Children's Ministries
"Kids for Christ"

Adventure Group  We’ve started a new group for preteens ages 11-14 called the Adventure Group.  It meets Wednesday night at the same time as Kids for Christ and Adult Prayer Meeting.   Currently, the Adventure Group is getting ready for the release of the new Chronicles of Narnia Movie, Prince Caspian.  We’ve been watching clips of the first movie, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and talking about how things in the movie remind us about things in the Bible.  It’s been a great group so far, and I have a feeling there’ll be a whole lot of adventure in store for us.  We’d like to go to the movie, Prince Caspian, as a group after it is released on May 16.  If you are interested, be sure to let Lindsey Whitney know!	Kids for Christ is our Wednesday night children’s program designed for ages 4-11. There is a place for everyone, and kids are grouped by age level so they can learn and have fun in the most age-appropriate way. Kids for Christ has just started a new program called Faith Weaver Friends. Faith Weaver Friends is a fantastic program that uses upbeat music, science projects, guest speakers, drama, crafts, and games to teach the kids about a Bible story or Bible truth. The whole idea of Faith Weaver Friends is showing kids how they can weave their faith into real life, and we use all kinds of ways to do just that! There’s something new and different every week, so you don’t want to miss a thing. This is a great program to invite your friends to, so bring them on in for some fun!
I'm excited to be teaming up with our children's church director, Paulette DeAngelo to bring the kids a more comprehensive children's ministry. Paulette had the idea of coordinating what the children were learning during Children's Church with what they are learning in Kid's for Christ, so that's what we will be doing starting in May. Kids will be learning the same general lesson on Wednesday nights and Sunday, but in different ways. We hope that this will help the kids see many different ways they can begin to weave their faith into life.
Each child has their own sticker chart where they keep track of the stickers they earn. They can earn stickers for all kinds of things including bringing their Bible, learning their memory verse, bringing a friend, and for just coming! At the end of the month, they trade in their stickers for some super cool prizes. Sticker charts are just one way we encourage kids to keep heading in the right direction. Come on out and see for yourself what the buzz is about. You’ll be glad you did!

To ignite a desire for a genuine and passionate relationship with Christ and to equip the kids for the spiritual battle that they are in.

Here's the article that explains the new vision, if there's a place for it:

CATCH THE VISION!

At East Lake Road Alliance, we want to serve your children in the best way that we can. We try our hardest to make sure they are having fun in their children’s ministry classes while learning about Scripture at the same time. Recently, God has laid in on Paulette DeAngelo’s and my heart that we need to get a little more serious about teaching the children the truth of God. Of course, we’re not going to be skimpy on fun, but we want to recognize that it’s a spiritual battle out there and we need to be preparing our kids to win the war! Paulette and I had a few meetings and we’ve developed a revised vision statement for our children’s ministry programs. We hope that you, as parents, volunteers, teen helpers, and even kids will CATCH THE
VISION and be inspired to equip these children with the weapons and armor of God. Our vision is:

To ignite a desire for a genuine and passionate relationship with Christ and to equip the kids for the spiritual battle that they are in.