Fall Schedule begins on September 10th for the children.
B.L.A.S.T. 9:00 a.m. (Bible Learning Adventure Station Time) (Grades K-6)
We have a great year planned starting with a six-week rotation of DAVID - Boy and King. Don't miss the learning and fun as the kids discover how to defeat the "giants in their lives".
We have a great team of teachers: Rebecca Stolberg, Danelle Nickell, Connie Hickman, Tammy Dodson and Janet Rhodes.
MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP -GRAND KICK -OFF
Nov 18th kicks off our new middle school youth group . Meetings will be the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month in the Middle School room . For more information contact Josh at 991-1658 or email at melkor220@hotmail.com
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP -
Nov13 - Spokane Chiefs Hockey game
Nov23 and Nov 24 - Turkey drive
contact Drew and Heather Homchich at 368-9958 for more information
COLLEGE/YOUNG ADULT GROUP will hold its first meeting on Dec 10th at the home of Josh and Courtney Clark. A meal will be povided followed by a discussion. Please call JOSH at 991-1658 or email at melkor220@hotmail.com for more information and directions.
BUTTERFLY CORSSING CHILDRENS CHOIR will start rehearsals for their Christmas program on NOVEMBER 14. All children/youth grades k though middle school are invited to meet at 10 am each Sunday in the Tent Tales and Tunes
Adult Bible Study: We will be continuing our study of the New Testament. We meet in room 201 and ALL are welcome to join this informal class. No prior Bible study experience needed!
10 A.M. Butterfly Crossing Children's Choir- K-Middle School. Holli Brown leads the children in learning praise and worship music. There will be performances the last Sunday of each month. Special performances will be held during the Christmas and Easter holiday seasons.
WOW NOW! Children grades K-6 will be dismissed after the children's message during our 10:30 a.m. worship service and return to worship for communion. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: sign up for your time slot at the Christian Education desk and pick up your curriculum packets.
This year the children will be studying the Old and New Testaments and will learn about Moses, discovering Jesus, Attributes of God, Miracles of Jesus, Paul, and Being Christ-like.
YOUTH GROUPS BEGINNING THIS FALL!
Middle School will be led by Josh and Courtney Clark
Senior High will be led by Drew and Heather Homchick
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"ISLAND ODYSSEY" VBS WAS A REAL TRIP!!!!!!!
Thank you to all who made our 2011 Vacation Bible School a great success.We learned a lot about the "Good News" (Gospel) of Jesus Christ and our need as disciples to take it all over world. Twenty-two kids attended VBS this year. An average of 15 adults were present each night to lead all the activities. Many others contributed supplies, prayed and helped in other ways. We thank one and all. We especially thank our Co-Directors Nicolle Caballero and Marlene Peters and our Artistic Director Pat Dobberstein.
The adult class studied the Book of Revelation and learned it is not what most people think it is, it's better.
Our Vacation Bible School children, plus some contributions on Sunday, raised $242.49 to go to the Delmas 54 Boys Home in Haiti, which is near the Methodist Children's Home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In addition, the VBS kids brought in 161 pounds of food for our Food Bank. Good work!!
K-6th Grades
This is not your regular Sunday School-it is a B.L.AS.T.! (Bible Learning Adventure Station Time) A new and exciting Discipleship Hour program is designed especially for our K-6 Grade Children. This program includes Bible Study, drama, computers, puppets, cooking, science, art and drama.
WOW NOW: This program meets during the 10:30 a.m. worship service for grades K-6. Thank you to all who have volunteered to help with this program this year!
WOW NOW (K - 6 grade) During Worship -The children will be dismissed after the children's message and return to worship for communion. An audio copy of the service will be available for all volunteers.
This year WOW NOW will be studying from the Old and New Testament. Each week the children will be divided into two separate age groups for the lesson which will allow various age appropriate discussions about the Bible story and daily living message. The children will then combine for snacks and crafts. Two leaders will be needed each week for safe sanctuary regulations and for working with the two age groups. Teaching packets will be available at the CE desk, and teachers are expected to pick up their lesson in advance and plan the lesson with their teaching partner . Teachers will bring snacks and find craft materials in our art room. Reimbursement for any supplies bought can be made ONLY if the purchase was first approved by Bobbi and a requisition form was filled out. Donations are always accepted.
The Art Gallery Wall across from Christion Education office will belong to WOW NOW this year.
This is not your regular Sunday School!! It is called the Workshop Rotation Model
Where are our children on Sunday mornings? Are they begging to come to the 9 am Discipleship Hour??? Not only are children missing but so are the volunteers. There are many reason for this - including changes in priorities (what could be more important than God's word - I wonder ) - changes in attitudes - changes in educational styles and teaching methods. With a drop in Sunday School attendance, churches decline, denominations fail, and children do not learn the importance of faith. When Sunday school thrives, children are excited to be in church - and this environment creates the knowledge that God is alive and He cares. In order to address some of these changes, a new model for Sunday School was developed - Workshop Rotation Model. We are implementing our own version of that model this year and calling it B.L.A.S.T
The children will study the same Bible lesson for 4-6 weeks while rotating rooms and learning styles. As most parents know, not all children learn the same way. This program will address all learning styles by using different methods to teach the story and learn life applications. "God makes each child 'smart' in diverse and unique ways." (Workshop Wonders by O'Donnell and Bare) All new rooms are slowly being created for our children to visit on their journey. These rooms are called:
TENT TALES: Bible story and discussion - sit in an oasis tent and learn
ANTIOCH ARCADE: Games designed by our crew that teach the story - these games are really fun!
CREATION STATION: Arts and crafts designed around the story and message
MOUSE HOUSE: Computer Bible games are at this station and also the kids will create a newspaper article about the story-name their paper and distribute it. They will also be able to create messages for our church newsletter.
DIVINITY DINER: Cooking to teach- and eating treats at the same time
ROCK OF AGES STAGES: Drama and puppets that retell the story and create a modern day learning lesson
HOLYWOOD CINEMA: Movies and discussion - popcorn, too
Oh, there are thoughts of taking FIELD TRIPS - i.e. to Cat Tails when studying Daniel.
Lesson Rotation sets are handed out many weeks in advance to allow for preparation - The teachers for this program take the responsibility of totally preparing one area (station) while the other teachers are helpers with the projects or act as another adult for safe sanctuary. These teachers are handed a lesson set at a time (4-6 stations) . They take their section - together decide on the order of the stations. Teachers stay in touch with each other to plan and ensure smooth running -