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May '23
Children’s Ministry – May 2023
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May '23
by Melissa Morris
I have two core memories from my early childhood in church. The first is waving palm branches on Palm Sunday. The other is Vacation Bible School. It was my favorite week of the summer! I loved the music with hand motions, cookies with Kool-Aid, pledges to the flags and Bible, crafts, and getting to see my church friends every day. I was also learning Bible stories and memorizing verses I can still quote. I can still remember the first summer I was in the youth group and got promoted to worker. I got to help my mom go all out decorating her classroom and imparted Biblical wisdom on children SO much younger than my very mature 12-year-old self. (I also discovered that the snacks for teachers are far superior to the kids’ snacks.)
As an adult, VBS is still one of my favorite weeks. I have taught the Bible story for several years now. Like my mom, I fully theme my room so that the kids can become immersed in the story. I have enjoyed lightly spraying the kids with water when teaching about Paul being shipwrecked, playing sound effects, and dressing up in costumes. I pray that all of these sensory experiences can help the Bible stories come alive and imprint on kids the way that it did for me.
It is time to consider what role you will play in VBS this year. There are several ways you can help. We need Family Leaders who rotate with the children. You don’t have to plan anything and you get to build relationships with precious children as you guide them through activities. We also need teachers for crafts, recreation, snacks, missions, music, and Bible study. Please contact Paula for more details and Kellee to sign up to help. The dates are Monday, June 12 to Thursday, June 15 from 9am to noon. Kids who have completed kindergarten through 5th grade will be able to participate and register beginning in May. The theme this year is “Babylon: Daniel’s Story” and the theme verse is 1 Chronicles 16:34 “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.”
I can’t wait to see how God is going to show us his goodness and faithful love during VBS this summer!
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Apr '23
Walk Thru the Easter Story
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Apr '23
by Marsena Alley
One of my favorite events our church does is coming up. Join us Saturday, April 8th at 10:00 am for Walk Thru the Easter Story. Come to the east side parking area off Bluebell as children stamp their passports traveling from Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem to the Empty Tomb! Each station will have a craft or hands-on activity for them to participate in. This provides a wonderful opportunity to share the gospel with our children, neighbors, grandchildren and friends! The morning ends with a fun Easter egg hunt for the children. See you there!
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Mar '23
2023-24 CDO Registration
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Mar '23
It’s time to register for CDO for the 2023-2024 school year!
Children’s Day Out is a weekday program from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the public school year. This is a pre-registered ministry program for babies through pre-k.
Only one packet per family is needed. Please read all information in the packet carefully, as there have been some changes. Please remember, CDO spots are given on a first come-first served basis. The supply fee for each child will be due at registration ($50 per child) and is non-refundable. This supply fee reserves your spot. We are looking forward to another great year!
A registration form and parent packet are available for download. The 2023-24 CDO year begins August 22, 2023.
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Mar '23
Children’s Ministry News – March 2023
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Mar '23
Concerned about the quality of your kids screen time? Right Now Media is a great way to help with quality screen time. We also have an added ministry program (Praise Kids) to help them with some time away from the screen.
Trinity parents and teachers, did you know that Right Now Media has thousands of teaching and training resources on topics like marriage, parenting, devotionals, as well as many kids resources, videos and movies? Trinity has a subscription that your family can use for FREE. Scan the QR code or text the information to 41411.
Praise Kids, and some of our teachers, will be working on “Arise My Love” for our Easter Service. All three services will have the Praise Kids leading with this special song. We will be signing this message which is from the group Newsong. We would love for our 1st-5th graders to come practice with us as we prepare on three Sundays, March 5, 19 & 26, from 5:00 to 6:00pm in Room 104 or the Worship Center. It’s not too late to join us!
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Feb '23
Children’s Ministry – February 2023
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Feb '23
2023 has begun and what a blessing it is to be a part of Trinity during these days of “new.” Here are a few new things in our Children’s Ministry.
We will be starting two new classes in the coming weeks. 4th grade will have their own class at 11am and will meet in Room 157. Pre K/Kinder will become two classes at 11:00am with Pre-K remaining in their room and Kinder moving into Room 159. This class has really grown in the past few weeks and we are so excited to have to create a new class.
Our Wednesday night ministry programming has a new name as we are tweaking our ministry programming. Wednesday nights will become “Disciple Kids” and continue in our discipleship, missions and service programming for our 2nd-5th graders. Disciple Kids 2 includes children Pre K through 1st grade with 3 yr olds – babies in childcare.
Sunday nights new name is “Praise Kids” as we Praise, Connect & Worship. 1st– 5th graders will be meeting the following 5 weeks: Feb 19 & 26 and March 5, 19 & 26 to prepare for Easter Worship. Praise Kids will be learning “Arise My Love” in Sign Language to share in all 3 services on Easter Sunday.
Thank you for your patience with the “new” secure space process. We look forward to when all of the construction is completed and we are able to work out all the “kinks” in our system. I am so thankful for such an amazing team of Shepherds and Teachers who serve in our Children’s Ministry. They have done a wonderful job of getting ready for all the “new” and making sure kids are in a safe location, as well as being taught God’s word. It is a blessing to serve alongside these terrific people called Trinity.
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Oct '22
Children’s Ministry – October 2022
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Oct '22
First Blessing
Wow, Trinity Baptist Church – what a great job with First Blessing Mission Trip to Kerrville! Thank you to our First Blessing Lead Team: Judy Brooksher, Dianne & Mark Clemons, Linda & Rob Ward, Sue Owens, Donna Hinton, Becky Doyal, Mica Henson, Cortney Hawkins, JD Templeton, Cheryll Overla, Rae Peschel, and Paula Brucker.
There were over 120 Trinity volunteers that drove carts, welcomed guests, registered 317 children, cooked breakfast, served breakfast, hosted tables, guided guests around the church, measured feet, provided socks, helped fit shoes, served and gave out shoe bags, provided balloons and shared the gospel! Thank you so must to all that came and served our community. Trinity Baptist Church blessed children and families from all over our region.
Family Block Party is another ministry that our church has the opportunity to engage with our community coming on Saturday, October 29th from 1-3pm. Keith Coast will be at our event and bring his humor and illusions. We’ll start our time off with games like corn hole, checkers, connect 4, etc. and then have time with Keith Coast. We will finish the time with more games and Kona Ice.
We’d love for you to sign up in your Bible Study classes to join us in welcoming & fellowship with our community. For questions contact Paula in the church office at: 830-895-0100 or pbrucker@tbck.org.
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Sep '22
Children’s Ministry – September 2022
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Sep '22
I am so very grateful for the prayers and support from our church. We had a wonderful summer in the Children’s Ministry and I’d like to share a couple of highlights for me personally.
We had a great group of kids at VBS and camp that accepted Christ. Many of them have been baptized the past few weeks and we still have some that are needing to be baptized. It has been such a blessing to see God work in the lives of our kids this summer. VBS and camp both were great times to have spiritual conversations as well as spiritual decisions. We are continuing many conversations as we head into fall. I hope we keep having to fill up that baptistry each week because we have so many kids, students and adults come to Christ!
Another highlight of the summer for me was during Pre-Teen camp. One of our church families had a girl from Japan living with them as a short-term foreign exchange student. I am so very grateful that she was able to go to camp with us while she was in Kerrville. We gave her a Bible of her own while we were at camp and the girls would sit down to help her learn to read using her new Bible. She worshipped and heard God’s word alongside our kids. My heart was thrilled to see our girls teach, love and minister to their new friend. We are praying for God to grow the seeds that were planted in her life. Who knew that we’d be blessed to have foreign missions come to us at camp.
Thank you, Trinity, for praying and supporting us during VBS, Camp and summer programming. I’m so very grateful for our church!
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