GCPC #wewelcomerefugees

GCPC #wewelcomerefugees 

October 25th - November 29th 

• Prayer Guide:  http://wewelcomerefugees.com/pray  
• Suggestion:  Brainstorm together as a family something you could sacrificially give up for the month.  Money saved could support the Syria Refugee Crisis.  
• Matthew 25:31-40 
• More information about World Relief:  http://refugeecrisis.worldrelief.org 
• Discuss and define Refugee to help the children understand- a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster.  
• Some children’s book to help explain this difficult material.    
• How Many Days to America by Eve Bunting
•  My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald and Freya Blackwood
• Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed
• Throughout the month if you would like to support the GCPC #wewelcomerefugees campaign, then place  a check in the offering made out to GCPC with World Relief in the memo. 

New Resource Available on Grace Kids Table

I am including an article in this post related to protecting children from sexual abuse. This article references a new book called:  God Made All Of Me:  A Book for Helping Children Protect Their Bodies.  I will have copies of this book available to purchase at the Grace Kids Resource table beginning this Sunday for $10.  

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9 Ways to Protect Your Children from Sexual Abuse

Unit 2 Memory Verses
Preschool and Kindergarten/1st Grade: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved - you and your household.” - Acts 16:31 NIV

2nd and 3rd Grade:  Numbers 6:24-26, NIV The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
4th and 5th Grade:  “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”  - Matthew 7:7-8, NIV

Don't forget to remind your child:  Pie in the face Motivation:  

• If children can say all 5 verses from each unit this year they can select someone to throw a pie in the face!!!!!   

Flapjacks and Family Flick

Join us for dinner, movie, or both!! 

Friday, November 20th

Join us for a pancake dinner and movie.  Dinner will begin at 6:00 PM followed by the movie at 6:30 PM.
*** Little Rascals Saves the Day ***
Kiddos may want to bring a bean bag, pillow, sleeping bag etc. for more comfortable seating.  RSVPs appreciated by Wednesday, November 18th.

Donations will be collected to support the Syria Refugee Crisis.  Grace Community Presbyterian Church will be participaing in a campaign to raise funds for World Relief in Syria from Oct. 25th - Nov. 29th.  Families are encouraged to brainstorm together something they could sacrificially give up for the month. The funds saved could go to World Relief.  

Please note this is defniitely an optional actiivty/donation. Here is a link sharing more about World Relief.  If you make a donation, then checks can be made to GCPC with World Relief in the memo. Thank you!

Prayer Cards will be handed out at church to help focus our prayer around this difficult situation:  http://wewelcomerefugees.com/pray

4th and 5th Grade Memory Verse Unit 1!

Way to go kids and teachers!!  Here is a video with the kids saying their verse

Psalm 51:10 - 12, NIV

Blown Away!

A huge shout out to the teachers in both Children's Worship and Sunday Communities!  In the past month they have done so many fun acitivies with the children.  They have gone above and beyond to create meaningful and engaging lessons for their classes.  We are blessed to have volunteers who pour out so much of their time to invest in the children at GCPC!  

We have one more week with the Unit 1 Memory Verses.  This year we are doing the following approach with memory verses:

• Children will work on the verses at church (in both Children’s worship and Sunday communities) throughout the 6 week units in order to memorize the scripture.  We will not be checking individually if they know the verses at the end of each unit.  We will continue to have them work as a group and share as a group.  Our aim is to have them memorize and remember the scripture.  
• Pie in the face Motivation:  We are going let the children know if they can say all 5 verses from each unit during Sunday Communities this year they can select someone to throw a pie in the pace (this will just be redi whip in a pie plate).  
•  I am hopeful for willing participants (including myself) to be one of the unfortunate people to get Redi whip all over the face.  We will let the children who attain this challenge list out 3 folks and then see if one of them would be willing to receive the pie.  This challenge will take work on the part of the children to learn the verses and retain them.  Children will be given a chance to say the 5 verses from the year on May 8th and May 15th.  Then the pie in the face would occur on 5/22 and/or 6/5.     
• Memory Verses by grade for the year  

Here is a short clip of some pictures taken last month.  Thank you teachers for passing them along to me!

Grace Kids September!!