Save These Dates!
March 24th @ 10am-noon
2nd Annual Hennepin Kids Easter Egg-stravagaza!
A joyful, family-friendly experience egg-specially designed for young kids, older kids, and kids at heart!
*register at
hennepinchurch.org/events
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 (2/25)
Next Week (3/11)
Nicodemus at Night
Connect - Big Kids
Last Week (2/25)
Jerusalem
This Week (3/4) The Last Supper
Next week (3/11) Betrayal
Re:form - Club 67
Last Week (2/25) Thomas
This Week (3/4)
Sadducees & Pharisees
Next Week (3/11) Judas Iscariot
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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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Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church has many ways that we communicate with families.
We want to understand what works best for you! Please click on the link below to take this 5 minute survey to help us get you the information you need most in the easiest manner possible!
Survey Monkey Link:
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We need your plastic Easter eggs! One of our activities for the Easter Egg-stravaganza requires a dozen plastic eggs per child. If you have plastic eggs at home that you are not using, we would love to have them! You may leave them at the reception desk. Please label them, "for Lynne Carroll." Thanks!
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2nd Annual Hennepin Kids Easter Egg-stravaganza!
March 24th
10:00am-12:00pm
A joyful, family-friendly experience egg-specially designed for young kids, older kids and kids at heart!
*this is a free event, but please register at hennepinchurch.org to help with our planning.
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LYFE Camp
June 24th-June 30th
Joyful Uproar
July 23rd-July 27th
8:00am-12:00pm
Vacation Bible Camp
August 6th-August 10th
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Summer Camp Registration is open!
REGISTER TODAY!
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Malala Yousafzai, the activist and campaigner who grew up in Swat Valley, Pakistan, came to attention when she was only 11 by writing for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban. She is the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Here, she speaks about her new children's book, "Malala's Magic Pencil," which tells her hopeful and empowering story of growing up and wishing for a magic pencil to make positive changes to her world: to make the world more peaceful, to erase poverty, and to create equality.
But as she grew, she realized that any pencil can be magic once you find your voice... This video is an author interview with Malala, punctuated with illustrations by Kerascoet, and will inspire young artists, writers and change-makers to find their voices, too.
After the incredible success of her bestselling book, "I Am Malala," and the recent documentary "He Named Me Malala," the picture book Malala's Magic Pencil is available now.
Read now: http://amzn.to/2kUWCu9
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A BIG Thank You to Copper Street Brass!
We had a blast last Sunday with Copper Street Brass for their "Big Ears and the Blue Ox" event! Our children and families learned about learn how to carefully listen for musical concepts like melody, rhythm and harmony while singing and moving their bodies to the music! The concert took our Hennepin kids on a trip through the Minnesota woods while they helped Big Ears the Rabbit build the perfect song for Paul Bunyan's birthday party! We had a lot of fun, and we look forward to more visits from Copper Street Brass!
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March is Food Awareness Month!
Food Month Challenges:
Week One
Sacrifice
Instead of going out to eat at one of your favorite restaurants, add up the money you would have spent there, eat at home, and donate what you "saved" to Groveland Ave Food Shelf. Make a simple budget dinner at home and bring your donation to HAUMC. By sacrificing one meal out, your family can help feed a family. It is quite empowering... and yet easy at the same time.
Get a group together - a food drive playdate, or party,
and collect money and food for the Groveland Food Shelf!
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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.
*Last chance to get your girl scout cookies this Sunday! Don't miss out!
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"For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives,
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o also through Christ our comfort overflows."
There's a reason chicken soup is called "comfort food." When we are sick or tired, chicken soup warms us, inside and out, and somehow makes us feel better. We find comfort in the fuzzy folds of a favorite blanket or the hugs of a loved one. We all go through hard times when we need a little peace and comfort.
Jesus knows what it is like to need some peace and comfort. In this season leading up to Easter, we walk with him on his journey to the cross. On the way, Jesus is hurt both by words and weapons. He knows what it is like to be misunderstood, double-crossed and left out. He knows loss. He cries, and he cries out to God for help. Though he has done nothing to deserve it, Jesus suffers.
In the Bible, we see Jesus bringing comfort to God's people when they are suffering. He meets with people who are forgotten or in need. he befriends people that are left out or left behind. He is followed by those who are hoping for a miracle: the lame, blind, and sick.
God's healing, forgiveness and love changes us, bringing hope to dark times. When we are sick or uncomfortable, worried or afraid, the unconditional love of God, like chicken soup, brings us the warm and comforting grace of our Creator.
Snuggle up in a comfortable spot with your favorite stuffed animals as you discuss the following questions:
- What brings you comfort when you are feeling worried, hurt or sick?
- Share a story about a time when you brought comfort to a friend. What did you say and do? How did it feel?
- What comfort do you need from Jesus today?
During this cold and flu season, stock up on tissues, cough drops, saltines and chicken soup. Deliver these comfort items to sick friends and neighbors. When we comfort others, we bring them God's love and hope for the future!
When you tuck in your children this Lent, trace a cross on their heads, mouths, and hands, whispering a prayerful reminder of God's comforting grace:
"May God bring comfort in your thoughts, words and actions! Amen."
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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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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.
A Magic Pencil
I
wonder what hidden treasure we'd find if we stepped back once in a while, from parental duty and nightly zone-outs, to engage in creative thinking about our lives and what we want do to with them.
Written by: Christopher Zumski Finke
The other night I was reading a picture book, Malala's Magic Pencil, to my four-year-old son. The book recounts the brave, tragic, and inspiring story of Malala Yousafzai and her fight for educating girls in Pakistan. My son loves the illustrations in the book, and he is generally curious about the wider world, and so we've read it many times. Over the course of those readings, I have found my own inspiration. Not just in Malala's personal story (though I consider her a personal hero and role model), but in the manner in which Malala chose to write her story for children. She wanted to change the world, and what she needed to do it was simply a pencil. Yes, a magic pencil. But a pencil nonetheless.
At the heart of Malala's Magic Pencil, then, is the impulse to think creatively. It argues that we live in a world in which creativity can alter the trajectory of millions of lives. The book has become a reminder to me, as a parent, of the absolute necessity of parental creativity.
It's easy for parents, I think, to overlook the value of our own creativity...
Continue Reading
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"If I had the magic pencil, I would use it to draw a better world, a peaceful world."
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Hennepin Kids for LYFE is on Facebook! Please "Like" us
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and
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Jar every Sunday!
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parenting tips & tricks, fun activities, and more!
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here!
Listen to kids share their stories and get a sneak peak of all of our fun Hennepin Kids activities!
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