Grace Kids Update

Check out this article from The MOB Society Blog:  

Great read on Self control

Letters will be collected each Sunday for our mission partners during February (Loving Our Mission Partners Month).  We are encouraging families to select one mission partner weekly from the prayer card and write a letter together.  Children can help with writing the letter or by drawing pictures.  

Save the date:

Egg Hunt - March 22nd (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Chickahominy Oaks Pavilion

Camping Trip - Pochohantas State Park:  Our annual camping trip will be on June 5th or 6th.  More details coming soon!

Sunday Community Open House

For those of you who wanted to watch the video a second time here you go.  Thank you also to our live performances from the 2 and 3 year old class and the 2nd and 3rd grade class.  

Thank you for your participation in our 1st GCPC Sunday Community Open House!!

The following videos are on dropbox. This may require you to sign up for a (FREE) account before viewing. 

Kindergarten/1st grade & 4th/5th Grade Video

Preschool Video

Blessing Bash Details

Jelly Bean Devotion - Lent Devotional for Kids

Jelly Bean Prayer/Devotion

Check out the details here:  

http://framedinfaith.blogspot.com/2013/02/jelly-beans-jesus.html 

Jelly Bean prayer kits will be available beginning this Sunday (Feb 8th) for your families on the Sunday Community Display table. 

All materials will be provided for your family for this devotional activity. 

 The devotion begins on Ash Wednesday (February 18th).  

The children will be filling up their individual jars  with jelly beans and waiting to eat them (hopefully). The jars are small so the children will be able to empty the jar a couple times throughout Lent and eat the jelly beans to make room for additional ones.  

Through the devotions and activities I pray they encourage a time of prayer and reflection throughout Lent. 

Loving Our Mission Partners

I always enjoy the month of February when we spend a focused amount of time praying for all our mission partners we support at GCPC.  Please read over the following announcement which provides details regarding information beginning this Sunday, February 1st. 

 

Grace Kids Packet: 

Loving Our Mission Partners

#1 Use the Mission Partners Display located as you enter church to show children the mission partners we support. There are pictures of the mission partners we support by the following 3 categories:  International, Domestic, and Church Planting/Mercy Missions.  I encourage you to point out the different categories to your children and help them understand the MANY different locations people serve.

#2 Take a Prayer Card each week during the month of February.  Each week the prayer cards will highlight different mission partners. 

#3 Where is Our Missionary? Grace Kids Packet – A packet will be provided to all children in order for them to identify the location of our mission partners by coloring, highlighting and/or writing in the space provided on the maps. The children can use the map handout each week to find the locations listed on the weekly prayer card.

#4 Family Letter – Please select one mission partner each week from the prayer card and work together as a family to send a note of encouragement or have your children draw pictures on the cards.  Your children can let them know in the letter that they are praying for them.  All letters will be collected and mailed out at the end of the month.  I would like to encourage each family to do one letter each week (total of 4) during Loving Our Mission Partners month.  There will be a collection box for the letters by the Mission Partners Display.  

Thanks for your support!!

Blessing Bash

February 28^th – BLESSING BASH

DATE NIGHT

Details:

Members of the Grace Kids Team will be caring for your children so you can enjoy an evening out together. 

Drop off is at 5:00 PM and pick up by 8:00 PM

Cool Spring Baptist Church

Nursery will also be available 

Dinner will be provided – Pizza

If your child uses a sippy cup please bring a LABELED one.

Lemonade and water will also be served.

Children will play outside before it gets dark, eat dinner, participate in a service project, and have options of indoor games and a movie. 

Cost for the date night is $5/child or $10/family

Cost will help cover pizza and go towards a service activity.

Additional monetary donations will be accepted to help with this service project.  We will purchase items in bulk to make the Blessing Bags.

Thank you

The children will be making Blessing Bags for the homeless to have available to hand out to those in need.  We will be filling the bags with toiletry items; McDonalds gift cards and other items.

Ø RSVPs are required for this event for planning purposes.

Ø RSVP to Julie Best by February 22^nd at julie@gcpres.org

Swim Night/ Date Night

Save the date for our annual SWIM NIGHT!!

January 31st at Burkwood (9120 Burkwood Club Drive)

6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

Cost: $5/family 

Invite your friends to this fun event!!  

All ages welcome 

RSVP to julie@gcpres.org by January 25th. 

Another fun event to mark on your calendars for February will be a date night.

Yes back by popular demand...we will be offering a Date Night

Saturday, February 28th 

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

More details to come soon!

We will be asking for $5/child to support a service activity we will be completing with the children.  There will be plenty of free time to play and pizza for the kids. Some of the time will be used to make "Blessing Bags" to send home with each child. 

 More details to come about the Blessing Bash!!