Early Childhood Curriculum | Parkview Kids Team

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- Service Time Change for Sunday Night + Testimony Kids on Mission!
  
  Posted at 3:15 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Sep 24th
  
  Kids On Mission Six-Week Series Kicks Off THIS WEEKEND + Service Time Change Sunday Night!
  
  Thank you for another GREAT weekend! We had 12 NEW families come through our doors and 376 children in our Early Childhood classrooms last weekend (1,058 total throughout Parkview Kids). WOW!!!! We cannot do this without YOU, thank you for being a part of what God is doing at Parkview!
  
  We are SUPER EXCITED to kick off “Kids on Mission” this weekend to go along with our “Life on Mission” series. Over the next six weeks, our kids will be going on a mission, a superhero mission. But this mission isn’t from us…this mission comes straight from GOD and we get to be a part of it. Get ready for TONS OF FUN! You can review all the fun-filled activities Lisa Dorman put together by clicking here .
  
  PLEASE MAKE NOTE, There is a service time change for THIS WEEKEND’S Sunday night service (Sept. 28). Sunday night’s service will start at 5:30pm instead of 5:45pm — to accommodate more time for service prior to the Tim Hawkins event. We will open for our Parkview families at 5:10 pm. That means our Sunday night huddle will start at 5:00 pm, please mark your calendar if you volunteer or attend the Sunday night service. Thanks!
  
  YOU are making a difference! Check out this testimony that just came in this week. Thanks for sharing Adrienne!
  
  “I just wanted to tell you all about this GREAT story from one of the new families who was here this past weekend. Carolyn said her daughter (Alexis) went in kicking and screaming and came out smiling! Yea!! She also said that she had been misbehaving on the way to church and her mom said if she would behave she’d take her to get ice cream, but she kept misbehaving.. so her mom said no ice cream. After church, Alexis said “Mommy, aren’t you supposed to forgive me when I’m being bad and I forgive you, too?” Her mom was so happy that she even brought it up because she (Alexis) had never talked like that before. She didn’t realize that we did curriculum and talked to the children about God and Jesus (She thought they just colored and did crafts). So I told her that we did do curriculum and told her about the website. Mom ended up taking the daughter out for ice cream because she was so happy her daughter learned that! Such a great story! Thought you’d enjoy! 🙂 ” Adrienne Trent, Parkview Kids, First Impressions Coordinator
  
  Please be in prayer for all the families that will be coming through our doors this fall and THANK YOU for all that you do and who you are. It’s an honor to serve with you.
  
  BIG hugs and much love,
  
  Jill Shea
  
  “You are the light of the world, let your light shine in front of others.” Matthew 5:14-16
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum, Testimonials
- Kids on Mission – “This Little Light of mine…”
  
  Posted at 8:30 pm by pcclisadorman
  
  Sep 22nd
  Some kids have grown up hearing the song, “This Little Light of Mine, I’m going to let it Shine!” but do they truly know what it means to shine their light? Over the next six weeks, our kids will be going on a mission, a superhero mission. But this mission isn’t from us…this mission comes straight from GOD.
  
  We will search the Bible and look at stories that help us uncover the answer to the question, “What is my Mission from God?”
  - Week 1: Prodigal Son
    Jesus wants me to SHINE MY LIGHT by asking Him to be my friend forever.
  - Week 2: Zacchaeus
    Jesus wants me to SHINE MY LIGHT by being friends with everyone, even those who are different from me.
  - Week 3: The Good Samaritan
    Jesus wants me to SHINE MY LIGHT by loving God and loving others.
  - Week 4: The Great Commission
    Jesus wants me to SHINE MY LIGHT by telling others about Him!
  - Week 5: Jesus’ life
    Jesus wants me to SHINE MY LIGHT by learning to be like him.
  - Week 6: Jesus’ prayer life
    Jesus wants me to SHINE MY LIGHT by talking to HIM about everything!
  It’s going to be one exciting mission that is for sure! Are you ready?!?
  
  Memory Verse: “You are the light of the world…Let your light shine in front of others. Then they will see the good things you do. And they will praise your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16 (NIrV)
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- The Top 3 Things I Need You to Know this Week
  
  Posted at 3:56 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Sep 17th
  
  Parkview Kids … ON MISSION!
  
  Last weekend we handed out our NEW Team t-shirts. WOOHOO!!!!! If you did not receive yours yet, you can pick it up on your next serve date.
  
  THANK YOU for a great beginning to the school year. Our teams’ energy level is HIGH and all the children have been connecting and it all starts with YOU. Thank you for your dedication to God’s little ones!
  
  Here are the TOP 3 Things I need you to know this week:
  
  1. If you are in charge of preparing the white bags for children, please put the first AND last name on a bag when we have two children with the same first name. We’ve had a few instances where parents will pick up the wrong bag even though you may have the initial of the last name on bag. I’m sure you can imagine the disappointment to not receive their child’s craft. Please be sure to put the full last name when we have two children with the same first name so we can avoid that happening in the future. Thanks!
  
  2. Are you on Facebook? I’d love to connect with you and add you to our private EC Facebook group. It’s a great tool to hear about news in real time. Let’s connect online, friend me up! Click here
  
  3. Drum roll please…..We will have 10 Christmas services this year! I know you’re thinking…what??? It’s only September??? Well, I thought you’d like to be the first to know what Parkview has planned for this Christmas season. Here’s the schedule for the 10 Christmas services. If it’s your normal weekend to serve you will automatically be scheduled in for Christmas. We will also do a recruitment for Christmas helpers. This allows our weekly team members to have some time off to rest and recharge.
  
  Saturday, Dec. 20: 3:45 pm & 5:45 pm (regular weekend schedule)
  
  Sunday, Dec. 21: 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 5:45 pm (regular weekend schedule)
  
  Monday, Dec. 22: NONE
  
  Tuesday, Dec. 23: 5:00 pm & 7:00 pm
  
  Wednesday, Dec. 24: 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm
  
  Let’s continue to go beyond the call of duty and make this our best year yet as we reach out to our community each weekend, encourage parents and minister to children through loving touch, encouraging speech and appropriate play.
  
  RISE UP, you are more than you know!
  
  BIG hugs and much love,
  
  Jill Shea
  
  “God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 NLT
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- August and September Curriculum
  
  Posted at 9:51 am by pcclisadorman
  
  Sep 15th
  
  August Weeks 4 and 5 – August 23rd/24th and 30th/31st
  
  September Week 1 and 2 – September 6th/7th and 13th/14th
  
  September Week 3 – September 20th/21st
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Top 5 Things to Know + Volunteer Rally Pictures
  
  Posted at 3:11 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Sep 10th
  
  1. Our first ever all Church Volunteer Rally, Monday, September 8th was a HUGE success! It was jam-packed with over 900 people in attendance.  THANK YOU for making this one of our best events ever! It was nice to remember the inspirational evening with a photo and PT strolled by just in time to join us for a team pic!  See above and below for some pics and if you missed out we’ll all get together again soon.
  
  2. Opportunities await! For this Saturday we are in need for two more adults @ 3:45 and one more adult at 5:45pm.  This Sunday, Sept. 14th, we could really use two more adults at the 11am service.  Please reply or fill yourself in the schedule for an important role. Thanks so much!
  
  3.  It’s that time of year!  Every September we have new team t-shirts for all of our team members.  We will have these available for pick up on your next serve date.  Please do your best to arrive at least 30 minutes before the service.  These will be distributed duirng our huddle time.  All volunteers receive one free t-shirt, if you request a second we kindly ask for $5.00 to offset the cost. Thanks!
  
  4.  Visitor Postcards – Please be sure to put the first AND last name of a child if you write out a Visitor Postcard.  I had two from this past weekend with a first name only.  : (  We have over 300 children coming through our six Early Childhood classrooms every weekend so it’s imperative a last name is on the card so we can address and mail. Thank you for understanding.
  
  5. Volunteer of the Week is coming soon!  We are making a few updates and we’ll be back to putting a weekly spotlight on our awesome team members in the next few weeks!!!
  
  Thank you for being a part of what God is doing at Parkview.  See YOU soon!
  
  BIG hugs and much love,
  
  Jill Shea
  
  “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (NIV)
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Did you RSVP for the Volunteer Rally September 8th?
  
  Posted at 4:21 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Aug 22nd
  
  Did you receive your invitation for our Volunteer Rally, Monday night, September 6th? You can view it here and please RSVP at your earliest convenience. Don’t miss out on this once a year event!
  
  Here’s some fun pictures from last weekend’s VBS. We had over 1,000 children attend all four weekends. Praise God and THANK YOU for you dedication to God’s little ones.
  
  You are impacting so many lives!
  
  BIG hugs and much love,
  
  Jill Shea
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Wrapping Up VBS + 2 Important Events Coming Soon!
  
  Posted at 4:02 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Aug 14th
  
  It’s goes by soooooooooooo fast! We are quickly approaching our last weekend of Quest VBS. Let’s finish this weekend STRONG.
  
  Look at what God is doing … In only 3 weeks, Parkview Kids have LIVED DIFFERENTLY and raised $5,943.47 for our Clean Water Well Project! We will be able to build 2 wells…Let’s go for 4!!! WAY TO GO!
  
  If you are serving this weekend, August 16/17, please arrive 45 minutes before the start of service for an extra-special huddle which will allow us more time to debrief VBS and be equipped for the last VBS service. All huddles are held in the Yellow room this weekend EXCEPT for the 11:00am service. All 11:00am team members please meet us in THE CITY at 10:15am for our huddle time.
  
  We could still use some extra hands this weekend so if you are available and not currently on the schedule please let me know. We’d LOVE to have you join us!
  
  SAVE THE DATES!
  
  Two important events are fast approaching…
  
  1. VBS Closing Program & Family Night Friday, August 22nd 6:30pm-8:30pm.
  
  We will worship together and recap all of the things we’ve learned. Afterwards we will head outside for a free hot dog dinner, inflatables, balloon artists, dunk tanks…TONS OF FUN!!!! Dessert will be available for purchase from a variety of food trucks. You are ALL welcome to join us. If you do not have children in the VBS program please let me know if you’d like to help volunteer next Friday night.
  
  2. YOU’RE INVITED to our very FIRST all Church Volunteer Rally Monday, September 8th! Doors open at 6:00pm for appetizers and desserts. The Rally starts at 7:00pm. You don’t want to miss this event. Pastor Tim will be sharing his heart for being a Church on Mission and he would like to thank you personally for the great role that you play! Spouses are welcome. If you did not receive the email invite please let me know. I also have a hard-copy invite I will hand out in our huddle this weekend.
  
  Please do your best to review the fun-filled activities Lisa Dorman has planned for this weekend click here .
  
  Let’s go beyond the call of duty and make this our best weekend yet as we reach out to our community and close out Quest VBS 2014. RISE UP, you are more than you know.
  
  With love,
  
  Jill Shea
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- VBS 2014
  
  Posted at 1:17 am by pcclisadorman
  
  Aug 11th
  
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  VBS – Week 1 – July 26th/27th
  
  VBS – Week 2 – August 2nd/3rd
  
  VBS – Week 3 – August 9th/10th
  
  VBS – Week 4 – August 16th/17th
  
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Record-Number children at VBS – we need more team members this weekend
  
  Posted at 1:54 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Jul 31st
  Record-Number of Children Last Weekend at VBS!
  
  Check out these stats from Week 1 of Quest VBS:
  - 1,176 children attended (a record-number for us!)
  - 23 new families
  - Donations totaled $1,351.76. The mission project is to raise $2,500 for a well for clean water in Africa. We are more than halfway to our goal already.
  Praise God!
  
  With all these great things in mind, we are in need of more team members this weekend (August 2nd and 3rd) as we prepare for week 2 of Quest VBS.
  
  PLEASE go to the online scheduler and plug yourself in or contact me or just come on in if you can help any time this weekend. We need YOU!
  
  We have a big need at all of the services this weekend. This is the order of where we have the biggest need first:
  - Saturday 5:00pm
  - Sunday 9:00am
  - Sunday 11:00am
  - Sunday 5:45pm
  Next, if you are serving this weekend please do the self-check in as usual and print your name tag. The VBS name tags are only for the new VBS volunteers.
  
  This weekend we are focusing on, God is our provider. As we share this truth with the children we are going to show them that God provides the flowers and birds.
  
  All the children will get to decorate a flower pot this weekend. The 4s and 5s will plant the flowers in their decorated pots during adventure time. The 3s will go back to their classroom after large group to complete their activities in the classroom.
  
  We will continue to have our Large group time in “The City” during VBS. YAHOO!!!!
  
  We really, really could use the extra helping hands this weekend so if you are available for any service this weekend please let me know or add yourself in to the schedule online.
  
  To prepare for this weekend’s exciting activities please do your best to arrive 35 minutes before the start of service and meet us in the yellow room. This extra time in our huddle should help everyone have a better understanding of how things will run and look different from our normal weekends.
  
  Thank you for your dedication to God’s little ones, we cannot do this without you and YOU are making a HUGE difference in the lives of others. I am so grateful to have you on our team! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
  
  BIG hugs and much love, Jill Shea
  
  “Lord teach me how you want me to live. Then I will follow your truth.” Psalm 86:11
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
- Quest VBS Kicks Off THIS WEEKEND!
  
  Posted at 8:17 pm by Stephanie McDonald
  
  Jul 22nd
  We are SUPER EXCITED, QUEST VBS Kicks Off THIS WEEKEND!!!!!
  
  Please help us continue spread the word, Parkview’s Quest VBS is free. YAHOO!!!!!!!!!   Anyone can still register their children or walk-ins are welcome. The more the merrier!
  
  If you were unable to attend our Super Meeting last week or you did not receive a handout below is a recap.
  
  Arrive at least 30 minutes before the service (the lobby may be extra crowded during VBS weekends) to check-in, then sign in and find your classroom assignment. Next meet us in the YELLOW room for a team huddle.
  
  The memory verse is:   “Lord, teach me how you want me to live. Then I will follow your truth.” Psalm 86:11, NIV
  
  Our bottom Line that we want to continually repeat to the children is: “I Can Count on God”
  
  4 weekly bottom lines:
  - July 26th/27th – “God is Creator”
  - August 2nd/3rd – “God is Provider”
  - August 9th/10th – “God is Protector”
  - August 16th/17th – “God is Savior/King”
  The children receive water bottles when they sign up for VBS and are encouraged to pour their donations into the water wells that will be outside in our kids lobby. Please do not let parents leave a water bottle in the classroom. They need to take those with them to service.
  
  During our large group time, this is what we will focus on each weekend:
  - July 26th/27th – Creator – God created Everything
  - August 2nd/3rd – Provider– God provided for the Flowers and the Birds
  - August 9th/10th – Protector – God protected Daniel from the Lion
  - August 16th/17th – Savior/King – God is our Savior and King
  Here is an example of what each service will look like.
  
  We open 20 minutes before the service for the families. Children can free play until service starts then below is a sample schedule.
  
  Example schedule:
  
  9:00 to 9:10    Craft
  
  9:15 to 9:35    Worship/Teach Time
  
  9:40 to 9:50    Games/Adventure Time (Rotation 1)
  
  9:55 to 10:05 Adventure Time/Games (Rotation 2)
  
  10:10 to end   Snack
  
  Dress Attire: Please wear comfortable modest clothing. You can purchase a VBS t-shirt for $5.00 when you check in. That is optional.
  
  If you are serving during VBS (July 26 thru August 17) please review the activities and worship songs click here.
  
  If you have any questions please reply or feel free to call me at 708-478-7477 ext. 287. I’m here to help.
  
  I look forward to serving with you during VBS. Thank you for being a part of what God is doing at Parkview!
  
  BIG hugs and much love,
  
  Jill Shea
  Posted in Early Childhood Curriculum
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