Hi Friends,
We had a great time with our kids on Sunday, and we had the chance to pray over lots of spaces in our church and for unity in our church family. It was a special time of reflecting on our call to be unified even though we love how different each of us is.
This Sunday we are worshipping in the garage, and kids are invited to join us there. The nursery will be open for our babies and toddlers. In the meantime, we are gearing up for camp on Monday and continuing to get ready for regular Sunday school starting August 8th. You can join us in praying for our youngest ones and our teams as we learn and grow together!
Having Better Conversations with Young People
The Fuller Youth Institute recently shared this article about how to have better conversations with teenagers, and it has some great tips and food for thought. (And really, these tips are great for thinking about conversations with people of all ages!) I am so grateful that we have a church where all generations can thrive and grow together, and I pray that we continue to live into that vision as the body of Christ.
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.
Our kids summer camp is almost here! Camp starts Monday and we can't wait. You can still 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
This Sunday the youth who are not helping with kids camp will be gathering for our regular time together after worship for lunch and fellowship. Youth who are helping with kids camp can join our leader meeting where lunch will be served as well. Everyone can head to the park after worship in the garage, and we'll wrap up everything at 1:30PM.
This Saturday the youth will be heading to Friends In Deed to sort and prepare the school supplies from the backpack drive. 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