I
'm so excited about our VBS Blast 2018, June 10-11!
Have you signed up your kiddos?
Our sign up deadline is earlier this year, to help us with planning:
May 1 (next Tuesday!)
You can sign up
HERE
for VBS, as well as Missions Week and Camp Prism. We hope your child will be there!
Love to you and your precious children,
Becky
Becky Ramsey, Minister to Children, 864-233-2527
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Thank you, Addison Powell, for sharing your artwork this week!
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Thanks for Signing Up!
Summer Confirmation Emails Go Out This Week
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If you've signed up your child for VBS Blast 2018, Missions Week, and/or Camp Prism, you should receive an email this week to confirm and to let you know any remaining balance.
Thanks for being a part of summer fun, learning, and spiritual growth at First Baptist!
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Is Our May Walk and Ice Cream Party on Your Calendar?
It's a Freebie!
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Our May Children's Activity is...
A WALK DOWNTOWN FOR AN ICE CREAM PARTY!
May 6
1-3 pm
Immediately after the Celebration Lunch for Fifth Graders, we'll take a walk downtown, where we'll enjoy making ice cream sundaes! Then the bus will come and take us back to church.
It's for first through fifth graders and it's free!
Just bring a donation of wipes for the Diaper Bank of the Carolinas.
Sign Up with Becky by May 3
HERE
!
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A Special Celebration Luncheon for Our Fifth Graders and Their Families!
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We can't wait to celebrate our fifth graders of 2018!
All families should have received an invitation to the lunch on May 6, from 11:30-1.
Families, please register and pay
HERE
, so we don't have to worry with money on the day of the luncheon. Thanks!
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Our Color Clay Cafe Art Arrives Tomorrow!
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The animals we painted have been fired and will be waiting in the Gathering Room for you to pick them up on Wednesday!
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Have You Thought About Teaching Sunday School?
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Do you enjoy being with children, listening to what they have to say, and sharing God's love with them?
We have several classrooms that need Sunday school teachers for the 2018-2019 year.
You don't have to have experience or know the stories inside out! We have wonderful materials that will make sharing the stories easy and fun and meaningful- for the kids and for you!
If you think you might be interested, just call me (Becky) or
email
or catch me at church. I'd love to talk with you!
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A Note from Priscilla About Our Next Wednesday Nights
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This Wednesday is our final rehearsal for the end of the year program. We will have a combined rehearsal with Missions. Our plan is for
all children to be dropped off in their Choir rooms at 5:30.
PLEASE, PLEASE,
PLEASE
BE ON TIME AT 5:30!
We need every minute of our time to be ready for next Wednesday.
The
preschoolers
will head to the Fellowship Hall to rehearse after they practice a bit in their Choir room. They will return to their Choir/Missions rooms after they rehearse in the Fellowship Hall. So pick up will be like you are used to --
7:00 in their Missions room
.
The
1st - 5th graders
will head to the area outside of the Fellowship Hall to rehearse with Missions after they practice in their Choir rooms. Then they will rehearse in the Fellowship Hall. Please plan to pick up your 1st - 5th grader at
7:00 in the Fellowship Hall
.
Here is the schedule for our remaining time:
Wednesday, April 25, 5:30 - 7:00 -- combined dress rehearsal for Choir and Missions
Wednesday, May 2, 5:30 - 6:15 -- rehearsal time in classrooms
Wednesday, May 2, 6:15 - 7:00 -- Children's Music and Missions Showcase in the Fellowship Hall
Sunday, May 6 -- Junior Choir (3rd - 5th grades) sing in Worship
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Our Last Protecting Our Children Class Until August: May 13
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It looks like these extremely happy children whom I don't know would love for you to be free to work with kids here at First Baptist!
All adults who work with kids must have taken Protecting Our Children before they jump in. Our next class (and the last one until August) is Sunday morning, May 13. Email Juli
here
, if you'd like to sign up!
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Summer Registration Is Underway!
Deadline for VBS Sign Ups is Next Tuesday, May 1!
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It's time to sign up!
Click on the program titles for flyers with all sorts of information about the event.
VBS Blast
(for kids who've finished grades 1-5)
9:15 am June 10-7 am June 11, FREE
Registration ends May 1
.
(Volunteer sign up will begin soon.)
June 12-15, (Tues-Fri) 9am-noon
$50 if paid in full by May 1
$70 if paid after May 1. Registration ends May 27.
June 18-21, (Mon-Thurs) 9am-3:30pm,
$65 if paid in full by May 1
$85 if paid after May 1. Registration ends May 27.
July 10-13
$175 if paid in full before May 1
$200 if paid after May 1. Registration ends May 27.
Space is limited at camp on account of housing, so register soon!
Know that we don't want cost to prohibit your child from attending, so please talk with me if this is the case. I want to help your child attend as much of our summer programming as possible!
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A Skating Camp Here This Summer
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Roller Time Skating Academy will hold two summer camps at First Baptist this summer on August 6-10.
For more information, check out the flyer
here
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Our Children Respond to the Sacred Stories
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Hop over to
our Facebook page
, here, to see photos of some of the children's art responses to Sunday's story about Jesus showing Thomas his scars.
Enjoy the responses from the wondering questions about the story.
*I wonder what is your favorite part of the story.
-When you see the wound (grade 1)
-Thomas went from not believing to believing (g2 &3)
-Refused to believe until he saw (g2 & 3)
-When Jesus broke bread (g2 & 3)
-When he vanished (g2 & 3)
* I wonder what the disciples thought when Jesus appeared to them in the locked room.
-Surprised (g1, 2 & 3)
-Scared, disbelief (g1)
-Were scared and confused, seeing things (g2 & 3)
-Thought he was a ghost (g2 & 3)
-Had goosebumps (g2 & 3)
*I wonder why Thomas needed to touch Jesus's wounds.
-He didn't believe it until he touched it (g1)
-He thought he was dead (g2 & 3)
-Thought it was a disguise, someone else, an illusion (g2 & 3)
*I wonder what Thomas thought when Jesus appeared and came up to Thomas and said, "Touch me."
-He thought and believed. (g1)
-He was scared (g1)
-He felt sorry for not believing, guilty (g2 & 3)
-Scared and surprised (g2 & 3)
-Worried Jesus would not be happy with him, be mad at him (g2 & 3)
*I wonder if you've ever had doubts about anything. I wonder how that feels.
-Yes, I doubted (g1)
-Upset (g1)
-When my brother found something I lost 2 years ago (g2 & 3)
-Someone at school who said he fell out of a moving train (g2 & 3)
* I wonder what we can do when we have doubts about believing.
-Show us (g1)
-You can pray to God (g2 & 3)
-Ask questions to find out (g2 & 3)
-Ignore the doubts (g2 & 3)
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Acolytes
Sunday, April 29
Ford McDonald
Grayson Snyder
Wondering when your child acolytes next?
Need to switch acolyte times with another family? Email Becky for a contact sheet and then please
let Becky know who is subbing for you.
Refreshment Providers
Sunday, April 29
Lisa and Taylor Davis
Can't remember when your family provides refreshments next?
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Join us on Facebook!
I hope to see you there!
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Is Godly Play new to you?
Want to know more? Visit
HERE and use the tabs at the top of the blog under the title to learn more. Enjoy your visit!
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Hannah Johnston, April 27
Beck Burns, April 30
Happy Birthday! We love you!
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This Sunday we'll share the Eastertide story of Jesus appearing on the beach and the miracle of the nets.
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Celebration Lunch for Fifth Graders and Their Families, May 6, 11:30-1
May Event: Hike the Swamp Rabbit to and Ice Cream Party, May 6, 1-3
VBS Blast! 2018
9:15 am June 10- 7 am June 11
Missions Week for Kids Who've Finished Grades 1 or 2, June 12-15 9-12
Missions Week for Kids Who've Finished Grades 3,4, or 5, June 18-21, 9-3:30
Camp Prism 2018
July 10-13
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Becky's Schedule
When and where to find me...
Sunday 8:30-11:45
Monday 9-5
Tuesday 9-5
Wednesday 9-7:00
To get to my office from the reception desk, walk down the hall and take your first left. My office is at the end of the mail room.
Need to reach me at a different time? You can always leave a message and I'll get back to you ASAP: 370-2515, ext 116
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Children's Ministry | First Baptist Greenville | 864-233-2527 | becky.ramsey@firstbaptistgreenville.com | http://firstbaptistgreenville.com/childrens-ministry/
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