Reptiles Are Coming To Highview!

REPTILE PARTY

A display of LIVE REPTILES in the morning

FUN reptile SNACKS throughout the day

Reptile GAMES and CRAFTS in the afternoon

God is The Creator!

God made all the creatures that move along the ground (Gen 1:24-25)

DATE: Thursday, March 17th

AGE: SK-Gr 5

TIME: 8:30am-4:30pm

COST: A donation of whatever amount. All donations go toward safe water filters for our "Turn On The Tap" Project

REGISTRATION DUE: Sunday, Feb 27th, 2011

ADDRESS: 295 Highview Drive Kitchener ON

CONTACT: To register contact Ian Peers

at ianpeers@buildingbiggerhearts.ca

or 519-745-4211 ex 26.

Space is Limited, Don't Delay!
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How Can You Help?

You might be wondering how you can help with the Reptile Party. There are so many ways it's crazy!

Leaders Needed: 8-10 Time: 8am-6:00pm

Training: Sunday, March 13, 2011 from 12pm-1:30pm in the Lower Level

Areas: Small Group, Kitchen Duty, Games Leaders, Craft Leaders, Administration, Registration

Protection Policy: Quickly contact Ian Peers if you are interested in helping if you have never gone through our Protection Policy Process. If you have gone through this process in the past and want to help, please contact Ian right away to find out if your information needs to be updated.

An Upcoming Reptile Party & Much More

March Break Reptile Party: March 17th, 8:30am-4:30pm. SK-Gr 5. A real reptile demonstration! Registration forms available soon. Reg forms due by Sun, Feb 27. Cost is a food donation to the Foodbank or a financial donation to the Haiti Project. 6 adult volunteers needed. 6 youth volunteers needed. See Ian for application.

KIDMO: New change on the horizon. We began with a bang and now we need to change direction. Please be praying for the children we have reached and will reach in the near future.

KidsROCK Volunteers: Thank you for embracing a new philosophy of scheduling. Please see when you are scheduled on the cork board in the Lower Level of Highview this Sunday.

A New Wave of Ideas & Prayer

A new wave of ideas and prayer happened in the beginning of the year. Lots of ideas are happening to enhance the Sunday morning service for the children of Highview. Prayer has been lifted up for our community. What an amazing wave to ride!

PRAYER & FLYER DISTRIBUTION: The prayer night on Thursday January 6th was awesome. We got 300 flyers out, prayed for the community, and had a great time. There was lots of snow but it was beautful.

KIDMO: Kidmo launched this past Thursday. We did a camp fire craft that was lots of fun. Stay tuned for pictures. Some new interest is happening with other kids in the community. Please be praying that God would use this reach children's hearts and lives.

KIDSROCK: A new scheduling philosophy is beginning to develop. If you are involved in volunteering on Sunday morning for Cornerstone or Pebbles Nursery please come to a meeting right after the service on Sunday January 16th at 11:45am in the Lower Level to talk more about the new idea and what it all means.

Flyers & Prayers

2011! Can you believe it's here? Stay tuned for details about the amazing year God has in store for the Children's Ministries of Highview.

Close to 300 flyers went out to our Immediate Neighbourhood to promote Kidmo, Momstown, and Launch Student Ministries. We had a great time of prayer, fellowship, and discussion as well. Please be praying that the people in the Immediate Neighbourhood of Highview will connect with us through the flyers we sent out.

Kidmo starts up again on Thursday, January 13th

KidsROCK starts up again this Sunday (Jan 9th). Very exciting things happening!

Any questions?

Please contact Ian Peers @ ianpeers@buildingbiggerhearts.ca

A Word of Thanks

THANK YOU

We would like to say a big word of THANKS to all the volunteers who help out on Sunday mornings and on Thursday nights. You meet the needs of the children of Highview and in our Immediate Neighbourhood in amazing ways and it is so appreciated!

We also would like to say a big THANK YOU to the parents who all love their kids so much. Thank you for the priviledge of serving you and your family.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Volunteer Schedule: We have posted the schedule for January only. We apologize for the delay in producing a schedule for the rest of the year. We would like to have an opportunity to meet with all the KidROCK Sunday Morning children's ministry volunteers to talk about new ideas we have for scheduling. Please stay posted for the date of that meeting

The Kidmo Christmas Party: The party was a great success! Stay posted for updates and pictures next week.

Want to find out more about what is going on in our kids ministry? Click on the following link "How Do You Celebrate Christmas?" to:

• share stories of what you do to celebrate Christmas
• what is happening on Sunday mornings
• and about how you can plug into the prayer walk on Thursday January 6th, 2011

How Do You Celebate Christmas?

HIGHVIEW CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES UPDATE

Renee and I are really celebrating this year because it is Quinton's first Christmas. We've got wonderful plans. We're going to the Thursday night showing of the Let It Be Christmas here at Highview. We also plan on going to see the Festival of Lights in Waterloo Park on Christmas Eve. After this we plan on spending quality time with family and friends

What are some ways you

celebrate Christmas?

Post a comment!

Volunteers: Please look to the cork boards on the Lower Level and Upper Level for a January 2011 schedule. It will be posted in the next week or so.

UPCOMING ITEMS: If you want to invite a family to our church but are not sure what is happening please click on this link "A Prayer Walk, An Upcoming Christmas Party, KidsROCK December Services" to find out more about what is ahead. Also, in this link is a variety of opportunities for you to volunteer. Contact Ian for details.

A CHRISTMAS OPPORTUNITY

Have you been wanting to invite a family to our church
but maybe aren't sure what's happening?

Is there a desire in your heart to pray for
the children in our church and community?

Looking for an opportunity to volunteer in the Children's Ministries?

LOOK NO FURTHER

For details on all the below opportunities go to
A Prayer Walk, An Up Coming Christmas Party, KidsROCK December Services.

• KidsROCK Sunday Services are a perfect opportunity for that family you might be thinking about that you'd like to invite to our church. Our Christmas programs are AWESOME!

• KIDMO is having a Christmas Party. Children can dress up as princesses and princes as we use our imagination and join with the shepherds and wisemen at Jesus' birth. This is a perfect opportunity to invite a child who doesn't know Jesus yet!

• Want to volunteer? We're doing A Prayer Walk on the evening of January 6th that will help promote our kids programs. Anyone is welcome to join us. We're going to distribute flyers, pray, and share a hot cup of chocolate at the end of our walk.