Beloved Friends and Families with Kids,
This is a fifth Sunday, so our youth are invited to serve on the hospitality team if they want to. We are always blessed to have them lead and help cultivate a space of welcome and belonging for our community. Youth should arrive at 9:45 AM in the lobby to check in with Pastor Chip and get oriented for the day. Some of our Board members will be serving with our kids for the first time, and we are so grateful for their presence and the relationships they will form with our kids. Thanks be to God for all the love and connection that is possible on a Sunday!
Mark Your Calendars for Game Night!
Our youth are excited to host an all-church game night on Saturday, October 19. This will be open to all ages and a fun time for everyone to play and connect with each other. Stay tuned for more information, but save the date for now!
Free Parent Webinars
Our own Grace Goodman will be part of a lineup of parent webinars being offered online at noon once a month on select Fridays. Each session is led by an expert in the field and includes time for Q & A. Topics include supporting executive functioning, how assessments can help kids and teens, body esteem and mental health, and building social connections. You can sign up to join for free using this link. Thanks to Grace and all our mental health professionals for the work you do!
Kids and Youth Choir Collaboration
On Sunday, November 3, our kids and youth are invited to join our adult choir to lead a time of singing in worship. We have begun practicing with our kids, and you can also encourage them to sing at home in the coming weeks. Here is a lyric sheet, and here is a recording they can play at home to practice as well. We'll ask them to arrive at 9:30 AM that morning for a final rehearsal, so please mark your calendars! .
SUNDAY
KIDS
Our nursery room is open this Sunday for babies and toddlers four years old and under. Our nursery staff will be ready at 8:50 AM to receive kids whose parents are in Sunday School. This week our nursery kids will continue explore the story of Hannah and Samuel.
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 in the pews in the front with Pastor Mary and me. This week we are beginning a new series on kindness, and then we'll have a fun time outdoors led by Jessica Henson. We are so thankful for the intergenerational learning that happens in our family ministry spaces!
Discussion Questions for the Table at Home:
What acts of kindness did you do or receive this week?
Who comes to mind when you think of kindness? What about that person makes them kind?
YOUTH
Our youth are on for our regularly scheduled gathering. We'll be in the new youth room which continues to get finishing touches! We'll wrap up at 1:30 as usual and meet parents at the church park for pick up.
Have a wonderful weekend, and thanks for being such a special community of families!
With deep affection for you,
Pastor Lindsay