Dear Friends: 

Please find below a message from Jet Throckmorton regarding our Children's Church program.

Children's Church News
We'll be starting up again on Sept. 1st, when we go to 2 services!  Just like in the past children 4 y/o through 5th grade will head downstairs for their own worship time during the 11AM service where they can be picked up after the service is over.  But this year we'll be using stations, a little like we did at VBS only on a smaller scale.  The idea is to allow kids to be with other kids closer to their own age most of the time.  It also enables them to move around more, and helps us to be more effective teaching during Bible time.  One of four teams of adults and youth will be downstairs each week to lead the kids in worship through praise and movement, Bible time, rec & crafts, and small group prayer and share time.  We could use your help in 3 areas.

First, please keep us in your prayers.  Worship with children is going to look different than worship with adults, but it still has Jesus at the heart.  Pray that we can make Jesus come alive as the real and loving savior that he is.  

Second, a practical matter.  If you have a child coming down for the first time this school year, we ask that one of the parents come to the front with them so we can give you a registration form to fill out and get back to us when you pick your child up.  Don't worry!  You won't have to sit through the children's sermon, because that will all be happening downstairs this year.

And third, if you love kids we could use a few more team members to lead KC every 4 weeks.  Ashley is training the youth, and I will be having a brief training for adults this Sunday immediately following the worship service in the RCC meeting room (We will still be able to go over to the luncheon for Nick.).  Or if you can't make that, I'll have a 30 minute training on Tuesday, August 27th at 6:30PM in the Fellowship Hall.  If you have any questions drop me an email at [email protected].

JET Throckmorton

*Remember, we return to a 2 service schedule on Sunday, September 1, 2013:
9:00 - Traditional Worship
10:00 - RealLife Groups (Sunday School)
11:00 - Contemporary Worship (Children's Church)


Yours in Christ,New FUMC Logo

David Payne
Sr. Pastor, First UMC
321 E Harrison Ave
Harlingen, TX 78550

956.423.0540/office
956.245.8279/cell

[email protected]
www.fumcharlingen.org

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