Beloved Friends and Families with Kids,
Now that fall is underway with school and activity schedules in full effect, I have been thinking about our parents and want to remind you that you are doing a great job! In an economy based on always achieving, producing, and being more than you currently are, this is your friendly reminder that in God’s economy, you are enough and less is, indeed, more. Pastor Mary and I are praying for you and your family, and we would welcome any specific prayer requests for your family that might be on your hearts in this season. Feel free to share those using the button below. Your presence is a gift to our community, and we love you dearly. Thanks for sharing your family with us; we are truly less without you.
Kids Choir
Our Kids Choir is in full effect with Cynthia leading the way! Throughout the year we work with Pastor Leslie and Cynthia to create opportunities for our kids and adult choirs to sing together and for our kids to help lead the congregation in worship. We use time at the end of our Sunday mornings to rehearse and sing together, and it's a beautiful time to worship with our kids. Right now we are working on learning to both sing and sign the song "The Blessing." Our kids will be singing this in the worship service on Sunday, November 5. Our own Kevin Bishop (who is an expert ASL teacher) is teaching our kids and adult choirs the sign language for the song, too. You can help your child practice at home with this song file and this lyric sheet. Here is the video of the sign language that goes along with the song. Please note that on Sunday, November 5, we will ask our kids to arrive at 9:30 AM to rehearse (and we'll have pastries for our parents!). It's going to be a beautiful time of worshiping in song and movement!
SUNDAY
KIDS
Our nursery room is open this Sunday for babies and toddlers four years old and under. Childcare will be open starting at 8:50 AM for those who are attending Sunday School before service.
Our kids five to ten years old will join us in the sanctuary for the start of worship and then be dismissed to head to their classrooms together. They can begin service with their families or sit with Pastor Mary and me in the front pews. If they are coming early with parents who are in a Sunday School class, they can be dropped off upstairs at 8:50 AM. This week we will continue to explore embodied ways to pray—from counting, to painting, to building, to moving our bodies. We have an awesome team of leaders ready to spend quality time with our kids as we explore prayer together, and we are so thankful for the wonderful kids in our community!
Discussion Questions for the Table at Home:
What questions are you wondering about prayer?
What is a prayer practice the family could try doing together?
YOUTH
This week our youth are invited to join our regular gathering after worship. We will spend time eating in fellowship and discussion. We love our youth and are so thankful for their presence in our church family!
Have a wonderful weekend, and thanks for being such a special community of families!
With deep affection for you,
Pastor Lindsay