Ground Rulz

Is love just fun and Games? The teaching will be set in a school playground, looking at life in the playground amongst their peers. The challenge is for the kids to be a positive influence in the playgrounds they spend each school day in. We are looking at the Colossians passage that talks about the importance of the way we look on the "inside" rather than the obsession this generation have about how they look on the "outside".

Colossians 3:12 -14 talks about how we should behave as God’s chosen people. It teaches us in 3 verses the way we need to behave towards others so that we can live in unity. The world is always talking about peace and how we should live in harmony. God tells us how this could be possible in these three verses.

Children are looking for ways to live, rules to live by, ways to function successfully in our culture. "Clothing" and how we look on the outside is very important to children nowadays. The media have made children very fashion conscious, to the point where parents just can't keep up. God talks about another way we should clothe ourselves that is not only longer lasting but will never go out of fashion.

MI Kidz!!

Mission 1:8

MI Kidz is absolutely rocking along... the kids were able to decode a particular challenging activity (many of the leaders looked like they had completed a five star difficulty Soduku by the end...) in order to recieve their mission card!!

Coming up, the Kids Church kids are going to continue to recieve spy gear as the term goes on...

(Oh and BTW the memory verse for this term is Acts 1:8, but it is on a need to know basis only...)

Spy Kids...

The first MI: Kidz week seemed to be a great success, with the drama being a highlight. The drama revolves around two everyday, normal kids, James and Ruby, who are contacted by HQ to go on a mission to save the world...

Just continue to encourage your kids to come dressed in sunglasses and spy gear, and ask them what they remember and most like about kids church on Sunday. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Finally, Friday Knights starts up again on 7 February @ the new venue of Church of Christ on Yarrow Street. The theme is Mission: Impossible and should tie in really well with the Sunday program. Year 5-8 students should wear dark clothing, and may get a little messy...

Thanks for being so supportive over the last couple of weeks, and I look forward to continuing to see what exciting things God has in store for this awesome ministry in the coming months.