Hi Friends,
We are so excited for our time with kids in the park tomorrow, and we are busy planning for our kids camp that is coming up. Just a reminder that parents can register for camp using the link below. If you want to help volunteer any of the days at camp, we would welcome your help! Just email us and we can get you plugged in for a week of fun and learning together.
We have also been busy getting our kid spaces organized and ready for when we return inside. As we monitor the virus variant and continue to discern best practices for kid safety, we will keep you posted on where Sunday school will happen once we are back in the sanctuary. We are so grateful that we have lots of space both indoors and outdoors so that we can welcome our kids safely at church! Stay tuned for updates as we look ahead to August 8th and our return to the sanctuary for worship.
Kids
Our nursery room is open this Sunday for babies and toddlers under four years old! Childcare will be open from 10:15AM until the end of garage worship. We hope this allows our youngest children to have a safe place to play and connect with each other and our loving nursery staff. If you're interested in helping with our nursery team, please let us know.
We have programming in the park for kids this Sunday! We have a special morning planned that will help them explore the same passage that Chip will be preaching about in the garage, and we can't wait to spend time learning and growing with our kids. Parents can drop kids off and sign them in at the Union Street gate to the park at 10:15AM. See you soon!
Our kids summer camp will take place July 26-30 from 9am-12pm. You can register with this link. Camp this year will focus on learning about how God loves us in fun and playful ways as we remember how fun it is to play together with the other kids at church. If your kids have friends who want to get to know our community, they are welcome to invite them! We are committed to making sure that we maintain the right safety considerations for our unvaccinated population of kids, and we also are praying this will be a time when the kids in our church can really get to know one another better before we return fully to the sanctuary in August.
Youth
We have a great time at our youth movie night yesterday! Thanks to the Chen Family for hosting in their backyard home theater. This Sunday the youth will be gathering for our regular time together after worship, and we'll be working on a project using grant money we were recently awarded. Lunch is included, and we'll wrap up at 1:30PM.
Youth should also mark their calendars for Saturday, July 24, from 9am-12pm. We will be heading to Friends In Deed to help them sort and prepare the school supplies after they have received all the backpack drive donations. Lunch and ice cream will be included, and we can't wait to serve and have fun together with the wonderful staff at Friends In Deed!
With love and gratitude for you,
Pastor Lindsay & Pastor Mary
P.S. Tomorrow is National Ice Cream Day, so keep an eye out for deals on this delicious cool treat! Here are a few you might want to check out.