Grace Kids

Grace Kid Leaders:  Harry, Mark, and Sam

Helping out this week with music and video!  

Seekers (Kindergarten - 1st grade) Sunday Community Class

Lesson today on Loving God and loving your neighbor - The Good Samaritan

Teachers - thank you for your help today with the Grace Kids t-shirts!!  The sea of green made it very visible just how many volunteers we have working together for our children!  

Baby Bottle Campaign

A Baby Bottle Campaign begins tomorrow as we recognize Sanctity of Life Sunday.  Join us in a month-long fundraiser benefiting the Pregnancy Resource Center by filling a baby bottle with loose change. This is an excellent outreach opportunity engaging children.  They can help by adding change to the bottles and praying for the resource center.  There is an insert included in each bottle with information about the Pregnancy Resource center and what the money collected can provide for them.  Bottles will be available starting this Sunday at the Welcome Table and collected on February 12th.  Check out the following link for more information about the Pregnancy Resource Center:  Richmond Pregnancy Resource Center

Children's Worship and Memory Verse

Below are  a couple clips of our youngest Children's Worship Class.  Each week the children have an opportunity to answer catechism questions.  We use the book First Catechism Teaching Children Bible Truths from Great Commission Publications.  Children keep their own books at home to practice with parents during the week.  On Sunday one of our Catechism Questioners will spend time asking the children the questions.  As a fun incentive for the children they have a chance to pick an item from the Catechism Store for every 3 catechisms answered correctly. We keep track of catechisms answered correctly using their individuals journals from class.  Children bring home a slip each week indicating the questions answered along with the one they need to begin working on for the following week.  A good method for keeping track at home is to have children place a sticker in their own books indicating the questions answered correctly.  This is fun for the children in addition to helping them tangibly see what number they need to be reviewing.  

Memory verse for Sprouts and Seekers for January

Psalm 118:24 

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

Upcoming Events

  Swimming Event Date Change -Saturday, February 4th  

Place: Burkwood  

Invite your friends for this fun time! 

6:45 PM - 8:30 PM

If you’re interested in coming, please RSVP to Julie Best (389-1979 or julie@gcpres.org )

 Cost for the event is $5/family

Hope to see you there!!

Family Worship Night

Who: Everyone

What: Worship + Brownies and Ice Cream

When: Saturday, February 25th from 6:00-7:30pm

Where: New Hanover Presbyterian Church

Why: Because we love it!

* Please RSVP to Tracy Surratt at:  RSVP2Tracy@yahoo.com

Sunday Community Classes

Sunday Community Classes will start again this coming Sunday, January 8th!  We are looking forward to starting back into the routine. 

Memory Verses for January

Critters (2 & 3 year old class)

Phillipians 2:14 "Do everything without complaining or arguing."                                                                          

Motions:  

Do everything (make sweeping motion with hands)
without complaining (make sad face)
or arguing (move fists back & forth like fighting).

Sprouts & Seekers (Preschool - 1st Grade):  

Psalm 118:24  "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." 


Adventurers (2nd - 5th Grade):
Isaiah 53:7 "He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shears is silent, so he did not open his mouth."