letting the kids choose
This past Friday, we had our first 5th-6th grader night. Here at Heartland, our youth ministry begins in the 7th grade. Our kids ministry goes until the 6th grade, but once they hit 5th grade, they start to get antsy, and our programming tends to lean more towards the 3rd & 4th graders...anyway....so Friday we started the transition ministry and doing something special for that age group.
Part of the night was spent on vision and direction. But a part of it was spent on establishing an identity, namely a name. Let me just say, I didn't anticipate such a wide aray of names that have nothing to do with anything. We had such names as "The Cheeseburger dinners", "Israel's milk & honey" (don't ask), "God's Peeps", "Son Devils", "Jesus 101", "One way to Heaven", and my favorite "the poop farts"....we finally settled on what is now our name "Route 56". They loved it, and I can live with it, not that it really matters what I think.
In other news, in about 4 weeks, we're starting our mid-week. What began as a mid-week program for elementary kids, turned into a night to minister to the whole family. We'll have nursery, pre-school, elementary, (teens in the future), and parenting classes. The whole team here is getting in on it.
Reminds me of Watermark. A team united. Miss you guys.
So that's me. How about you....let me know what's going on in your lives. I suck at keeping in touch...so this is me reaching back...drop me an email, or call, my number is the same as before...
Part of the night was spent on vision and direction. But a part of it was spent on establishing an identity, namely a name. Let me just say, I didn't anticipate such a wide aray of names that have nothing to do with anything. We had such names as "The Cheeseburger dinners", "Israel's milk & honey" (don't ask), "God's Peeps", "Son Devils", "Jesus 101", "One way to Heaven", and my favorite "the poop farts"....we finally settled on what is now our name "Route 56". They loved it, and I can live with it, not that it really matters what I think.
In other news, in about 4 weeks, we're starting our mid-week. What began as a mid-week program for elementary kids, turned into a night to minister to the whole family. We'll have nursery, pre-school, elementary, (teens in the future), and parenting classes. The whole team here is getting in on it.
Reminds me of Watermark. A team united. Miss you guys.
So that's me. How about you....let me know what's going on in your lives. I suck at keeping in touch...so this is me reaching back...drop me an email, or call, my number is the same as before...
