Children's Ministries Update | February 10, 2023

Hello Families!

We had a great time talking about our "saltiness" and how we enhance the Kingdom of God, right here on Earth, right now! That we are enough just as we are and how to let our light shine to the world instead of on ourselves. Kids brought home a container of salt to keep on their dresser to remind them that God made them just as they are to go out and love (salt up) the world.

I hope you will come to the Parenting with God class this Sunday during the Formation hour. We haven't met in a while and I would love for new and "old" parents to meet each other. We will take a bit about "creating windows" - we want our children to have a personal relationship with God, but they need to know what that looks like. So much of our life with God is hidden. Creating windows is really a simple way to make it more visible. So grab your coffee and come on up to Rm 307 for fun and fellowship.

Make sure that you register for next week's Progressive Dinner celebrating our Core Ministries ( Threads, Refugee Ministries, Covenant Community, and Midtown Assistance Center). There will be a crowd and we want to make sure to have enough food! Register below.

Lent is right around the corner, and I will have some family-friendly ideas for you to try at home together. Mark your calendar for Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday Feb. 21 and Feb. 22.

Save the Date - Vacation Bible School (VBS) will be June 5-9. Woo-Hoo!

Peace,

Kathy

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If you didn't get a chance to sign up for helping in Children's Ministries yet, please take a look at the links below

1) pick a Sunday or two to help with Children's Church;

Children's Church Ministry Sign Up

2) join a teaching team for the formation hour this Spring or think about starting in the Fall;

Formation Teacher/Helper Sign Up

3) help with our Faith in Action activities each month;

Faith in Action Sign Up

4) help with VBS June 5-9;

VBS Volunteer

5) help us during our Clean Up Day/Marie Kondo Day - TBD

This Sunday, February 12

Nursery : 8:30-12:30

1st fl. of the Pritchett Center

Children's: gathering 8:45; service 9:00 - 9:30 and join parents in church

Church 2nd fl. of the Pritchett Center

Children's : 10:20-11:05

Formation 2nd fl. of the Pritchett Center

Parenting with God

Feb. 12th, March 12th

room 307

Mark your calendars for these two classes. If you haven't come to this class before, please join us now.

We want to be intentional about sharing our faith with our children and don't always know how. There is a lot of wisdom in this community that helps us figure out ways to do just that. We can come along beside each other with support and empathy and ideas.

Won't you join us and get to know the other All Saints' parents, grandparents and folks interested in living out their baptismal covenant ?We share about kids of all ages and stages!

Core Ministries Progressive Dinner

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us on February 15 for our regular Wednesday Night Supper but with a twist! We will have a special Italian dinner to celebrate the love our four core ministries (Midtown Assistance Center, Threads, Covenant Community and Refugee Ministries) give every day to the community. They will be stationed in Ellis Hall, each serving delicious food, where you can pick up your scavenger hunt questions. Between 6 pm and 7 pm, we will begin group tours to each Core ministry location on campus. During this time, you will get your questions answered, and a passport stamped. Then return to Ellis Hall for fabulous desserts and prizes.

If you would like to learn more about our ministries, also stop by our ministry tables between services on Sunday, Feb 12th.

Dinner is $11 for adults $5 for children and college students. Register here

MAC Lent Food Drive

February 26-April 2

The Children's Ministries will be having a competition to see who can bring in the most canned goods for the MAC Lent Food Drive. So look for those BOGO deals as you shop and get a collection bag from church starting on Feb. 26th. Have your child bring their cans in on Sundays and we will weigh them and count them for their class. I will be sending out a Sign Up Genius for kids to pick a Sunday to hand out bags at 9:00 or 11:15 service. At the end of the collection, Club 45 will be carrying over all the collections and organizing them on the shelfs for MAC as their Faith in Action project for April.