FCC Children's Education Program - June 26, 2011 follow-up

Dear FCC Parents,

I hope you all are doing well!  This Sunday in the FCC Children's Education Program, church camp began and it was a fun encounter with God!  Through a new worship dance, to creating their church camp team cheers, to the movement game "bigger/smaller" - the children jumped into knowing and hearing from God.  Amidst all of the fun, the focus was on declaring "here I am" to God.  The children learned how God is everywhere - in their hearts, minds, neighbors and anywhere else.  But the children also learned that it is important to proactively seek a relationship with God through declaring our presence and seeking to know God more.  Through strengthening their relationships with God, the children learned how to share that love with others.

Creating the Kid Zone!
Saturday July 2 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday July 3 - After coffee hour to 5:00 p.m. 
Saturday July 9 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Sunday July 10 - After coffee hour to 5:00 p.m. 
Saturday July 16 - if work still needed on the rooms - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

As you know, we are moving forward with our plans to transform our current church school space into a fun and friendly "Kid Zone," with beautiful artistic elements, kid-sized furniture and rich, engaging age-appropriate features that help to make our church school a place children love to be in and look forward to returning to each week.

We are ready to kick off the painting phase of this project!  We will be painting the walls of each classroom (and in some cases, the ceiling!), starting next weekend, July 2.

We are looking for more volunteers to help with the painting.  No experience or artistic skill is necessary!  If you can hold a brush, this job is for you!

Thank you so much for your support of this important project! We understand how busy everyone is, and how precious weekend time is, and we are deeply grateful for any time that you can give to support this project.

As always, if you have any questions or thoughts, please feel free to contact me.  Take care and enjoy the week!

Mattie Johnson
Director of Christian Education
First Congregational Church of Montclair, NJ