are a part of the worshiping body of believers, as well as to introduce the new Guide to the children. We encourage children this age to be here this Sunday to hear this important presentation and be able to ask Pastor Rob and Chris any questions they might have.
And finally, Rob and Chris and our Session of Elders are excited to hear about what your child might be learning during our worship services. We want to encourage children to share their thoughts from the Guide or their drawings with Rob, any of the worship leaders, or members of the Session.
Registration is now closed for VBS 2014. We are looking forward to great week!
For those of you considering attending the parenting conference on April 11th & 12th you might be wondering what you will do with your children during this time. Please read the information below to discover what adventures we have for the kids. Also if you are inviting friends to the conference this information might be helpful for them in deciding.
So, what about the kids? We are offering full childcare for children during the conference ($5 per child registered). Childcare will be for infants through 11 years. Older children may register as junior helpers.
What is going on? KIDS CLUB!
Childcare for the conference is going to be really fun! We are organizing both Friday evening and Saturday morning much like a day camp. Children will be grouped by ages, Infants (0 to 22 months), Toddlers (2 & 3 year olds), 4, 5,6 year olds and 7-11 year olds.
FRIDAY EVENING
5:40-5:55 is Kids Club check in
6:00 Dinner (pizza, veggies and fruit, and cookies)
6:40-8pm Movies for the two older groups, and playtime and crafts for the younger children.
SATURDAY
8:15-8:30 check in
8:30 Breakfast
during the morning we will have a visiting storyteller, indoor games and crafts, time on the playground and the youth are planning a fun outside game time.
If you have any questions about Kids Club during the conference please feel free to contact Holli Best
My father was a wonderful story teller. Mostly they were stories of his grandparents, parents or his childhood and adolescent years. Much of what I know about my lineage is not in the details of a family tree, it is through stories that captivated my imagination as a child sitting at the dinner table.
Spiritual parenting is learning how to become a storyteller as one who is connected to a larger story. During the Friday evening session we will learn about creating an environment of storytelling and an environment of identity (rooted in Christ). Much like my dad teaching me about our family lineage through story and me knowing where I came from, there is another story that must be told to our children. John Westerhoff says, “At the heart of our Christian faith is a story…Unless the story is known, understood, owned, and lived, we and our children will not have Christian faith.”
During this session we will be introduced to the Big God Story. This is telling our children the story of God’s promise to his people. For those of you who read the Jesus Storybook Bible or The Big Picture Bible with your children, you have seen how the promise of Jesus, or God’s covenant, is weaved into each story — this is God’s covenant to His children. “If we consistently tell our children the Big God Story and help them to see the bigger story that has been lived out for thousands of years, they will have the privilege of catching a glimpse of the wonder of it all. The wonderful mystery of who God is and how He has chosen a part for each of us to play.” Also during the Friday evening session we will learn how to create an environment of identity. It is through learning about our identity as part of God’s family, that we learn about God’s promise to send the rescuer and about our Christian lineage.
The world tells our children that their identity is found in who their friends are, what sort of car they drive, the clothes they wear, their academic or athletic abilities. They can struggle to understand what it means to find identity in Christ. During this session we will learn how to create an environment that helps our children think differently about themselves, to help them see that not only are they image bearers of God, but God is their father.
“As we live in our identity, seeking to live out the life we were created to live in Christ, then we can genuinely ask the next question: ‘Who did God create my child to be?’ It is here that we begin to understand the Father’s heart for spiritual parenting.”
Spiritual parenting is helping our children see God’s Big Story and to see that God has a role for them in that story.
We would love to have you join us for the Friday evening session (as well as Saturday), registration has opened! You may register at this link.
