February 16

Amy is on board to lead this week, with Tara assisting. Thanks to you both!

Children's Ministry Seminar this Sunday - You're Invited!

Join other Children's Ministry staff and leaders to hear Sherri Stover, social worker from Square One Specialists, come to walk us through four vignettes of children with special needs. Sherri will help us understand how to care for these special kids in the context of large groups like Sunday school, PSALM Kids and Children's Worship.

Date: February 16
Time: 12:30-2:00 pm
Location: Christ Church Cafe (2nd floor)
Childcare is not available for this event so that our childcare staff can attend.

Please RSVP SOON so that we can provide food for everyone!

Also on February 16... For anyone that is interested, there is a quarterly Leadership Forum led by Adult Ministries here at the church, and the next gathering will be February 16 from 3:30-5pm in Room 252. Here's what it's all about:

The purpose of our forum is to be an interactive dialogue for leaders to help each other become intentional Disciple-formers.  We meet once a quarter .  Our last session was on developing the skill of “recognizing” God’s love and helping our group members develop this skill.  This session in February is on “Nurturing God’s Love”.   There is a teaching portion of the Leadership Forum but a lot of the time is spent in small group dialogue.

No RSVP needed - just show up! We'll let you know about upcoming forums in the future.

Spring Calendar

Here are some special events that will take place on Sundays this semester:

• February 16 - Children's Ministry Seminar
• March 2 - 2nd-5th grade PSALM Kids sing at 11:15 service. Pickup at 10:50. 
• March 9 - Children's Serve Sunday, Fellowship Hall.
• March 16 - PSALM Kids Musical Dress Rehearsal in Room 158. 
• April 13 - Palm Sunday.
• April 20 - Easter! No small groups.
• April 27 - Final day of Created By God Retreat for 5th-6th graders
• May 18 & 25 - Acolyte Training for 3rd-4th graders and parents in Sanctuary (attend only one)

Curriculum

Dale led in a great introduction to the new unit, Best Friends Forever (BFF). Below is a link to this week's lesson and an overview of the upcoming weekly topics.

February 9 - Why Do Some People Have More Friends?
February 16 - Am I Only Supposed To Be Friends with Christians?
February 23 - Do I Have to Like Everybody?
March 2 - Why Are My Friends So Mean Sometimes?
March 9 - Children's Serve Sunday
March 16, 23, 30, April 6, 13 - Lenten curriculum

Here's this week's lesson link:

BFF (Best Friends Forever)

Am I Only Supposed to Be Friends with Christians?