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- Volunteer of the Week, did you RSVP to our Picnic next week?
  
  Posted at 6:03 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Jun 6th
  
  Let’s Celebrate! Meet our Volunteer of the Week, Allison Englebrecht! Allison is an Early Childhood Leader every Sunday at 9am. She joined our EC family last summer and can always be counted on to say ‘yes’ to any request. Allison has a servant’s heart. She is very patient and dedicated to leading God’s little ones. We are thrilled to have her on our team. Thank you, Allison, the best is yet to come!
  
  Our first Early Childhood Family Picnic is next week, Thursday, June 13th from 5:3opm-8:30pm at Schussler Park in Orland Park. We are providing the hamburgers and hot dogs and asking everyone to bring a dish to share and your own drinks. If you did not RSVP to Tamie Cebula yet PLEASE do that right away so we know how many hot dogs and hamburgers to provide. Click on the this link for Tamie’s contact information.Picnic Invite EC 2013
  
  Schussler park has a playground, basketball and tennis courts, baseball field and fishing pond. Please bring your own sports equipment and yard games. Come for a little or stay the whole time, let’s enjoy some fun and fellowship! Your spouse and children are invited. Student team members, we’d love to meet your parents as well!
  
  Thought you’d get a kick out of seeing the hat Team Leader, Tonya Hoots, made for Volunteer of the Week, Mike Mraz last Sunday at our 11am service. FUN!
  
  Thanks again everyone for your dedication to God’s little ones. Looking forward to another GREAT week in Early Childhood with the precious children, our Parkview families and YOU.
  
  BIG hugs and much love,
  
  jill
  
  May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:19-20
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Volunteer of the Week, Lifesavers & Picnic in 2 Weeks
  
  Posted at 10:41 am by Stephanie McDonald
  
  May 30th
  
  Let’s celebrate!!! Meet our Volunteer of the Week, Mike Mraz! Mike has been an Early Childhood Leader every other Sunday at 11am in the yellow room for almost two years. He has a huge heart for the kids and for building relationships with fellow team members. Mike is so much fun to be around, dedicated and has remarkable compassion for the children coming through our doors for the first time. Thank you, Mike, the best is yet to come.
  
  I am SO excited and grateful!!! This weekend we’ll turn the page and welcome June which means we’ll have some new faces in our Early Childhood hallways this summer. Please help me welcome and guide NEW team members to serving in Early Childhood. They stepped forward and responded to our SOS, they are lifesavers! WOOHOO!!!!!
  
  Family FUN! Our first Early Childhood Family Picnic is in TWO weeks! We are having a summer gathering for our team, Thursday, June 13th. Your spouse and children are invited. Student team members, we’d love to meet your parents as well! Please click here for our Picnic Invite EC 2013 and please RSVP to Tamie as soon as possible.
  
  BIG hugs & much love,
  
  jill
  
  “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” Matthew 6:34 The Message
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Volunteer of the Week, 5 more ways to care + Picnic details
  
  Posted at 6:25 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  May 23rd
  Let’s Celebrate! Meet our Volunteer of the Week… Teresa Brown! Teresa is an Early Childhood Team Leader and leads Large Group Worship for all of Early Childhood every Saturday night. She’s been on our team for over 4 years and always serves with enthusiasm and excellence. She is incredibly dedicated and truly cares about the children and those serving with her. Thank you, Teresa, the best is yet to come.
  
  Here’s 5 more ways we can show the children we care:
  1. Share their excitement
  2. Give them your undivided attention
  3. Have fun together
  4. Inspire their creativity
  5. Expect their best; don’t expect perfection
  Our first Early Childhood Family Picnic is in three weeks! We are having a summer gathering for our team, Thursday, June 13th. Your spouse and children are invited. Student team members, we’d love to meet your parents as well! Please click here for our Picnic Invite EC 2013 and please RSVP to Tamie as soon as possible.
  
  Thanks and enjoy your Memorial Day weekend!
  
  BIG hugs & much love,
  
  jill
  
  “My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” Phillippians 4:19
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Volunteer of the Week, New Saturday Service Time & MORE…
  
  Posted at 2:26 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  May 16th
  Let’s Celebrate! Meet our Volunteer of the Week, Jen Lilly! Jen is an Early Childhood Team Leader and leads Large Group Worship and Bible History for 3 and 4 year olds. She faithfully serves every other Sunday in the Blue Room at 11am. Jen is always ready to reach out and help others. She does a fantastic job leading and sets a great example for others to follow. Thank you, Jen, the best is yet to come!
  
  This weekend kicks off our NEW Saturday summer schedule. We will move from two services to one service on Saturday at 5:00pm. All Sunday service times remain the same. If you are serving this Saturday, May 18th, please arrive by 4:30pm to sign in and meet in green room.
  
  Last week I told you about an article I read that listed 150 ways to show kids you care. Here’s five more for us all to remember:
  1. Kneel, squat or sit so you’re at their eye level
  2. Giggle together
  3. Let them make mistakes
  4. Delight in their discoveries
  5. Ask them to help you
  For those who were unable to join us last weekend, we had so much fun as usual! Here’s some pictures to keep you up-to-date. We had a BLAST surprising Lisa with a little birthday celebration Sunday morning. Happy birthday to Lisa! I made a carrot cake and…
  
  Allison Englebrecht and Julianna Prebe brought in delicious cupcakes for Lisa too Sunday night. Thank you!!!
  
  Gaylinn brought in new Adirondack chairs to go with our ‘backyard’ theme in Early Childhood. So cool, thanks Gaylinn!!!
  
  Donald Jett was very thoughtful and brought in chocolates for everyone to celebrate Mother’s Day. He’s pictured below with his Team Leader, Margie Sullivan. Thanks Donald!!!
  
  Thank you ALL for your commitment to Parkview and our Early Childhood Family. Friendly reminder, we are having a summer gathering for our team, Thursday, June 13th. Your spouse and children are invited. Student team members, we’d love to meet your parents as well! Please click here for our Picnic Invite EC 2013 and please RSVP to Tamie as soon as possible.
  
  Thanks for taking a few minutes to stay up-to-date, we have the best team and most importantly the children are blessed!
  
  With much love and great appreciation,
  
  jill
  
  “For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” Zephaniah 3:17 NLT
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Volunteer of the Week + Party Information!
  
  Posted at 1:31 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  May 9th
  
  “You don’t stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing.”
  
  LET’S PLAY! You and your family are invited to our first Early Childhood Team picnic!  Click here Picnic Invite EC 2013 for all the fun details.
  
  Hope you can join us for fun and fellowship Thursday, June 13th!  We are providing the hamburgers and hot dogs and asking everyone to bring a dish to share.  Please read the invite for all the details.   If you’d like to be involved with the party planning please let me know, we’d love your help! Special thanks to Team Leaders Penny Eriks for creating the invitation and Tamie Cebula for organizing the RSVPs. We appreciate YOU!
  
  We are getting ready for a GREAT Mother’s Day weekend at Parkview! If you usually attend the Sunday night 5:45pm service please be aware there will be no after-party this weekend only.
  
  Let’s Celebrate!  Meet this weekend’s Volunteer of the Week…Margie Sullivan! Margie is an Early Childhood Team Leader and leads Large Group Worship and Bible History for 3 and 4 year olds. She faithfully serves every Sunday in the Green Room at 5:45pm. Margie is energetic, dedicated, very creative and always a joy to be around. She has great leadership skills. Thank you, Margie, the best is yet to come!
  
  Look forward to seeing many of you this weekend! Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and women who mentor children. Thanks for all you do, you are loved!
  
  In awe of Him,
  
  jill
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Volunteer of the Week, Mother’s Day + Ways to show kids you care
  
  Posted at 4:03 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  May 7th
  
  Let’s Celebrate! If you did not serve last weekend, you may have missed meeting our Volunteer of the Week…Katie Redmond! Katie is an Early Childhood Team Leader and also leads Large Group Worship and Bible history for the 3 and 4 year olds. She faithfully serves every other Saturday in the Yellow Room at 3:45pm. She has a huge heart for Parkview and Children’s Ministry and can always be counted on. Thank you, Katie, the best is yet to come!
  
  This weekend we celebrate Mother’s Day. It is our second busiest weekend of the year and it’s the perfect time to invite friends and family to Parkview. Sometimes all we need to do is ask, they may be waiting for the invitation. Help us spread the word, all are welcome!
  
  With Mother’s Day in mind, we may have a lot more new families visiting Kidz Connection too. We still have some openings this weekend, let’s make sure we are ready for everyone. We can use more leaders at all of our Sunday services. Our biggest need is at 11am, then 9am and then 5:45pm. Contact me right away if you can help or better yet click here and go to the online scheduler and plug yourself in for a very important role. THANK YOU!!!
  
  I recently read through a list of 150 ways to show kids you care. You may be thinking… these are no-brainers! I don’t know, all I know is it’s always good to review. : ) Here’s a few for this week:
  
  1. Smile ALOT
  
  2. Listen to their stories
  
  3. Stay with them when they’re afraid
  
  4. Praise more, criticize less
  
  5. Be curious with them
  
  Everyone in a community can make a difference in the lives of children, you can make a difference by being a caring, responsible friend for young people. Make it a GREAT week, I look forward to seeing you soon!
  
  With love,
  
  jill
  
  “We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the Gospel of God but our lives as well.” 1 Thess. 2:8
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Volunteer of the Week, Picnic Date is Set + May update
  
  Posted at 3:29 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  May 1st
  
  Time to celebrate! If you were not in our EC hallways this past weekend you may have missed our volunteer of the week. Meet Lisa Berger! Lisa leads every Saturday at the 5:45pm service in our three or four year old rooms. Lisa has a big heart for the kids. She is generous with her time, creative, energetic, fun and always willing to be there for the children and help our Early Childhood family. She’s a team player. Thank you Lisa, the best is yet to come!
  
  The date is set, our first Early Childhood Family Picnic will be Thursday, June 13th from 5:30pm-8:30pm at Schussler Park in Orland Park. An invitation and more details will be coming soon. Hope you’ll be able to join us for fun and fellowship!
  
  Lisa will have this weekend’s activities posted by Thursday. We’ll spend this month talking about helping others. You can easily locate the curriculum online at this link on our team blog https://parkviewec.wordpress.com/category/curriculum/ .
  
  Thank you for your dedication to God’s little ones! “The greatest need is for the Bible to come to life like never before in the framework of relationships. Life change happens when loving adults build relationships with children and introduce them to Jesus Christ, as revealed in His Word.” From The K Magazine-Energized Children’s Ministry.
  
  With love,
  
  jill
  
  Be kind and loving to each other. Ephesians 4:32
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Volunteer of the Week + Spring/Summer Schedule LIVE!
  
  Posted at 11:35 am by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Apr 23rd
  
  Let’s Celebrate! If you were not in our EC hallways this past weekend you may have missed our volunteer of the week. Please meet Morgan Peiffer! Morgan is a Student Leader every week at 11am in our Early Childhood Blue Room. She also helps lead large group worship. She always goes above and beyond offering to help wherever needed. She is committed to the children and we’re thrilled to have her on our team. Morgan sets a great example for others to follow. Thank you Morgan, the best is yet to come!
  
  Our May/June schedule has been finalized!   Please note that Spring/Summer hours are starting next month.  We will go down to one Saturday service starting May 18th at 5:00pm. We will go back to two Saturday services Father’s Day weekend, then back to one Saturday service at 5:00pm for the summer.
  
  All three services on Sunday will remain the same time.  Plus every Sunday night we will continue to have fun planned after service!  From a variety of food trucks where you can buy dinner, to a family-friendly movie in THE UNDERGROUND.  YAHOO!
  
  PLEASE review your schedule and save those dates on your calendar. The Parkview families are counting on us and we can’t do this without YOU. If you need to put in a sub request, please then consider being a sub for someone else so it all balances out.
  
  Due to many summer activities, we kindly ask that you give at least a 5-day notice if you need to request a sub.  If you do not have any dates or see a discrepancy please update the online schedule or contact me, I’d be happy to help.
  
  Let’s continue to pray for the children and our weekend team members.
  
  Make it a GREAT week and see you soon!
  
  With love,
  
  jill
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Volunteer of the Week, Art Work Update + Girls Night Out
  
  Posted at 6:47 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Apr 15th
  
  Let’s celebrate! If you didn’t join us this past weekend, please meet our Volunteer of the Week, Jim Burke! Jim is a Team Leader in Early Childhood and has been serving for over 6 yrs in Kidz Connection. He is dedicated to the children as he faithfully serves every Sunday at 9am in the clubhouse. Jim is always ready to have fun with the kids and takes initiative leading activities. He’s a great leader, thank you Jim, the best is yet to come!
  
  Here’s an update on more art work in our Early Childhood hallways and more to come!
  
  We have a few openings for this Saturday and Sunday at the 11am service. If you are available April 20th or 21st please contact me or even better just go to our online scheduler and fill yourself in for an important role. THANK YOU for your dedication to God’s children. Your presence makes a huge difference.
  
  Do you wonder if God hears you? Ladies night this Thursday, let’s learn how to flex our prayer muscles and hear from Jill Briscoe! Click here to get your tickets online and let me know if you want to sit together. I’ll be there and would love to have you join me!
  
  With love,
  
  jill
  
  “Be happy in your hope. Do not give up when trouble comes. Do not let anything stop you from praying.” Romans 12:12 NLV
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Volunteer of the Week + New Look for Early Childhood!
  
  Posted at 12:56 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Apr 8th
  
  Greetings!
  
  If you didn’t walk down our Early Childhood hallways this past weekend, please meet our Volunteer of the Week, Mickey Wendt! Mickey has been serving for over 4 yrs in Kidz Connection. She is a Team Leader and faithfully serves every Sunday at 11am. Mickey takes initiative at leading large groups. You’ll often find her reading to the kids from her own Bible that she brings every week and she creates an unforgettable experience for the children. She is a great leader! Thank you, Mickey, the best is yet to come!
  
  We have an EXCITING new facelift taking place right now in Early Childhood. Here’s our northwest hallway as you pass the nursery into Early Childhood. The stage area will be called “The Backyard”. This is a picture of Team/Large Group Worship Leader, John Creedon with Erin Creedon, Jenny and Sammie Peteroccelli getting the children ready to worship our great big God.
  
  BIG THANKS to Brad Epley and crew for all the painting help and to Deb Pierik and Lori VanderVelde for the amazing artistry!!
  
  Friendly reminder, we have a new memory verse to teach the children for April. Click on this link for details. https://parkviewec.wordpress.com/category/curriculum/
  
  I am so very thankful for each and every one of you. Thanks again for another amazing weekend! I can’t wait to see what God has in store for our community this month.
  
  With love,
  
  jill
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
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