Thanks SO Much!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 

I cannot thank everyone enough for the tremendous success of Ovations, our children's ministry volunteer appreciation event! Thanks to the parents for providing our delicious dinner. Thanks to Tom Bowman and Laurie Rachunok for their tech booth talents. Thanks to Andrew Plummer, Amy Bagby,  Monique Gagne, and Kaitlyn Bagby for their incredible singing talents. (The songs were such a hit, we'll have to find a way to use them again sometime!) Thanks to Dave and Coleen Guild for their help in setting up. Thanks to everyone who helped clean up and tear down (there were too many to name, but you know who you are!). Thanks to my sister, Melissa, who donated her artistic talents and did whatever I needed her to do in the last minutes before the volunteers arrived. Thanks to my wonderful husband who did whatever I asked him to do and lots of stuff I didn't ask him to do to make the night run smoothly and make our volunteers feel special!

And, thanks to all of our amazing volunteers for coming out and allowing us to honor them for their service! It was so nice to have everyone together for one night. We'll have to do it again sometime! :)

Attention Parents!

Our children’s ministry volunteers are second to none! I hope you and your children are being blessed by their service! I know I am. On Sunday, November 2nd at 6:00PM, we are taking the opportunity to thank all of our children’s ministry volunteers with a volunteer appreciation event called Ovations, because they deserve a standing Ovation from us for all that they do each week for our kids!

We are asking each family to partner with us to give our volunteers an Ovation by helping us out with this event– either by making/bringing part of the meal for the volunteers or by being present that day/evening to set up or clean up. Our virtue for the month of November in elementary is “Gratitude”, please join us in showing our gratitude to our children’s ministry team by e-mailing me indicating how you would be willing to help show our sincere appreciation to our volunteers. Here is what we need help with:

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  Cooking, baking, or otherwise helping to provide dinner (i.e.- bringing drinks)


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  Helping to set up/decorate on Sunday afternoon, November 2


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  Being present at the event to greet volunteers and/or help with the buffet table


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  Helping to clean up after the event on Sunday evening

If you indicate that you are willing to bring a portion of the meal, we will call you ASAP and let you know what part of the meal (drinks, side dish, main dish, etc…) you can provide!

We can’t do this without you! Thank you!

Serve Christ by Serving Kids

Are you looking for a way to serve at CrossWay? Please consider helping out in our children's ministry! We have various ways for you to serve. Here are just two of our current needs:

• We are looking for adults who would like to be a one-on-one assistant to help children with disabilities be able to fully participate in our children's minstry on Sunday mornings. You do not need any experience in this area, we will provide you with training. All you need is a heart to serve.
• We are also looking for people who would be willing to help us with volunteer scheduling. This is a great way to serve if you find a Sunday morning committment to be a challenge.

If you are interested in finding out more about these or other opportunities to serve in our children's ministry, please e-mail me (using the "Contact Us" link at the top of the page) or give me a call at 594-0123 x209.

Joyfully serving,

Jenna

Welcome!

Welcome to our new Kid's Way blog! So, what's a blog and why do we have one? Well, a blog is a great way to find out all the information you want and need to know from someone. It's a great way to keep in touch with someone. In our case, our blog is a place where parents and kids can find out all they need to know about what is going on in children's ministry each week. As a parent, you will not only find a summary of what your child learned in children's ministry on Sunday, but you will also discover simple ways to help you use the truth your child learns on Sunday and weave it into the fabric of your day-to-day lives. You'll be able to "meet" our volunteers, and get to know them a bit more. You will also hear about ways that you can be involved in what God is doing in the lives of kids here at CrossWay! And.....lots of other fun stuff and surprises along the way.

At Kids' Way, we want to partner with you in your child's spiritual development. We hope this blog will help keep you up-to-date on everything we are doing each week in our children's ministry so that you can continue the conversation at home. We know that what happens at home is more important than what happens in church. So, we want to equip you with the tools to build faith and character into your kids. Two forces working together have considerably more influence than two forces alone. We want to work together with you to make a difference in the lives your kids so that we can do more together than we could each do alone!

Along those lines, please feel free to comment (using the "comments" link at the bottom of each post) to ask a question, provide us feedback, share an idea, or post an encouraging story. That's the great part about a blog......it's not a one way street! We'd LOVE to hear from you! Of course, if you'd rather not share something publicly on the blog, please feel free to use the "Contact Us" link at the top of the page to e-mail me.

So, have a look around and make yourself at home! We're glad you are here!

Blessings,
Jenna Hardy
Children's Minister