Images from the Week of Worship

Check out some of the images from WOW aka our VBS here.

Some Highlights from Camp Momanmee 2009

one our groups listening to Mrs. Robin tell our story
some of our mommies being a bit goofy :-)
no we hadn't sent them to the brig


one of our groups goofing around in the bounce house

looking through my loot

mommy and son, piratey fun :-)

scratching off our sea turtles

Our treasure chest muffins before going in the oven

the peg leg race

Trying to : "blow the man down" with rubber pirate cannon balls

making our movie snacks: treasure muffins..

here is one of our clues on our treasure hunt. Notice the prize for this one was a treasure chest filled with lots of goodies and of course gold: chocolate gold but gold.

getting our official "piratey" bandannas

most of our boys and thier mommies listening to Mrs. Susan's pirate jokes :-)

Jackson making his aarrrrgh Pirate face

Well since I mentioned our PJ event here are some pics

"Those frills and flowers and buttons and bows,Rings and things and buttons and bows.."

Yeah don't know why I thought of this old Dinah Shore song unless its because I am working with TONS of buttons, sequins,gems, ribbon, chipboard and other sparkly things. I am getting things ready for our first ever Pajamamamarama. This is an overnight event for our pre-k and kindergarten little girls and their mommies. While we didn't have a whopping huge turn out this time around we still will have 36 little giggly girls and their mommies. We unfortunately are competing with lots of end of school activities as well as sports awards ceremonies etc. But we will still have our giggly good time. Just know you all are missing out on all the crafts, Pajama fashion show,bounce house, chocolate fountain and movie, and musical dots just to mention a few of the things we will be doing.

Now some may ask what in THE world does this have to do with ministry? Isn't this just in house church entertainment? To some it may appear that way but part of our family ministry goals in our Preschool and Discipleship ministries are to provide times when we can educate mommies and daddies about spending meaningful one on one time with their kiddoes and sharing God's love and joy with them. We give them time to cheer on their children and encourage them in a place where they connect stories of how much Jesus loves them to remembering their mommy and daddy cheering them on as they made or achieved something. We also show them how to have a "date" night with their children. Especially when there are multiple siblings. Its so important for that child to have that one on one time with their parents.

So on Friday night amidst all the glitter, glue, feather boas, PJ's and chocolate, I am hoping that some memories will be made for these little girls that not only include mommy and their friends but how amazingly wonderful God thinks they are.

Not too much to say

I just realized I hadn't shared anything lately on my blog. It isn't because there hasn't been anything going on. Its been pretty busy since April 12. Lets see if I can hit the highlights:

• GREAT Easter with my little guys' at church! I love hearing them say how much they love Jesus.


• Taught a class about what kind of person do you want your child to grow up to be at our first annual Moms Expo.


• Enjoyed spending time with our Power of a Praying Parent class of ladies. Love hearing their love for their children and their desires for them to grow in their love of Jesus and to be His life long followers.


• Had a blast running around like crazy people with our Ministry Assistants at the Highland Village Shoppes on secretary's day. We also had wonderful Italian food: chicken,mushroom lasagna is absolutely the bestest most wonderful italian dish on the planet. Well next to several other Italian dishes I can think of. Then we got to shop with them for an hour. Shopping and food followed by Ben and Jerry's. Now how great is that?


• Went to hear the University of North Texas' 2 o'clock steel drum band perform. I absolutely LOVED it. We not only heard GREAT calypso and carribean music but learned about the way the drums are manufactured and made. The musicians were terrific they were so animated and kept you mesmerized with their choreography. Truly couldn't take it all in.


• Sang with our wonderful sanctuary choir for our Gospel Gathering. I think my favorite song that we did was Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone. I love Chris Tomlin's arrangement of this still very powerful hymn.

The saddest thing for me at this moment is that I am not at church tonight having a piratey good time with a bunch of pre-k and kindergarten little boys and their mommies. As you may know we are going through a watch and see situation with the Swine Flu epidemic. Due to several cases popping up around the metroplex we were encouraged to postpone or cancel any extra activities that encouraged large groups to gather. So... we had to postpone our Camp Momanmee until June 19th. Am just glad that we get to make this up. It is SO much fun to watch our kiddoes learn something new about God and His love for them while they are laughing their heads off and celebrating some new thing they did.
Hopefully I will be able to take pics this Sunday to share our children's day experiences with you. It gets kinda crazy busy on Sundays for me. I can't wait to hear our kids sing. I also am SO excited that our Promiseland (children's worship) kiddoes will get to assist in leading worship this Sunday. I can't wait for our parents and adults to hear their powerful, honest prayers and sweet voices singing.
So until the next post, I pray you have a wonderful day filled with joy and will see God at work around you and will look for ways to join Him in telling others the Good News.

New Preschool Ministry Blog

http://fbclpreschool.blogspot.com/

Well its up but not complete. We still need to add some links to our CDC (mother's day out) program and MOPS, etc. But at least its ready to use. We hope that we can use this to communicate with our Preschool families more easily. Check it out. But remember still lots more to come :-)