Check this Out!

Check out this website for Presbyterian kids! Very cool!

http://www.presbykids4kids.org/index2.html

Team KID Starts October 1st!

Get ready, get set, grow! Come, grow in faith with us at Team Kid on Thursday, October 1st! Snack time begins at 4:30 p.m. We'll have Bible study, music, games, and dinner together. Parents can pick you up at 7 p.m.

Make sure your parents register you so we know about food allergies and when to celebrate your birthday.

Moses, Miriam and Mayhem!

Our October rotation is "Moses, Miriam and Mayhem!" We'll be learning about the birth and adoption of Moses. Planned activities include science experiements with water, games and storytelling. Everyone will be together on October 25th for a group activity. We would be happy to have your parents sign up to take a turn teaching this month.

We Have Lift Off!

We got our new year of Sunday School off to a great start! Our middle school youth joined our Bible BLAST K - 5th grade all stars to learn about the story of Adam and Eve in cooking, art, and video. Each of our all-stars will get a chance this month to bake apple turnovers, create an Eric Carle inspired collage of the Garden of Eden and watch segments of Finding Nemo. What do these activities have to do with the Bible story? Come, check us out and see for yourselves!

Our preschoolers and 6ht/7th/8th graders will routinely have a traditional class with a consistent teacher.

Surprises this Sunday!

Just wait until you see the surprises we have in store for you this Sunday! See you at church at 11:00 a.m.!

What in the World is Rotation Sunday School?

Kids: ask your parents to read this article about the new way we're going to do Sunday School at Greenfield Church for ages 5 through 5th grade.

Here's the Workshop Rotation Model in a nutshell: Teach major Bible stories and concepts through kid-friendly multimedia workshops: an Art workshop, Drama, Music, Games, A-V, Puppets, Storytelling, and any other educational media you can get your hands on. Teach the same Bible story in all of the workshops for 3 or 4 weeks rotating the kids to a different workshop each week. And here comes the extremely teacher friendly part: Keep the same teacher in each workshop for all five weeks -teaching the same lesson week after week (with some age appropriate adjustments) to each new class coming in.

The model allows teachers to get better at their lesson. By the second week of the rotation, the teacher is already improving the original lesson plan for the next class. No more "if I only would have...." in the parking lot after class. No more Saturday night planning. No more recruitment hassles because adults are happy to sign up for 3 - 4 week rotations. And because the teacher is assigned to teach in the creative mode they are comfortable with, the teaching and learning experience are enriched. No more lectures and no more overused worksheets, or fumbling popsicle stick Jesus' crafts.

There is no need to buy curriculum, instead educators are calling each other and saying "I'll trade you my Moses rotation for your Ruth, and do you have any good art projects for the Prodigal Son?" Churches are gleaning from each other. They're digging into their stockpiles of creative materials and hitting their resource centers,Because each workshop uses essentially the same lesson plan for 3-4 weeks in a row, every week isn't a mad rush of planning.

The name for our rotation Sunday School is "BIBLE BLAST: Bible Learning Adventure Stations". I can't wait to get started on September 1st. The kids will go downstairs after the children's time in worship to meet their teachers and find out which group they'll be in for the September unit called "Adam and Eve: Named and Claimed by God." Each age group (K/1, 2nd/3rd, and 4th/5th grades) will do on of the following rotations: art, cooking, and video.

There will be a family page with information about each rotation available on the check-in table. Our ALL STARS will each have a name tag to wear each week.

I encourage you to pray about serving as a teacher for one of our monthly rotations. All the materials and step-by-step instructions are provided.

Our preschoolers and tweens in 6th through 8th grades will have a traditional class setting with new material and team teachers.

I am always available to talk with you about our children's faith formation ministry. I can be reached most easily at church on Tues/Wed/Thurs from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. or on my cell at 248.766.4622. My email is cindyblakely@gmail.com.

Back-to-School Blessing

"I am with you always."
Matthew 28:20

When you are shopping for school supplies, buy any extras that you can afford and donate them to Leaps and Bounds, Simon House, Orchards Childrens Services, or any agency that can provide these items for students who would otherwise struggle to purchase needed supplies

Before you and your family donate school supplies, bless them by saying a prayer over them for the child(ren) who might receive them.

On the night before school begins, lay out your backpacks to bless them and the teachers who will help you learn this year. Ask your parents to lay their hands on your heads and say a blessing for a healthy, happy, successful school year.