Firefight Sunday

Sunday morning, October 16th, is our annual Firefighter Sunday in which we honor our Firefighters and have dinner on the grounds.
Please note the following changes:
1) Class is from 9:00-9:45 AM and Worship will begin at 10 AM THIS SUNDAY ONLY!
2) Worship 411 will not meet. Please keep your elementary age children in the auditorium.
3) We will NEED extra help in the nursery. Will you be willing to help out?

Sunday Funday - December 12

Once a quarter, we join other Houston area churches on an outing with their elementary students. Here is the information for the next Sunday Funday! RSVP to Shannon if you are coming (commenting on this post or on Facebook is sufficient).

What: Sunday Funday! Bring $15 PLUS a wrapped gift under $5 for a boy OR a girl. We will have lunch, participate in a service project and have a gift exchange.

When: December 12th. The bus will leave immediately following services from the FLC doors. We will return around 5:00 PM, in time for LTC.

Who: 3 – 5^th graders

Why: Serve others and have fun together!

Kid's For Christ - Pack the Pulpit

Our Annual Kid's For Christ Pack the Pulpit and Impact Service Project is just around the corner. Please review the following email for more information about that event.

Kids for Christ

need your help to

PACK THE PULPIT!!

Sunday Nov 21

When we say pack the pulpit we mean

PACK THE WHOLE PULPIT AREA!

We want to share our many blessings!!!!!!

Items needed:

Chili

Beef Stew

Green beans

Corn

Peas

Mixed Vegetables

RamenNoodles*

*Impact needs lots and lots of Ramen Noodles

At Walmart you can buy them by the case, you get more for your money with the plastic packages of noodles instead of the cups.

Parents this is a great opportunity to raise your children with compassionate hearts. Please take the time to read to them what this ministry does to be the hands and feet of Jesus and they can be a part it!!

Trunk or Treat - October 31st

Sunday Evening, October 31st
5:00-6:00 PM
Trunk or Treat

Have fun handing out candy to all of our church kiddo's, and their friends, on Halloween night! No need to sign up.

Bring your car about 4:45 to get parked. Trunk or Treat will be one hour only so parents and church members can return to their neighborhoods to trick or treat with friends and hand out candy at home.

NO CHILDREN'S CLASSES OR TEEN CLASSES THIS SUNDAY NIGHT!

Parent's Night Out

Parent's Night Out
Saturday Night, October 30th, 5:00-9:00 PM
Childcare $5.00 per child
Bring a sack dinner and PJ's for the kids to change into before pick-up if you wish.

Click here to sign up. Please sign up by Wednesday night!

Newspaper Link About Firefight Sunday

Click here to read a brief article about this year's Firefighter Sunday. Also, there is a slide show you can view.

The two pictures above were taken by Stefani Thomas and are posted on the newspaper slide show at the link above. Kid's For Christ (K-5th grade students) painted these crosses as a service project for the Firefighters. Thanks to Michelle King for making the crosses and to Melissa Green and Hannah Overmyer for helping to hot glue the rope on the crosses.

Firefighter Sunday is Tomorrow

It looks like the weather is going to be great for the annual Firefighter Sunday. We honor the men and women of the local fire stations for their service and commitment to protect and save lives. After services, we have dinner on the grounds! It is so much fun.

Just a few reminders:

1) Elementary children will be asked to give the gifts they made to the firefighters during one part of the service. Don't worry when they get up and go down front to do this. I'll be giving all the information to them during Bible class.

2) Dinner on the grounds is a fun event for the family. Be sure to supervise your children.

3) To that end, remember the old playground is off limits. It is currently being moved to CSK.

4) The firefighters will usually show off their trucks to the kids if you ask. Just be sure to ask first as they are on-duty and may need to leave.

5) Greet all the firefighters and their families and help them feel welcomed.

Parent's Night Out - October 30th, 5:00-9:00 PM

Just in time for Halloween, here is a Parent Night Out opportunity that will let the parents have a blast! I have re-worked and cost, with the goal of enriching parents marriages and friendships in mine. The cost is now only $5.00 per child. Yes, 4 hours of childcare for $5.00 per child. Can't beat that!!!

Pre-registration is not required but it will help us to have as many children pre-registered as possible. Payment will be due when you drop your kids off at PNO.

Click here to register!

Fire Fighter Sunday

This Sunday Morning
the Annual Fire Fighter Sunday
We will honor the men and women that serve us bravely each day.
We will commit to praying for them throughout the year.
And, we will have dinner on the grounds (yumm).
Please park at Kingwood Middle School and ride the bus or park in the grass at KWCOC. We need to make room for the firetrucks and visitor cars.

Pictures From Kid's For Christ

Sunday afternoon, we had 9 children stay for Kid's For Christ. The theme of the day was Safety We 1) made crosses to honor the firefighters that help keep us safe.

2) Read the Berenstain Bears book, "The Golden Rule" and talked about how we should treat others and what to do if someone is bullying us.

3) We had a short Tae Kwon Do lesson by Master Victor Jordan of Tiger Rock Tae Kwon Do and we talked about what to do if someone tries to physically attack.

Here are some pictures!

Special thanks to Rachel Miller, Erin Malone, Michelle King (for making all those crosses) and Mr. Jordan for their help with this event.

November Kid's For Christ

SPONSORS ARE NEEDED!!!!

to coordinate

November Kid's For Christ

Every other month we alternate a "fun" activity with a "service" activity. November will be a field trip of choice by the parent coordinators. Please let Shannon know ASAP if you are willing to coordinate and sponsor November's Kids For Christ.

Trunk or Treat

October 31st, 5:00-6:00 PM

Church Parking Lot

Trunk or Treat for all children

Hosted by KWCOC Life Groups and Anchor Class

Parking Lot Coordinator and Car Coordinator is needed ASAP!

This event will be a very simple event. Just decorate your car, if you want, grab up some candy and come on out to the church parking lot.

Fun Family Event - "Johnny Be Good"

Linda Copeland tells me that she and some CSK students are part of the cast for the musical "Johnny Be Good" that is being held at the Nathaniel Center on October 29, 30, and 31st.

The evening performance on October 30th is followed by a "sock hop" and there is a trunk or treat and facepainting between the Sunday afternoon performances on October 31st.

Linda has tickets to sell and we can get a group discount if enough KWCOC families attend. I thought the October 30th performance and sock hop sounds like a great Daddy/Daughter date night!

Here is an excerpt from Linda's email:

"By the way, this play is a musical based on The Prodigal Son. It is seti n the 50's at Sweet Sal's Soda Shoppe--I am Sweet Sal! Three of our kids are in a singing group in the play called The Peppermints. There are group rates available, and it is perfect for all ages...Kids will love it...lots of 50's ads,etc. I put up one poster for Barb Hoyt who is going to try to bring the Primetimers to one of the performances. If a bunch of the families come, we can get the group rate. You can buy those tickets from me directly if you would like. Would love to have our church well-represented."

This sounds like a fun way to support our community and CSK. Email me if you'd like to go as a group to the October 30th show. The October 31st show will include a "Trunk or Treat" hosted by members of CSK and KWCOC for ticketholders only.

Out of School Special for Girls - October 11, 9:00-11:30 AM

It's a "party" for girls of all ages. Preschoolers should attend with an adult. Elementary may be dropped off. 9:00-11:30 AM in the Worship 411 room.

Veggie Tales, "Sweetpea Beauty" is a new release that shows girls how they can be "A girl after God's own heart". We will watch the movie and have some crafts, snacks and games.

Older girls and moms are encouraged to stay and help out.

Fourth and Fifth Grade Girls Bible Study

This summer, we hosted a Bible study on Monday afternoons for girls in the 4th grade - Middle School. We talked about character traits the girls should aspire to have in their lives, and, allowed the girls to ask questions that were relevant to their needs. The questions were challenging and even a little "sensitive" in nature. This just underscored the many mature issues our children are faced with at such a young age.

This school year, the 4th/5th grade girls will again have a Bible study focused on the needs of pre-teen girls. 6th - 8th grade will also be taking part of a Bible story for their age group in Middle School. As we talk about issues important to a young girl, we will study God's Word and learn what He has to say that will help us through this sometimes trying years.

I will be using the study guide "Becoming a Young Woman of God" written for Middle School girls. Even those these girls are not yet in Middle School, the design of the study will be to proactively prepare them for the transition to Middle School.

Just as we did over the summer, the girls will be encouraged to ask questions that are important to them. We learned over the summer that even our elementary girls had some fairly serious questions! The goal of this class is to answer any question they ask as clearly and honestly as possible and always point the children back to their parents. If a question is VERY sensitive in nature, we may ask the child to allow us to answer the question the next week and we will send a brief summary of the question and our answer to you, the parent, in advance.

Parents, you may want to know a little more about this study, so here are our lesson topics:

1) Less Than Becoming: A Look at Our Culture. It is good to be aware of cultural stereotypes set by media of how "respected" women should look. We will talk about being comfortable in the skin that God put us in, that we are beautiful just the way He made us.

2) Start Becoming: Exposing Lies and Embracing Truth. This chapter not only talks about cultures stereotypes but the "lies" that are used to help us believe those stereotypes.

3) Becoming Wise: Choices. One of our primary themes of our girls class is that "God gave us a choice". Choices are a gift from God. How we use our choices will help us grow closer to Him or separate us from Him. Girls can choose how they act, how they treat others, and how they feel about themselves.

4) Becoming Focused: Setting Goals. Our goals will help us determine who we are and how we are going to get there. Girls knowing and understanding their goals will help them to make wise choices throughout life.

5) Becoming Splendorous: Accepting the Skin Your Are In. Girls don't need to dress a certain way or over-do their make-up to get anyone's attention. Girls need to understand that God loves them and made them just the way He wants them.

6) Becoming Balanced: Keeping Your Body in Check. We all have seen the girls that wear clothes way to "old" for their age. What is modesty? Why is it so important to wear modest clothes?

7) Becoming of Christ: Self Worth. Girls may feel rejected by friends, boys and sometimes, even family. But, God has chosen each girl. This chapter is designed to help each girl discover their self-worth in Christ.

8) Becoming in Tune: Feelings. This chapter will help girls trust their feelings but not be slaved to their feelings.

Parent's Night Out - September 11th, 2010

Each month, we are going to host a "Parent's Night Out". Children 1 year and older may join the fun. We hope that parents use this time to enrich their marriages and fellowship with other Christian adults.

Parent's Night Out will be staffed with adult paid staff. The charge to your family is $20.00 for the 1st child and $15 on each additional child. If you'd like to order dinner, it's $4.00 per child or they can bring it from home.

Parent's Night out with be Saturday, September 11th, from 4:00-9:00 PM. Sign up on-line here and pay with Paypal or bring cash/check by that Saturday night.

Preschool Events - Teddy Bear Tea and Silly Olympics

Preschool Girls

Monday, 9:30-11:30 AM

Teddy Bear Tea

Preschool Boys

Tuesday, 9:30-11:30 AM

Silly Olympics

Help us plan by signing up at the Family Ministry Kiosk on Sunday Morning!

Fourth of July Picnic Tonight

Come on up to the church building tonight and join us for the 4th of July picnic. Sandwich supper, Red, White and Blue contest, some old fashioned games, and a devotional! See you from 6:00-8:00 PM.

Parent's Night Out - This Sunday Night

Immediately Following Sunday Night @ the Movies
All Children invited to Worship 411 room to watch "Up"
Parents, enjoy a dinner out and the childcare is on us!
7:00-8:30 PM

Important Information about Sunday Night activities and special events

Important Change for Sunday Nights
Kevin Welch will be teaching the Sunday Nights at the movies this summer. We have decided that we will meet in the auditorium with the church family instead of doing the family nights @ KWCOC. All movies seem to be family friendly but an alternate will be provided if we identify any movie that is not appropriate for young children. We will have fresh made popcorn, kids are welcomed to wear their PJ's and bring blanket and pillows. We have found these family film nights to be very fun in the past and look forward to doing it again!

Important Change for Special Events
A sign-up sheet for each special event (preschool story time, lock-in, etc) has been made available at the Family Kiosk. This will help us determine our supply and volunteer needs. An event will be canceled if participation is limited! So, it is very important that you sign your child up for the event!!!! Deadline for events through July 13th will be Sunday, July 4th.

Art Camp Workday
Tuesday, June 29th, 10:00 AM will be an Art Camp workday. We need all hands on deck! Childcare will be provided.