September 23 - Field Trip

This is our basket!

Festival of Stars is an annual, 3-week silent auction in Fellowship Hall during the month of November. This year, the Outreach and Justice Team is providing empty baskets which people can fill with themed items and return. The baskets will be wrapped and auctioned off, and the proceeds will benefit charities. 

I have signed Alive! up to fill one such basket. But, rather than having the kids (read: their parents) purchase items for the basket, Alivers will spend this Sunday earning the money needed to fill the basket with all sorts of wonderful things. 

Alivers will earn this money by working toward and completing some of the Milestones set for this group this year. Each child that completes a Milestone this Sunday will earn $5 toward the basket. This means that you will need to keep track of how many children achieve a Milestone and let Ms. Sarah know afterward!

To provide guidance and answer questions, Jenna Wheelock will join you this week. Jenna is a member of the Children's Ministry Team who has worked closely on the development and implementation of Milestones. She will get you started and then stay the whole hour to assist or lead as needed. 

We will focus this week on just a couple of this year's Milestones:

1. Share with the group a basic Bible story (such as Good Samaritan, Noah's Ark, Prodigal Son, etc.), and demonstrate an ability to apply that story to own life. 
2. Memorize the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-40)
3. Memorize the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20)

Jenna will start you off with #1, helping the kids to choose a Bible story they know, find it in their Bibles, review it, tell it, and then connect it to their own lives. 

If everyone gets through that Milestone and there is still time left, the kids can start working on #2 and #3. 

Summary

We will work on the 4th-5th grade Milestones as projects to earn money for a Festival of Stars basket, which will be auctioned off to raise money for charity. 

Hint: Encourage the kids to find the basket in Fellowship Hall in November and get their parents to bid on it!