Save These Dates!
February 16th - 17th
Created by God
for 5th and 6th graders and their parents
February 25th @1 pm - 2 pm
Copper Street Brass presents free family music event, "Big Ears and the Blue Ox." in the Sanctuary
June 16th - June 24th
*New* Family Mission Trip Opportunity! Henderson Settlement at Red Bird Mission Conference
learn more at: hendersonsettlement.com
June 24th - June 30th
LYFE Camp
July 8th - July 11th
Earth Camp@Koinonia Retreat Center
for kids that have completed 1st-6th grade
for kids that have completed 1st-6th grade
July 28th - August 5th
Sr. High Mission Trip
*registration opens soon!
August 6th - August 10th
Vacation Bible Camp "ROME: Paul and the Underground Church"
ages 3 years-4th grade
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Sunday Snap Shot
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Last Week (2/11)
Little Kids-Library Day
Middle Kids-Copper Street Brass
This Wee
k (2/18)
Next Week (2/25)
Jesus Feeds 5000
Connect - Big Kids
Last Week (2/11) Copper Street Brass
This Week (2/18) Teachings
Next week (2/25) Jerusalem
Re:form - Club 67
Last Week (2/11)
Mary and Martha
This Week (2/18)
Syrophoenician Woman
Next Week (2/25) Thomas
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Funny Things
from our favorite blogs...
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Join Us for Another Fun Parent's Night at GameShow Battle Rooms!
When: Saturday, March 17th @5:15pm-6:15pm
Where: 8836 7th Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55427
Our next Parents' Night Out events is at Game Show Battle Rooms! Hennepin Parents will face off against each other in friendly, live-action, game show competition! Get a sitter for the kids, join us for the fun, and then meet for dinner afterwards!
Game Show Battle Room is located at
8836 7th Ave. N Golden Valley, MN 55427.
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REMINDER!
Created By God Session is This Week!
Our first parent session for
Created By God is
February 16th @6:00pm-7:30pm
The second session is
February 17th @9:30am-11:00am
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Our refugee family is expecting a baby boy! The baby is due sometime in March, and we would like to put together a special package to welcome baby. The family could use the following donations:
Diapers - size 1 and newborn
wipes
diaper cream
clothes sizes newborn-12 months
bottles
pacifiers
infant stroller
baby bjorn or something similar
Please email Ann Carlson with questions or notification of your intent to donate something at Carlsonaj99@gmail.com.
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Vacation Bible Camp
August 6th-August 10th
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Joyful Uproar
July 23rd-July 27th
8:00am-12:00pm
Earth Camp
July 8th-July 11th
LYFE Camp
June 24th-June 30th
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Summer Camp Registration is open!
REGISTER TODAY!
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Girl Scout Cookies!
Another sure sign of spring is Girl Scout cookie sales! Our Hennepin Girl Scouts will be selling cookies in the East Entry on
February 25th and
March 4rd at 9:30am and 11:00am.
Please contact Lynne at
lynne@haumc.org
if you have a Girl Scout that is interested in selling.
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Ash Wednesday always seems to come suddenly (and it's odd that it falls on Valentine's Day this year, isn't it?) and often we find ourselves wondering how to make this season meaningful for our family.
Here are 4 resources we think will help:
- Family Lenten Devotionals: Starting this week, we will include a weekly Lenten devotional in our Hennepin Kids for LYFE newsletter and on our Facebook page. Each devotional includes a Bible verse, ideas for family activities, and conversation-starters.
- Lent and Easter Story Time: Our partners at both Beaming Books and Cokesbury offer amazing selections to choose from for bedtime reading with kids. Jesus is Risen: An Easter Pop-Up Book, and Make Room: A Child's Guide to Lent and Easter are just a couple of great choices!
- Caterpillars! Caterpillars are a fun metaphor to help our kids understand that something can be alive, appear to be dead, and then re-emerge as something different. Kits are available at insectlore.com.
- Service to Others: Throughout the month of March, Hennepin will be hosting a Food Drive. Watch for ways that your family can participate in the, "Full Hearts, Fill Plates" event.
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WEEK 1: ASH WEDNESDAY
INVITING GRACE
"...All come from dust, and to dust all return."
Dust is everywhere-dust bunnies hide under beds, dust balls collect in corners, fine particles float in the air, and a dirty film coats every undisturbed surface in our homes. Dust invades even unreachable spots, like under the refrigerator and behind furniture. We can't hide from dust!
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the day we are reminded that humankind is made from dust and that, one day, our bodies will turn back into dust again. Ash Wednesday kicks off the church season of Lent, the 40 days Christians get ready for Easter. Some people celebrate the day with a smear of dust on their foreheads in the shape of a cross.
There is no right or wrong way to get ready for Easter. Some Christians use the days leading to Easter as a time to become closer friends with Jesus. Some try to remove unhealthy or meaningless habits from their lives during these days. Instead of using time to eat chocolate or watch internet videos, they focus on God. Some Christians use Lent to add activities to their schedules to allow them to share more time with God: they may spend more time in prayer, enjoy regular quiet time to read God's word, or volunteer to help people in their neighborhood.
The cross is a symbol of our faith. Wherever you see it, think of it as an invitation from your friend, Jesus. Jesus invites us to follow and live like him, notice his love in action in the world, and welcome God's love and grace into our lives. Like a party invitation, the cross invites us to spend more time with Jesus, learn more about his life, and ask him more questions. The cross reminds us that we can't hide from God's love!
Take on the household task of dusting as you discuss these questions. Before you get out the cleaning rags and feather dusters, seek out dusty spots and draw crosses with your fingers.
- What is Jesus inviting you to do to get ready for Easter?
- What questions do you have about God?
- What questions do you want to ask God?
Sprinkle a handful of flour on a baking tray and draw in the dust. Notice the natural instinct to create in the dust, just like our Creator God. Point out how easily the dust spreads, like God's love. From dust you have come and to dust you shall return!
With a dry-erase marker, mark each mirror in your home, vehicle and bags with a cross. Each time you draw a cross, remind yourself, "God loves me!" Each time you see one of these crosses during this Lent, imagine it as your personal invitation to spend more time with God.
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*We have recently renamed "Frolic LYFE Group" to "Parenting for LYFE." This change reflects the desire of the group to welcome parents with kids of all ages to learn and grow from the collective wisdom of all ages at stages. Please join us!
Join us on
March 11th @11:30 in the Social Hall
Our Topic is:
Raising Cooperative Kids
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"Our mission is to use our unique repertoire that we create by ourselves & for ourselves to entertain diverse communities and to educate students of all backgrounds."
-Tim Bradley
Let's Plan the PERFECT Party for Paul Bunyan!
Sunday, February 25th @1:00pm
HAUMC Sanctuary
Come along with us and join the party!
"Big Ears and the Blue Ox" is an original interactive concert presentation with brass instruments, drums, and narrator designed for children ages 2 - 10. The concert takes kids on a trip through the Minnesota woods while they help Big Ears the Rabbit build the perfect song for Paul Bunyan's birthday party. Along the way, children learn how to carefully listen for musical concepts like melody, rhythm and harmony while singing and moving their bodies to the music.
RSVP to the Facebook event
here.
The following lessons and resource materials support our "Big Ears and the Blue Ox" and "Tools of the Trade: Building Music With Brass" elementary lyceum programs and are designed for grades K-3 with modifications for 4-5th grade. For more information about our programs, or if you have any questions please
contact us!
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The
Values Project is a year-long initiative designed to equip families to raise children who thrive emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Get inspiration, practical ideas, family activities, and parenting tips from our network of seasoned parents and faith leaders, because it takes a village to raise a good human. Each month we'll explore a different value-like honesty, loyalty, creativity, kindness, and more.
 Kindness Counts
If you had the power to choose, would you rather your child graduate from high school with a perfect GPA or, on commencement day, be named the kindest kid in school?
If you're like me, you'd choose option two.
Written by: Jennifer Grant
Maybe part of the reason for this is chemical. Research shows that when we perform a kind deed-or even see someone else do good-our brains' pleasure and reward centers light up, releasing endorphins that leave us bathed in a sense of well-being. While witnessing any kind deed does this, when the person performing it is our child...well, I'd argue our brains release an extra strong shot of those feel-good chemicals. We were truly made to be kind, and the way our brain chemistry was created is just one confirmation of this
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Read More
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Have you heard about The Kindness Rocks Project
? It's a wonderful movement that encourages people to decorate rocks with inspirational messages and leave them in random public places for people to find. What a lovely idea, right? Your kids will have a blast painting the rocks, all while learning an important lesson in random acts of kindness. Follow these easy directions to make your own Kindness Rocks!
Psssst... Sneak Peek! Hennepin Kids will be decorating their own Kindness Rocks this summer!
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Hennepin Kids for LYFE is on Facebook! Please "Like" us
@hennepinkidsforlyfe for updates on programming,
pictures of our kids,
and
upcoming activities will be shared weekly.
Hennepin Kids for LYFE is also on Instagram! Follow us @hennkids to see photos of our kids and the "joys" we
feature from the Joy
Jar every Sunday!
Hennepin Kids for LYFE is also on Pinterest! Follow us
@HennepinKidsforLYFE to see our weekly funnies,
parenting tips & tricks, fun activities, and more!
Watch videos of our kids on our new Vimeo site! Click
here!
Listen to kids share their stories and get a sneak peak of all of our fun Hennepin Kids activities!
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