40 hours a year...
This is all the time that our Kids Space Team (10am Children’s Ministry) get to spend with the children in their groups
over one year.
So imagine what can be accomplished if we
were able to have an extra 48 hours with our Kids Spacers
in the one year; we would be doubly blessed! Double the fun, double the
relating, double the faith building, double the eating… you get the drift.
So rather than extending the hours of Kids
Space, the Kids Space team have decided to have a weekend away for children in
years 3-6 at school who come to Kids Space and Saturday Night Church.
It is important for this to be at the start
of the year to ‘launch’ our year and establish relationships. Having the children
come away with the Kids Space Leaders for a weekend will literally double our
time spent together. The implications are huge: our Kids Space Leaders will get
to know the children in their small groups, our children would get to know each
other better, our Leaders will get be able to work alongside other Leaders, and
we can all have a bit of a holiday together by the beach (of course we will
need to find cooks as I am devoid of all giftedness in this area).
One of our core values in Children’s
Ministry at Menai Anglican is to be a ‘community of friends’ and this is
difficult when the children attend different schools, live in different suburbs
and have only one hour a week together. A weekend away will make a huge
difference in how we all relate to each other with shared experiences, funny
stories and with a substantial amount of time in God’s word away from Facebook,
computers and other screens.
The team of leaders are excited and all we
need now are the children to join us February 28th-March 2nd
at Austinmer Anglican Church. Mums can make the most of this quiet weekend as
this is also the weekend away for the men at the Katoomba Men’s convention!
We are really looking forward to seeing
what God has in store for us and your children over this weekend away.
Mary Pickford - Children's Minister, Yvette Maloney and the Kids Space team
