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In This Issue:
Connect with God
Connect with One Another
Connect with Our World
Wednesday
KidVenture
6:30-7:30 pm
  
Sunday
KidVenture
9 am & 10:30 am
Nurseries
7:45, 9 & 10:30 am

Connection Corner:

 

Current Needs

 

    *Supply Helpers

 

Special Events

 

    *VBS Volunteers

 

Sunday Mornings

 

9 am:

    *Small Group Leader (1st grade)

 

 10:30 am:

        *Small Group Leader (2/3rd grade) 

 

Wednesday Evenings, 6:30 pm:

    *Helping Hands

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Bible Story: Arrest and Peter's Denial
Bible Theme: Jesus' arrest and Peter's denial.
Scripture: Mark 14:43-72
Weaving Faith Into Life:  Through this passage, children will understand the power of forgiveness.
  
Are you being a FaithWeaver this week?  Try this fun faith-growing activity with your child: take a moment to act out different scenarios which require forgiveness.  Help your child understand how Jesus forgives us when we sin and make mistakes and we should forgive others.

Holy Wednesday Worship

Join Calvary for Holy Wednesday Worship, 6:30 pm in the Worship Center. It will feature music and Scripture readings throughout as we journey through Holy Week together. Holy Communion will be shared.  We recommend you talk about this Holy Sacrament with your children and be prepared to experience this time together. Please click here to learn more about United Methodist beliefs about Communion. Higher Ground and the Celebration Singers will share their gift of song. Families are encouraged to attend this service. Preschool KidVenture@ Night will meet as usual.  Kindergarten students are invited to join the Preschool group, if desired. 
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Vacation Bible School Registration
Registration for VBS has successfully launched! Our theme for this year is Growing God's Word in Your Heart and will run June 13-16, 6:15-8 pm each evening. This year we will focus on agriculture in God's Word.  Registration will continue through April 17 in Calvary's Atrium and through the KidVenture website until May 1. New for this year, all registration and fee payments will take place through Calvary's secure, online registration form.  Register your children ages 4 by September 1, 2011 up through entering 5th grade in the Fall of 2011.  A donation of $5 per child, requested at the time of registration,  this helps to cover snacks, crafts, and a t-shirt.  There are many volunteer opportunities for the week of VBS.  Please check out the registration form and sign-up to serve God's children as we connect with God, one another and our world. Contact: kidventure@connectwithcalvary.org.

Your Help is Requested

Share your appreciation for our KidVenture teachers on Sunday, May 1, 2011, when we honor them with a Teacher Appreciation Brunch.We have over 70 teachers to thank and we need your help! We are in need of food items, such as breakfast casseroles, pastries, fruit and drinks. We will also need help with setup and clean-up. If you will be willing to help us with this event, please sign-up by Sunday, April 24.An email reminder will be sent to you the week before the brunch.Contact Kristin Anderson, akbk.anderson@frontier.com or 309-888-9406.

 
M
ission Kids Overnight   (RSVP requested)
All 4th and 5th graders are invited to a Mission Kids overnight from 6 pm Friday, April 15-9:30 am Saturday, April 16.  Kids will have a blast enjoying games, a movie, a pizza dinner on Friday and breakfast on Saturday morning.
Chaperones are needed also.  For more information, or to volunteer or RSVP, please email Colleen Morphey cmorphe@1stfarmcredit.com by April 13.
Please bring a Bible, sleeping bag, pillow, toiletries and appropriate pajamas.  Boys, please bring a 2 liter of soda.  Girls, please bring a snack to share.  Please also complete this permission form.  Copies will be available for pick-up at the event.  All participants must have a completed form.  Bring a friend and join the fun!

Family Picnic
Join us for a celebration of Kid Venture Wednesday Night! We are planning a family picnic/game night on the year's final session of KidVenture Wednesday Night on April 27, 6-7:30pm.  Just bring your favorite picnic blanket or chairs and a dish or two to add to the potluck. We will provide hot dogs with all the trimmings, table service and drinks.
We hope you will plan to come and connect with one another!
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Macaroni Soup Concert
Macaroni Soup will come to Calvary on Friday, April 15, 6:30 pm, in the Worship Center.  This sing-along, dance-along, do-along concert is free and full of family of fun!  Children aged eight and below will love this interactive concert with Ms. Carole, Mr. Alvin and all of their furry friends!  Friends, Neighbors and schoolmates are welcome to come join in the fun!  No tickets necessary!  Contact kidventure@connectwithcalvary.org.

KidVenture Offering
KidVenture offering for April, May and June will bless our neighbors at Safe Harbor.  Please consider bringing an offering to bless this ministry in downtown Bloomington which serves to feed, house and educate those transitioning through a homeless period of their lives. 
Your prayers make a huge difference!
Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." -Mark 10:21
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KidVenture Staff: 
Lori Short, Co-Director of KidVenture Ministries 
Kerri Cordray, Co-Director of KidVenture Ministries 

Wednesday Night Coordinators:
Sarah Cisco, Preschool KidVenture @Night
          sarahcisco@frontier.com
Lori Dadekian, Preschool KidVenture @Night
          sunny_ones@yahoo.com
Betty Crites, Kindergarten through Third Grade KidVenture @Night
          jbcrites@frontiernet.net
Jill Huber, Kindergarten through Third Grade KidVenture @Night
          jhuber683@hotmail.com
Denni Proctor, Mission Kids
          denebola0402@comcast.net
Colleen Morphey, Mission Kids
          cmorphe@1stfarmcredit.com
Holli Will, Mission Kids
          holli@cruiseconsultants.com

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