Category Archives: Children’s Ministry

Messy Church

Messy Church: March 8

Messy Church is March 8 at 4:30 pm. Invite your neighbors and friends to this fun, interactive hands on ministry.  This month our meal is a potluck, so bring your favorite dish to share.

This is our chance as a congregation to make a heart connection with our kids and families who may be new to our church or even new to Christian faith.  Passing on our story means that every believer gets the opportunity to share the ways in which God has rescued them.  Life is Messy, why should our faith be any different?

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Jacob’s Learning Ladder: January

Twice a month the children join Jennifer or Catherine for a Bible Story, the first one this month was “Jesus Tells Stories” (Mark 4).  The children really enjoy listening to the stories and look forward to it each month.

This month the children learned about the five senses. Some classes used snack as a hands on opportunity to experience all five5 of their senses. They saw the pickle, they could hear the crunching, they could feel the bumpy pickle, they smelled the pickle, and of course tasted the pickle! The children really enjoyed learning about their five senses during snack time.

At the end of our ‘polar animals’ week the children got to come to school in their jammies! They enjoyed breakfast food for snack, they listened to classic bedtime stories and brought their favorite cuddly for show and share.

Emily Stoltz, Program Director

Jacob’s Learning Ladder Preschool and Adventure Club

316.618.4189

www.jacobslearningladderpreschool.org

Messy Church

Messy Church: February 9

Messy Church happens at 4:30 pm on February 9. Invite your neighbors and friends to this fun, interactive hands-on ministry. Dinner is served at 5:30 pm.

This is our chance as a congregation to make a heart connection with our kids and families who may be new to our church or even new to Christian faith.  Passing on our story means that every believer gets the opportunity to share the ways in which God has rescued them.  Life is Messy, why should our faith be any different?

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Children’s Ministry from Jennifer Snook

Here we are in one of the most exciting times of the year.  We are approaching Advent, and what a great time to worship God as a family and talk about the coming of the Christ-child together.  Children’s ministry at Grace would like to help you do this.

On the first Sunday of advent we are offering the “praying in color” Advent calendar.  We suggest that as a family you select the name of one person for each day in Advent and write their name on the space provided.  Color around their name, add symbols, doodles, design or texture.  Then, do the same thing the next day with a different name.  By Christmas, your family will have prayed for 24 different people.  Purchasing some fun new pens and wrapping them up as an “advent” gift might be a great way to generate some excitement around this activity.  Please post your experiences on the Grace Facebook page.  We would love to hear how you are incorporating your faith within your family this Christmas season.

Messy Church is December 8, at 4:30 pm.  This is a special night full of Christmas music and a fun family activity to take home.

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Jacob’s Learning Ladder

Early this school year our beloved merry-go-round suffered a break. A few weeks ago we called on our awesome parents for help. We needed extra arms to help lift off the merry-go-round from its base so it could be fixed. We can always count on our parents to pitch in when we need something extra. We appreciate them so much!

We kick off the holiday season at Jacob’s Learning Ladder during November by getting ready for our Feast Celebration. Children are busy preparing for the Feast in their classrooms. They bake muffins, make table decorations, create place mats for their seat at the table, and learn fun songs to sing for their families. After the program, the children sit down to enjoy a soup lunch with their families. Each child brought cans of vegetables for show and share to contribute to the soup. The teachers use these activities as a way to encourage sharing with one another and being thankful for all we have.

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