Beloved Friends and Families with Kids,
This weekend is a big one for both kids and youth! On Saturday morning, our youth will gather at Friends In Deed to help pack and organize all the supplies from the Back to School Drive they just completed. Then on Sunday, we will acknowledge those kids who are promoting up to youth during worship. After a time of blessing over our new youth, all the youth and kids will be dismissed together to join hands in packing activity kits for the kids of families at Union Station Homeless Services. It will be a beautiful time for them to have fun together like we did during camp and serve the Pasadena community. We'll gather in the church park area, so parents can pick their kids up in the park after worship. Our youth will remain in the park for our regular youth gathering and lunch.
We still need things like packs of markers, notepads, stickers, mini playdough cans, and other items that would be fun for kids to play with or use to do art during down time. If you would like to contribute, please bring all items to the desk in the lobby before worship starts. Thanks for being such a generous church family!
Youth at Friends In Deed
Tomorrow (Saturday) our youth will be packing supplies at Friends In Deed from 9:00-11:30 AM. We’ll have breakfast burritos and donuts, and it's always a great time to hang with Tim at their food pantry while serving our local community. They are located at 444 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104. See you there!
Youth Summer Retreat
We are planning a trip up to Ventura August 1-3 for a summer youth retreat. We are hoping to visit Henry and the Mattesich family and meet up with their youth group, too! More details will be coming soon, so let us know if your youth is interested.
SUNDAY
KIDS
Our nursery room is open this Sunday for babies and toddlers four years old and under. Childcare will be open starting at 10:20 AM so parents can head to the sanctuary for worship.
Our kids five to ten years old will join us in the sanctuary for the start of worship and then will 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. This week, as mentioned above, our kids and youth will be packing activity kits in the park. It's going to be a great Sunday together!
You may also want to continue talking at home about our series on embodied faith. This week our focus is on the ears.
Discussion Questions for the Table at Home:
How do our phones and devices affect our ability to listen well?
How is listening an act of hospitality?
When have you felt like someone really listened to you? How can we listen more fully to others?
YOUTH
We are excited to have our regular youth gathering after worship this week! We will gather in the park area, and lunch is included as always. Parents can pick up their youth at the park gate on Union Street at 1:30 PM.
Have a wonderful weekend, and thanks for being such a special community of families!
With deep affection for you,
Pastor Lindsay