Fun Fest - Annual Halloween Carnival

October is quickly making it's way to November which means T&B's annual Halloween carnival is coming up. This Saturday, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, kids 6th Grade and younger & their family can come enjoy carnival games, a maze and a cake walk to add to their Halloween fun. Everyone is invited to dress up in their favorite costume (adults, please don't wear scary costumes - it freaks out our younger kids).

The fun is inside where you will be protected from the elements. This is a free event provided by the members of the Tenth & Broad Church of Christ and we would love to have you join us.

T&B Members - if you'd like to bring some candy to help, we are still in need. You can also head over to our tnbkids website and see what your booth assignment and what time you committed to work. Just click on the Fun Fest link and look for the volunteer information. Hope to see you all Saturday!

Regular Postings

Wow, it's been a bit longer than I thought since I posted here. Okay, so one of my goals for 2012 is to write more on several different fronts. With that thought, I'm going to try to begin posting regularly here on the tnbkids blog. It may be a little or a lot, but for now I'm going to plan on a weekly post so come back and visit.

So, the Spring Quarter has arrived for our Children's Bible classes. We have some new teachers this quarter and many teachers continuing their class from previous quarters. If you children aren't attending Bible classes regularly, and that's a good many of you, remember how important these early years are in the foundations of your child's faith. Important's probably not the best word, more like vital. Sunday morning is our Bible study, Sunday evenings are great time not only for Bible study but some extended social time with other kids in the church, and finally Wednesday night classes with the boys and girls classes.

I hope to see you and your children with us soon.
Greg

Preparing for Kid Zone 2010-2011

As September is fast approaching, Kid Zone is prepping for another great year. Kid Zone is our K-4th grade Children's Church that meets during the 10:00 AM worship time during the school year. The theme for the first half of this year's Kid Zone season will be CAMP! This will be a fun theme with colorful characters, zaney puppets and much more. The first ten weeks will focus on being a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Right now, Greg is writing the curriculum and working on the room. Kid Zone team sign ups are also under way. Kid Zone team members must be entering the 5th Grade or older to serve on a team. Each team needs puppeteers, actors/actresses, audio/video people, and two areas that adults are specifically needed include backstage directors and tappers (sit with kids and help keep them focused). Each team will need two, preferably experienced, puppeteers that can work together to "man" our large but friendly, bear puppet.

There is a sign up sheet in the T&B Atrium or contact Greg to see how you can be a part.

Easter Sunday for Kids at T&B

This Sunday, the Children's Ministry at Tenth and Broad will be celebrating the Easter season in some fun ways. First off, there will be a fun, indoor egg hunt for kids at 9:00 AM sharp. Don't be late or your kids will miss out (sorry there's nothing we can do about late attenders). Kids, be sure to bring your own basket to hunt with! There will be a section for kids Pre-K and under and one for elementary.

Volunteers are welcome to help scatter eggs around the Family Life Center at 8:30 AM and everyone is welcome to become Living Easter Trees by standing around in the FLC and holding an egg or two to add to the egg hunting fun!

The Children's Ministry will be providing the candy filled eggs (a special thanks to the Preteens who filled all the eggs last Sunday night!). We do ask that after the hunt, parents help their children empty the candy out and return the eggs for future use.

Following the egg hunt, Nursery and Preschool age children can be taken to their normal, Sunday morning classroom. All kids K-6th grade will be meeting for a special, combined Easter focused class in the Chapel.

There will be no Kid Zone or Preschool Station running during the 10:00 AM Service. We encourage all families to worship together on this special morning.

Something's Missing without You!

I just wanted to say a big thank you to all our volunteers who bless the lives of our children and families by teaching Bible classes, serving in Kid Zone and all the other many opportunities we have for volunteers. We can't do it without you!

We have serveral opportunities to serve with the start of our new Fall quarter and Kid Zone is kicking off in a couple of weeks. Please don't miss out on helping.

Kid Zone Teams

August has arrived and with comes Kid Zone team sign ups. Kid Zone is the Tenth & Broad Church of Christ weekly children's worship time for kids K-4th grade. We have four teams that server for the school year. Each team works once a month (team one on week one, etc.).

Teams are made up of kids (must be entering the 5th grade), youth and adults. We have need of actors/resses, puppeteers, song leaders, backstage directors (adults only), audio/video folks, and folks to sit with kids and keep them focused (we call them tappers).

Kid Zone is a fun, creative, kid-focused time of worship, and learning. We observe the Lord's supper, sing songs of praise and worship (with a bit more action and movement), study God's word, and pray.

This year, our theme will change about every six weeks, so we can keep things fresh and engaging. Hope you will join us sometime. Not sure about serving right now? Come visit us one sunday and see if there's a place for your passion, skill or talent.

Kid Zone will begin the sunday after Labor Day, Sunday, September 13.

So That's Where All The Dirt Has Gone

I have been teaching creation from Genesis to my young boys class on Wednesday nights for the last six weeks. Tonight we finished talking about how God rested. As we were going back over the days of creation, I mentioned that God had formed Adam/man out of dust or dirt. One of the boys in my class chimned in, "Yes, God made man and woman and kids from dirt. No wonder we've been loosing dirt in our backyard. My mom has four kids."