Easter is such a wonderful celebration! What a chance to teach our kids the joy of our salvation!
We hit alot of groups during Easter time and wanted to share!
-New visitors/ community
We have the Easter Event with multiple services followed by a cookout/ blow ups/ activities for all ages/ fair food/ and of course a big egg hunt! We strategically place volunteers in shifts so they can enjoy the family event too. We have a under cover greeting team to seek out new families!
-Youth
Most youth play too cool to egg hunt but the kid inside is so desperate to hunt those eggs!
Black Light Egg Hunt is a fun idea for youth groups- rent a laser tag type place and hide black light eggs for round one. the rest of your time you can play regular laser tag or include 1 hidden egg.
-Family Connectivity
We use Easter as a time for family fun outside the church too! This year we will hide numerous "golden eggs" throughout the city and give clues through the web/ handouts on where the families can find the eggs. Inside the eggs is a mini scroll for the finders to sign and see who else has been there. There are also little cards inside that tell the family to present the card to whomever at the church to be entered for a bigger prize!
We're still in planning phases but if we go all out for this event we'll post the egg locations on geocacheing.com to open it up to the public and enables the use of a gps to help locate the eggs.
If you want more info as we plan, shoot me an e-mail!
love & all the best,
Ashley
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
New Direction
Need some new direction for you ministry?
Pray over these families//
Now consider what these families would look like if they were in a relationship with God all as individuals and as a family unit. How would their lives be different?//
Lastly, ask God how He wants to take them there? What steps can you take to get these families more engaged in their relationship with Christ and living their life to the fullest?
Be patient. You love these families and desire to see them flourish in a relationship with Christ but guess what? He wants to see that happen even more than you. So pray, and ask God how he can use you to help them look to Him, He may not answer immediately but continue to dream and pray and remember He wants this too!
Write down all your brainstorming ideas and continue to pray over them.
parent small group/ mom & kids day/ visit kids in their lunch room/ attend a soccer game for the kids/ have a family over for dinner/
I am praying that God, the one that created everything under the sun, would give you some creative ideas about building relationships with your churches families and their relationship with God!
Love and all the best,
Ashley
Find a quiet moment and a peaceful place and bring a pen and pad with you.
Now write down four families that you are close to that are in your ministry and write down four families that you don't know that well that may be struggling.Pray over these families//
Now consider what these families would look like if they were in a relationship with God all as individuals and as a family unit. How would their lives be different?//
Lastly, ask God how He wants to take them there? What steps can you take to get these families more engaged in their relationship with Christ and living their life to the fullest?
Be patient. You love these families and desire to see them flourish in a relationship with Christ but guess what? He wants to see that happen even more than you. So pray, and ask God how he can use you to help them look to Him, He may not answer immediately but continue to dream and pray and remember He wants this too!
Write down all your brainstorming ideas and continue to pray over them.
parent small group/ mom & kids day/ visit kids in their lunch room/ attend a soccer game for the kids/ have a family over for dinner/
I am praying that God, the one that created everything under the sun, would give you some creative ideas about building relationships with your churches families and their relationship with God!
Love and all the best,
Ashley
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
A Blessing
When I was younger, my grandmother would give me rides to school or work or the mall but she wouldn't let me out of the car until she said this prayer over me.
Now at the time I would realize the car was coming to a stop and I'd try to jump out as fast as I can so my friends wouldn't see me in her old ratty car that we named freckles because of all the chipped paint.
Looking back I can't imagine how many times she quoted, or sang or yelled that verse over me as I was rushing to get away. I'll never know how many things the Lord protected me from, blessed me with, and times He gave me peace because of my grandmother praying for me, bringing me before God and asking Him to take care of me.
Everyone might not have a grandmother to pray for them or a mom or a dad who knows to ask God to bless their life SO
STOP NOW
and pray for a child from our church and their family and ask God to take care of them! You never know how it will effect their important walk with God!Thank you for serving! I am saying a prayer for you all today.
Love & all the best,Ashley
"May the Lord bless you and protect you.
May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you.
May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace."
Number 6 24-26
Looking back I can't imagine how many times she quoted, or sang or yelled that verse over me as I was rushing to get away. I'll never know how many things the Lord protected me from, blessed me with, and times He gave me peace because of my grandmother praying for me, bringing me before God and asking Him to take care of me.
Everyone might not have a grandmother to pray for them or a mom or a dad who knows to ask God to bless their life SO
STOP NOW
and pray for a child from our church and their family and ask God to take care of them! You never know how it will effect their important walk with God!Thank you for serving! I am saying a prayer for you all today.
Love & all the best,Ashley
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