From Our Childrens' Ministry Director

Our High Seas Expedition set sail during July 19 - 23 with 109 children on board for an adventure through God’s Word. We learned about God freeing Peter from prison, God comforting Paul during a storm at sea, Paul surviving a poisonous snake bite, Peter and John teaching about Jesus, and that the community of God’s believers share. The kids were guided through the voyage by 70 crew members.

The kids also gave a mission offering to the Marion Medical Mission to help with their clean shallow well program. The children donated $700 which was matched by our Missions Committee. In total, we donated enough money to purchase four wells which will provide clean drinking water for 400-1200 people in villages in Africa.

For their efforts, the kids were treated with a giant water slide and slip-n-slide on Friday. We concluded VBS with our parent program on Friday evening.

With school quickly approaching, we are looking forward to our school year programs beginning. We will be hosting our first “Parent’s Night Out” on August 20, from 5 – 9 pm. This is an evening of free child care for our Aldersgate families. Children must be pre-registered by August 18. You may register by calling the church office or filling out the registration form and placing it in the offering plate on Sunday.

We will then kick-off our regular Wednesday evening programs for children ages 3½ through 5th grade on September 8. We will once again have children’s choir at 6:30 p.m. followed by Faithweavers and CLICK. More information will soon be coming about our fall programs and special events.

Debbie Randoll
Childrens' Ministries Director