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20Sep09

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Camp By Memory

17Sep09

Kids can go to summer camp for free in 2010!! Join the Camp By Memory Program! Kids in Grade 3-5 and 6-12 can memorize extra scripture to earn their way to camp! Contact Pastor Merri Ellen or Pastor Craig for more info!! Register before October!
Here’s some info on the Grade 3-5 program…


Junior Kids (Gr 1-5) starting in September will start off sitting alongside you parents in the main service for the first 15 minutes. Much like a Celebration Sunday already does.
Why the change?
1. We have been pondering and praying over this for sometime as a kids committee on how our children miss out on the larger [...]


***Preschool on Sept 6th will be available in the 9am service only. Volunteers are set to teach in both services on Sept 13th for Kick Off Sunday at 9am and 10:45am. Sorry for any confusion. Sunday, Aug 30th is our last Sunday of the 10am service.


Guest post by Glynnis Whitwer
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.”
Hebrews 10:24 (NIV)
Devotion:
I threw up my hands in despair, and sighed with a dramatic and disgusted exhale of breath.  At that moment, all five of my children were the focus of my frustration.   I was tired [...]


This morning I was reading in Deut 30:19,20:
“…Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord you God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life and he will give you many years in the land…”
Choose life?
How does one [...]


Here a few warning signs that Jesus may have gotten buried in the busyness of life:
* You haven’t read the Bible for yourself in awhile. (Bible study Lesson prep doesn’t count!)
* If you pray, it’s at meals, or when you need something.
* Your spouse or kids are starting to resent going to church. (Or perhaps [...]


What kind of impact do you want your kids to have on our world?
When I first came on staff at Ross Road, I learned our mission statement in Kids Ministry is, “Helping kids find and follow Jesus” but we have 5 key goals to go along with that. They are fellowship, discipleship, worship, service and [...]


On Friday evening, April 25, during a Starfield concert, the floor of the Central Heights Mennonite Brethren church gave way as people were enjoying the worship. About 40 people fell some 12-15 feet to the basement floor. Many were taken to hospital. All but 3 were released. One was in critical condition.

Join us in prayer [...]