Happy Fall, team! You should treat yourself to something special this week. You deserve it! Thanks again for serving with us this year.
THE PLAYBOOK
KIDS’ BIRTHDAYS
To help you as small group and classroom leaders connect with the kids in your group for their birthdays~
Check on/near your clipboards for small envelopes for kids in your small groups. I send birthday postcards every Monday – I will now be prepping a small envelope for every birthday kid that you can give to them when you see them next! This will give you a reminder to say Happy Birthday and ask them how their birthday was! If the envelope isn’t picked up after 4 weeks, it will be recycled back into my supplies. Please leave them: Elementary – in the tray on the shelves in your room. Preschool – on your clipboard.
PRAYER JOURNALS.
New prayer journals have been placed in every classroom. Please use them each week to record your small group’s prayer requests and praises. Take a few minutes to look back and thank God for all He is doing in the lives of your small group!
5TH GRADE FOUNDATIONS
Starting THIS WEEK, the 5th grade small group will begin their Foundations Small Group material. 5th graders will be with the whole group for Large Group (worship and Bible story). During their Small Group, they will use their own Small Group materials exploring basic foundations of the faith. This will be ongoing for the whole year.
Small Group Leaders: Small Group materials will be available digitally in the weekly newsletter. Paper copies of the Small Group Guide and the kids worksheets will be available on the table at the back of the Blue Room each week. Samples of each are found below:
5TH GRADE FOUNDATION WORKSHEET
GREETERS.
First Bible Class registration is open. If families ask about this milestone class, it is for Grades 1-2 AND their parents/guardians. It will be held on Oct 11, during the 9:00 service. Kids will receive a free Bible at the workshop. Families MUST register by Oct 5 so that I have time to order Bibles.
THE ESSENTIALS
FEEDING FAITH by David Rausch.
The question we must wrestle with is this: When the ground gives way beneath the kids in our ministry – and it will – will the faith we’ve helped build in them be strong enough to hold? The stakes couldn’t be higher.
DAVID RAUSCH, feeding faith
We’re not merely entertaining children for an hour a week. We’re shaping souls who will one day walk through valleys we cannot yet imagine.
BACKGROUND CHECK.
Be watching your email for authorization of your annual background check. Katie Loewen is doing a fantastic job of keeping our volunteer team up to date with this. When you receive a request for authorization, please tend to it quickly so that we can keep our records up to date. Thank you!
THE CALENDAR
UPCOMING EVENTS TO WATCH FOR
Full details will be given near the date of each event.
OCT. 24: PICK YOUR PATH – Family Just for Fun Event – This is a site-based event – if you are interested in hosting a site or volunteering in any other way, please contact Barb right away.
THE LESSON PLAN
ARE WE THERE YET?
A 5-Week Series from Genesis on ISRAEL & THE WILDERNESS
OVERVIEW Can you imagine needing to walk through the desert? You’d be surrounded by cacti, sand, snakes, and more sand. With the heat of the sun, we’d wind up so thirsty and wondering “Are we there yet?” That’s probably how the Israelites felt as they wandered around the desert, waiting to enter the Promised Land. But no matter how tired our feet get, we can focus on what’s happening in our lives right now rather than just on where we’re going. In this five-week series based on stories from Exodus, we’ll explore how we can choose to be thankful, love God and others, turn to God when we’re lost, go to God when we need rest, and remember God’s promises.
Are We There Yet? – Volunteer Devotional
ELEMENTARY LINKS –
PRESCHOOL LINKS –
5TH GRADE FOUNDATIONS
Foundations worksheet – Week 1
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
If you’re a small group leader, you’re the best link we have between our church and your family. So here’s a question: How have you found success connecting with kids’ families so far this year? Tell us about it!
Feel free to share your questions and feedback with Westwood Kids anytime! Email barb.filiatrault@westwoodstcloud.org.