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Children, Youth and Family Newsletter February 2024

As we enter into 2024, things are really starting to solidify here in the world of Children, Youth and Family Ministry. After trying a new schedule and taking some time to evaluate and revamp - we are going to keep with the schedule we have been following.

FEBRUARY CALENDAR

Here is what is going on in the month of FEBRUARY: Details for these events can be found below

February 04: Childrens Ministry February 07: Middle School Ministry February 09: Childrens Ministry PARENTS NIGHT OUT February 11: Childrens Ministry February 14: Ash Wednesday Service AND Lent Mentoring Begins

February 16: Middle School Ministry GAME NIGHT

February 18: Childrens Ministry AND HIGH SCHOOL MINISTRY LOCK IN

February 21: Lenten Service and Mentoring

February 25: Childrens Ministry AND High School Ministry February 28: Lenten Service and Mentoring

CHILDRENS MINISTRY

Childrens Ministry (Birth-5th Grade) meets during worship. We will leave after the Childrens Message and return to worship after the Sermon. We will continue to follow the lectionary text, so your young people will be hearing and digging into the same text that is being preached on. We will also be bringing music BACK and plan to sing in Church for more than just the Christmas program and Palm Sunday.

REGISTRATION and FEES

Please take a moment to fill out the REGISTRATION LINK This will help me better support you, your children and their activities outside of Prince of Peace, as well as understand how I can best serve them here at Prince of Peace. The 23-24 fee for Children's Ministry is $40 and can be paid by cash or check

MIDDLE SCHOOL MINISTRY

MIddle School Ministry (6th-8th Grade) meets on Wednesday nights in a combination of Large Group/Small Group lessons and discussion times. Our time together will be spent digging into the scripture text from the previous Sunday so that we can work towards applying scripture to our daily lives. We will also incorporate Service Events, Fellowship Events and Worship Components into our Wednesday evenings. Traditional Confirmation elements, such as learning the 10 Commandments, Lords Prayer, etc will be presented in retreat or class form and will be communicated ahead of time. Our Wednesday night schedule is this:

6:30 - 6:45: DECOMPRESS and STRESS RELIEF TIME

6:45 - 7:30/7:45: Structured Lesson Time

7:30/7:45 - 8:00: DECOMPRESS and STRESS RELIEF TIME

Starting on FEBRUARY 14th (Ash Wednesday) when we enter Lent, our schedule will change to be WORSHIP at 6:30 with MENTORING to follow Worship.

REGISTRATION and FEES

Please take a minute to fill out the REGISTRATION LINK will help me better support you, your children and their activities outside of Prince of Peace, as well as understand how I can best serve them here at Prince of Peace. The 23-24 fee for Middle School Ministry is $40

HIGH SCHOOL MINISTRY

High School Ministry will meet two Sundays a month (FOR NOW) for High School Hangout from 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Church will be open and available for whatever your high schooler needs it to be. There will be a quiet place to study (YOUTH ROOM), a space to relieve some stress (CLC) a place to do Group Projects (Welcome Center) and a place to simply be. Katie will be here to talk if you need it, and will have devotionals ready to go that will correlate with that Sundays scripture.

THIS MONTH we will NOT meet on the 11th because of the Super Bowl, but we WILL be meeting on the 18th for a Lock-In and will meet for our regular Sunday on the 25th.

REGISTRATION AND FEES

While High School Ministry does not have as much "structure" as our other areas, we would still appreciate your help in gathering information about your child. This information will help us better serve them when they are here, but will also allow us to meet them where they are when they are NOT at Church. While there is no official "FEE" for High School Ministry (with the exception of paying for individual events as needed) free will donations are always accepted as well as snacks for a "snack corner". REGISTRATION LINK

MENTORING DURING LENT

All Middle School students, whether you have been participating on Wednesday nights or not, are welcome to join us for our Lenten Mentoring. Mentoring will take place on Wednesday nights AFTER our 6:30 PM Worship. Each week will be a different set of questions and activities that go along with what the theme was for Worship on that night. We highly enoucrage mentoring to happen IN PERSON at Prince of Peace since we feel as though Worship is an important lead in to the conversations.

CHILDRENS MINISTRY Parents Night Out

All families with children ages 0 - 5th grade are invited to join us for our PARENTS NIGHT OUT on Friday, February 9th. We will be here from 6:00 - 8:30 and will keep your kiddos occupied with games, crafts and other fun activities. The cost is a free will donation to help cover costs. Please send supper with them or feed them beforehand. To sign up for this event, please click HERE

IF you have a middle school or high school student who would like to help with this event, please indicate that on the registration form

MIDDLE SCHOOL MINISTRY GAME NIGHT

Large Group Games, Church Wide Games, Board Games, FOOD - we will have it all!

We will start our night with PIZZA before diving into a variety of games. If your family has a favorite board game - feel free to send it with your child. We will also have a variety of board games here.

We will also be doing CHURCHWIDE and Large Group Games

To sign-up for this event, please click HERE. The cost for this event is $5/student.

HIGH SCHOOL MINISTRY LOCK-IN

All youth in 9th-12th grade are invited to join us for a High School Ministry LOCK-IN on Sunday night, February 18th (the following day is a DAY OFF due to President's Day). Our Lock-In will start at 9 PM and end at 7 AM the next morning. We will have pizza at night, donuts in the morning and snacks throughout the event. There will be games, movies and downtime. AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

The cost for this event is $20/student. Friends are welcome, but must pre-register. To sign-up click HERE

SUMMER 2024

This coming Summer we will be offering a variety of exciting Ministry Opportunities for Children, Youth and Family. We are currently working on finalizing some details, but the full catalog will be coming SOON!

The one opportunity that is completely ready to go is WAPO. To see more information about WAPO, you can click WAPO INFORMATION. To register you can click WAPO REGISTRATION

PLANT SALE COMING SOON!

For anyone looking to raise money for their Summer Ministry opportunitiies - the Plant Sale is COMING! Plant Sale Packets will be available by Wednesday, February 28th and will be due back to Church absolutely NO LATER than Sunday, March 31st.

Plants will be delivered on Mothers Day Weekend.

UPCOMING MARCH

Here what is coming in FEBRUARY

PLEASE NOTE: These dates are TENTATIVE and some may change based on feedback

March 03: Childrens Ministry March 06: Lenten Worship and Mentoring

March 10: Childrens Ministry AND High School Ministry

March 13: Lenten Worship and Mentoring

March 17: Childrens Ministry

March 20: Lenten Worship and Mentoring

March 24: Childrens Ministry, Communion Milestone Class,High School Ministry

March 28: Maundy Thursday Service and Communion Milestone

March 29: Good Friday Immersion Event and Worship

March 31: Easter Sunday

FINANCIAL UPDATE

Prince of Peace is currently in the process of updating their online giving platform to allow easier access. This is also allowing up to have an online payment option.

In case you did NOT receive it, HERE is a blast that was recently sent out that gives more detail on how to set up your new account, as well as cancelling your previous account (if you had one through VANCO).

Upcoming Church Wide Events

Please join us during LENT for our Wednesday Worships. Our services will be at 6:30 PM and the services will be a mix of music, scripture, and words from our members. Our theme this year will center around the idea of WHOLENESS