AM Kids

Join us this Saturday! Let us know if your family is coming thru the app or a dm. Hope to see your family!

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Join us this Wednesday in the gathering space/great hall area!

Make a plan to be there! You can check your kids in for class at 9:30 and have 10 minutes to visit!!

Come join us THIS Sunday, October 23, from 4:30-6:30pm in the church building. There will be food, fun, and games for all ages. Kids don't forget to wear your costumes (and your parents can too if they want) and join us for some games, bounce houses, and goodie bags to take home! Make plans to stay for dinner, food will be served 5:00-6:30pm.

K-2nd Families join us! A great time for fun and to meet other families.

Join us Friday, Oct. 15th from 6-8pm for a night of Family Fun! Nachos, target practice and games! Parents vs. Kids & Girls vs. Boys nerf battles. Hope to see you there!

Children in Kindergarten through 2nd grade - join us during second service in the parlor for Kids Praise (don’t forget to wear your masks - temperatures will be checked at the door)! We have missed you so much and can’t wait to praise God and study His word with you again!

Find time today to talk to your children about the storms of life, those events and situations that threaten and intimidate us. Discuss: When did you feel peace even in a difficult time? Children need to hear real-life stories that will nurture and strengthen their faith.

This National Good Neighbor Day, try to go out of your way to do something helpful or thoughtful for your neighbor. Here are ten ways to show your neighbors just how much they mean to you!
 
1. Knock on an older neighbor’s door and just say HELLO!
2. If you haven’t introduced yourself to neighbors today is your chance.
3. Bake some goodies and share them with your neighbors.
4. Invite your neighbors to your home for a meal or BBQ.
5. Ask a neighbor to join you on a walk around the neighborhood.
6. Help an older neighbor with a chore or a ride to an appointment.
7. Help out with yard work. Maybe your neighbor could use some help with their lawn, or getting their home ready for fall weather. Offer to lend a helping hand by mowing their lawn, raking their leaves, or pitching in with any other kind of clean up they need.
8. Bring them coffee from their favorite coffee shop. Maybe even throw in a muffin or donut.
9. Water their plants when they go on vacation.
10. Offer to pet-sit their animals if they plan on going away.

As a family read Mark 4:35-41. Discuss what kind of storms you have faced or are facing right now. Together explore how you can have peace during the storm. Remember, God may calm the storm around you, but more often He’ll calm the storm within you.

It’s Love Note Day! When was the last time you took out a piece of paper, a post-it note, or just a small notepad and wrote someone something special in your own handwriting? Don't miss your chance today to recognize the people that you love.
Leave some love notes around your home for your loved ones to find. Hide them in their lunch or their gym bag, stick the note to the bathroom mirror, so that's the first thing they see in the morning, or quietly slip it into their pockets before they leave home.

We must always cherish the words of our Lord Jesus, who taught, ‘Giving brings a far greater blessing than receiving’ (Acts 20:35) Go through the house, gather up the “junk.” Sell or donate some, throw the rest away. Got toys for older elementary in good shape? Donate to BCS Together for foster families!

Got a joke for us? Post it in the comments.

Ready for a fun challenge? Make a family music video

Don’t be afraid to ask hard questions. These 12 open-ended inquiries will help you determine if they’re suffering from anxiety, depression or bullying.
 
1. What are you most looking forward to this week?
2. What are you most dreading this week?
3. If you could change anything in your life what would it be?
4. Is there anything you want to talk about?
5. What are you doing during recess? Who are you spending time with?
6. How is your body feeling? Are you having stomach or headaches?
7. Is it easy for you to fall asleep?
8. Is something making you scared?
9. Does bullying happen in your school? Have you seen anyone being bullied?
10. Does anyone bother you at school? Has anyone hit you?
11. Has anything really frightening happened to you?
12. How do you feel about growing up? What excites you and what scares you?

Miniature Golf Day provides you with the perfect excuse to get out there and play a game of miniature golf. Take your family to a local miniature golf course and have a fun-filled time. If you really love the game and have more than one course near you, then you can also spend your day visiting as many of these golf courses as possible. Don’t forget to share your photos in the comments.

One of Jesus’ names is PRINCE OF PEACE. What do you think it means? How can we practically “let the peace of Christ reign/rule in our hearts?” (Colossians 3:15).

Make homemade pizzas today.

Discuss as a family: When do you feel most at peace? When do you not feel at peace?

Today take a walk to the park, the beach, or to the jewelers, and collect some pretty looking rocks. Why, you ask? Because it is Collect Rocks Day. Here are some ways you can show your appreciation for rocks and their importance in our daily lives:
• Take a walk and collect different kinds of rocks - who knows you may just find a new fossil hiding in the rocks?
• Learn more about the different types of rocks so that you can identify the types of rocks you just collected.
• Not sure what to do with the rocks? What about painting on them and displaying them creatively?

With a limitless imagination and endless enthusiasm, there is no better author than a young child. Put their natural storytelling skills to paper with these two easy ways to write a story together today.
1) STORY JAR. Fill a jar up with small pieces of paper and big ideas. You can list three things, as in: “dragon, fireplace, child,” or put a starter sentence, i.e., “This is the story of how I lost my hat.” Have each person in the family create a short story from their draw.
2) REINVENT AN OLD FAVORITE. Take a classic that the kids love and have memorized down off the shelf and read the first page (or paragraph if it’s a chapter book). Instead of finishing the story as it is written, invent a new plot or ending to the tale.

Play a game of 20 QUESTIONS and teach your children the art of asking good questions, in a fun way.