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| Leading the congregation in Christmas carols. |
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| COTN Kids dancing to "Shake Heaven" at the end of the service. |
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| Cold and sticky... but happy! |
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| So proud of these kids for sacrificing something all for the sake of the Gospel! |
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Merry Christmas!
It's been a busy couple of weeks, but I am so proud of the COTN Kids! December 11th was our special COTN Kids Christmas service, and it was fantastic! The Lord used the kids and so many others to minister to the congregation in such a special way. I'm so thankful for God's faithfulness.
The very next week, the COTN Kids celebrated the end of the Pop-Out for Missions Challenge that we've been participating in. The kids gave up soda (or something else) for three weeks, and received pledges from parents, grandparents, teachers, etc. to give money to BGMC. On Sunday, the kids brought all the money they received or earned for the challenge, which was almost $500! Wow! The kid who raised the most got to pour soda all over Miss Kristin. 8 cans of soda to be exact. Here are pictures of the sticky-ness!
What a wonderful way to end 2011! God has done such great things in the COTN Kids Ministry! Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Update
Greetings! It's been quite a while since we've posted an update here on the COTN blog, so I thought it was about time. We've been super busy getting ready for the special Christmas service presented by the COTN Kids on December 11th! We're very excited and can't wait to see how the Lord will use these kids to minister.
Also, our Pop-Out for Missions challenge is currently in progress! We've challenged the COTN Kids and families to give up soda (or something else) for 3 weeks, until December 18th! The money you would have normally spent on it will instead go to BGMC to help spread the Gospel to children across the world. We have pledge forms available as well for kids that would like to get pledges from grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers, friends, etc. Let's see how much we can give to missions by the end of the year! The kid who raises the most during our Pop-Out Challenge will also get to participate in something that's once in a lifetime - turning Miss Kristin into a root beer float! Oh my! We'll be having a special party in Kids Church on December 18th to celebrate!
We'll keep you posted on how our Pop-Out Challenge is going and will hopefully have lots of pictures from our Christmas service soon! Blessings!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
50 Days of Hope continues... Home
Home was the focus of our past 50 Days of Hope service for the kids. While the adults were talking about how to raise and discipline children, the COTN kids were learning how they should be treating their parents. To put it in one word - HONOR.
Ephesians 6:1-3, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother' - which is the first commandment with a promise - 'so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.'"
The Bible is very clear that a child's main job is to obey and honor their parents. In Kids Church, we heard the story of Ruth and Naomi. Even though Ruth wasn't Naomi's real daughter, Ruth chose to honor and obey her mother-in-law. Naomi asked her to do something very bold one day, but because Ruth chose to obey, Ruth was happily married to Boaz, and their family was taken care of. And you know what else is really neat? Because Ruth chose to obey Naomi, Jesus was eventually born out of Boaz and Ruth's family line! God truly blessed her for her obedience!
We spent some time asking God to help each one of us obey. And not only do what we're told, but obey with a right attitude. It can be hard, but as we've already learned, the Holy Spirit is there to help us!
Make sure you're here this Sunday as we'll be doing a very special activity for a Halloween outreach on Monday night! See you there!
Ephesians 6:1-3, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother' - which is the first commandment with a promise - 'so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.'"
The Bible is very clear that a child's main job is to obey and honor their parents. In Kids Church, we heard the story of Ruth and Naomi. Even though Ruth wasn't Naomi's real daughter, Ruth chose to honor and obey her mother-in-law. Naomi asked her to do something very bold one day, but because Ruth chose to obey, Ruth was happily married to Boaz, and their family was taken care of. And you know what else is really neat? Because Ruth chose to obey Naomi, Jesus was eventually born out of Boaz and Ruth's family line! God truly blessed her for her obedience!
We spent some time asking God to help each one of us obey. And not only do what we're told, but obey with a right attitude. It can be hard, but as we've already learned, the Holy Spirit is there to help us!
Make sure you're here this Sunday as we'll be doing a very special activity for a Halloween outreach on Monday night! See you there!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Harmony and Grace
We had a blast in Kids Church this past Sunday! Along with learning about how God wants us to treat others, we had a baby shower for Mrs. Rebecca and baby Grace. So much fun! Special thanks to all of you who blessed Mrs. Rebecca with some incredible gifts!
Here's a summary of our lesson. Look for pictures from the baby shower soon!
Since the adult topic for this week's 50 Days of Hope session was Him/Her, we figured our COTN Kids wouldn't be too interested in discussing marriage principles. So, this week we talked about HARMONY and how God wants us to treat our friends, and even our enemies.
Bottom Line - I should live in harmony with others.
Bible Verse - "Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble." 1 Peter 3:8
Bible Story - The Good Samaritan, Luke 10:25-37
Here's your challenge for this week. Re-read the story of The Good Samaritan at home, and talk about the message Jesus was trying to tell his disciples about how we should treat others, especially our enemies.
Next week we'll be talking about HOME and the most important job a kid can have. See you next week!
Here's a summary of our lesson. Look for pictures from the baby shower soon!
Since the adult topic for this week's 50 Days of Hope session was Him/Her, we figured our COTN Kids wouldn't be too interested in discussing marriage principles. So, this week we talked about HARMONY and how God wants us to treat our friends, and even our enemies.
Bottom Line - I should live in harmony with others.
Bible Verse - "Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble." 1 Peter 3:8
Bible Story - The Good Samaritan, Luke 10:25-37
Here's your challenge for this week. Re-read the story of The Good Samaritan at home, and talk about the message Jesus was trying to tell his disciples about how we should treat others, especially our enemies.
Next week we'll be talking about HOME and the most important job a kid can have. See you next week!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Hurt & Help
The past two Sundays have continued 50 Days of Hope for kids! We talked about HURT two weeks ago, and HELP this past Sunday.
Our Bottom Line for HURT was: I can show God's love even when I'm hurt. We talked about how all of us have been hurt by someone else. Not just hurt physically, but hurt in our hearts. What do we do with that hurt? It's very easy to try to get back at that person. Or just decide to stay angry with them. But God wants us to do what can be sometimes difficult. He wants us to forgive. To show kindness and love in response to the hurt in our hearts. A good way to do that is to pray for that person that has hurt us.
But how do we do that? It sometimes seems too hard to do on our own. Well, we can't do it on our own, and this is where this past Sunday's lesson comes in. HELP. Our Bottom Line was: The Holy Spirit is my Helper. God helps us by be what He wants us to be by giving us help. He doesn't leave us to figure things out on our own. He has given each of His children the promise of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit lives inside of us and brings back to remembrance everything He has taught us. He also teaches us new things so we can be more like Him.
Our friend Horatio learned about this too.
It's pretty amazing how the Holy Spirit helps us be more like Jesus. Next week, we'll be talking about Harmony, so make sure you're here to find out how God wants us to treat our friends and family.
See you on Sunday!
Our Bottom Line for HURT was: I can show God's love even when I'm hurt. We talked about how all of us have been hurt by someone else. Not just hurt physically, but hurt in our hearts. What do we do with that hurt? It's very easy to try to get back at that person. Or just decide to stay angry with them. But God wants us to do what can be sometimes difficult. He wants us to forgive. To show kindness and love in response to the hurt in our hearts. A good way to do that is to pray for that person that has hurt us.
But how do we do that? It sometimes seems too hard to do on our own. Well, we can't do it on our own, and this is where this past Sunday's lesson comes in. HELP. Our Bottom Line was: The Holy Spirit is my Helper. God helps us by be what He wants us to be by giving us help. He doesn't leave us to figure things out on our own. He has given each of His children the promise of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit lives inside of us and brings back to remembrance everything He has taught us. He also teaches us new things so we can be more like Him.
Our friend Horatio learned about this too.
It's pretty amazing how the Holy Spirit helps us be more like Jesus. Next week, we'll be talking about Harmony, so make sure you're here to find out how God wants us to treat our friends and family.
See you on Sunday!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Hope
This past Sunday began our first week on our 50 Days of Hope journey! Our focus was, of course, HOPE. We spent time talking about what hope is, and learned that the only hope that won't every disappoint us is our hope in Jesus Christ. Which brings me to our Bottom Line for this week - My hope is in God's love and forgiveness!
As we're journeying through the 50 Days of Hope together, we'll be following the adventures of our puppet friend, Horatio. Horatio will be learning right along with us about each week's topic. Here's the video for this week's "Horatio's Happenings".
After watching Horatio's confusion about being disappointed after hoping for things, we spent time talking about how Jesus will never disappoint us, which means we can have hope in His love and forgiveness, knowing that it will always be there. Our Bible story was about the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. We saw how the son put his hopes in the things of this world, and ended up losing all of his money and his happiness. However, when he decided to go back home, he began hoping that his father would accept him back. And he did! It's just like our Heavenly Father. Whenever we come back to Him, we can have hope that he will always love and forgive us.
Make sure you pick up our Hope Handout every week. On it you'll find a recap of everything we've learned about in service, including our weekly topic, Bottom Line, and Bible verse. Also, there's a special place for your kids to write some things down about what they've been learning during the 50 Days of Hope. If they bring it back the next week, we'll put it in our Hope bucket for a special drawing for a prize!
Oh, and one more thing... Horatio needs some help. He can't remember his last name and needs suggestions for a new one. So have your kids write down their suggestions on the back of their Hope Handout to turn in. We'll decide based on the suggestions we get.
Here's our theme verse to be thinking about this week! See you all on Sunday.
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
As we're journeying through the 50 Days of Hope together, we'll be following the adventures of our puppet friend, Horatio. Horatio will be learning right along with us about each week's topic. Here's the video for this week's "Horatio's Happenings".
After watching Horatio's confusion about being disappointed after hoping for things, we spent time talking about how Jesus will never disappoint us, which means we can have hope in His love and forgiveness, knowing that it will always be there. Our Bible story was about the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. We saw how the son put his hopes in the things of this world, and ended up losing all of his money and his happiness. However, when he decided to go back home, he began hoping that his father would accept him back. And he did! It's just like our Heavenly Father. Whenever we come back to Him, we can have hope that he will always love and forgive us.
Make sure you pick up our Hope Handout every week. On it you'll find a recap of everything we've learned about in service, including our weekly topic, Bottom Line, and Bible verse. Also, there's a special place for your kids to write some things down about what they've been learning during the 50 Days of Hope. If they bring it back the next week, we'll put it in our Hope bucket for a special drawing for a prize!
Oh, and one more thing... Horatio needs some help. He can't remember his last name and needs suggestions for a new one. So have your kids write down their suggestions on the back of their Hope Handout to turn in. We'll decide based on the suggestions we get.
Here's our theme verse to be thinking about this week! See you all on Sunday.
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
Friday, September 16, 2011
50 Days of Hope - for kids!
50 Days of Hope begins soon! And as you're signing up for small groups and getting excited about the upcoming 50 days, we're getting ready for 50 Days of Hope COTN Kids-style!
Your kids will be learning right along with you as we talk about hope, hurt, home, heaven, and lots of other things. Each week's topic in Kids Church will fit with the topic you will be talking about during the week at Sunday's service and your weekly small group... just a little more kid-friendly! This is a perfect opportunity to learn together as a family as we learn more about the hope that is found in Jesus Christ.
50 Days of Hope begins on Sunday, September 25. We HOPE to see your kids there!
Your kids will be learning right along with you as we talk about hope, hurt, home, heaven, and lots of other things. Each week's topic in Kids Church will fit with the topic you will be talking about during the week at Sunday's service and your weekly small group... just a little more kid-friendly! This is a perfect opportunity to learn together as a family as we learn more about the hope that is found in Jesus Christ.
50 Days of Hope begins on Sunday, September 25. We HOPE to see your kids there!
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