May 10, 2009

Sherry Myhre

Happy Mothers’ Day!

Buzz Lightyear

Babysitting model

Quality Programming

7 Impress them [the commands of the bible] on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

24 The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.

Deuteronomy 6:7-9, 24 (New International Version)

An ideal is what you believe but a value is what you do!

Model… an excellent example that deserves to be imitated

Proverbs 22:6 KJV .

Train up a child

in the way he should go:

and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The moral, spiritual and relational foundation of people’s lives are

determined primarily by the age of 13. After that point, it is very difficult and rare to change.

George Barna “Transforming Children into Spiritual

Champions”

As the family goes-so goes the church!

Most Significant Religious InfluencesSurvey of Gr. 7-12 Students from “Building Faith at Home”

#1 MOM #9 Movie/Music Star

#2 DAD #10 Christian Education at

#3 Grandparents my church

#4 Other relatives #19 School Teacher

#5 Siblings #22 Church Worship Services

#6 Friends #26 Retreat

#7 Pastor #27 Coach

#8 Church Camp

Family Ministry Model…add a silo

Children’s Youth Adult Family

Ministry Ministry Ministry Ministry

Faith at Home Model…woven through the entire church

Children’s Youth Adult Ministry Ministry Ministry

Faith At Home

Mark 10:13-16 (NIV)The Little Children and Jesus

 13People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14When Jesus saw this, he was indignant.

He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15I tell you the truth,

anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." 16And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them

and blessed them.

Mark 4:8-9

Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times."  Then Jesus said, "He

who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Children’s hearts are like the good soil…soft and fertile.

Transformed kids are a result of transformed families.

Transformed families would result in a transformed

Children’s Ministry!

And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.

Matthew 18:5 NIV

Dear church family:

Thank you for your interest in serving in our

Children’s Ministry Department.At this time all our positions are full.

We will add your name to our waiting list and inform you when a

spot becomes available!