children's council easter 2013

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Devotional

Each of us has one body with many members, andthese members do not all have the same function, so inChrist we who are many form one body, and eachmember belongs to all the others. Romans 12:14

A healthy body has many, many functioning parts. Some are visible tothe observing eye and some are not. But each part is important to theongoing health of the body and its proper functioning.

So it is with the local church body. God places different people withdifferent gifts in each body. Each person must do their job or the bodywill not be healthy. In order for souls to be won to Christ, each of usmust do our job. Were all on the same team, reaching for the same

goal. So we must work together.

Carolyn Larsen, One-Minute Devotions for Women


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Childrens Council

Easter 2013

Grow in God


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History - 2012 Event 2012 Event was held on Saturday prior to Easter from 10

am noon

We began the event with a puppet show about themeaning of Easter and then had crafts and an egg hunt for

kids 3rd grade and younger.

Teens dressed as Easter Bunnies and orchestrated photos.

Biggest positive change from 2011 Music Ministry agreedto change practice time so Sanctuary was available all

morning

Biggest negative change from 2011 Number of volunteersdecreased and no volunteer(s) to lead JLU activity


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Attendees in 2012

2 and under 11

3 years 12

4 years 6

5 years 9

6 years 8

7 years 5

8 years 7

9 years 7

10 years 4

11 years 2

Total* 71 17 non Pender 3 Pender Hill School

*there may be additional kids who attended but didn't sign in

13 kids 9 and

older


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Plan for 2013

We didnt originally start out with the plan to change thedate to a weekday. This happened during a meeting inlooking at calendars and thinking of how we could bestcarry out the event.

As we discussed volunteer/attendee availability and whowe wanted to reach the plan developed to purposefullyreach out to the Pender Hill kids and moms.(Who/What/Why)

We scheduled for the Wednesday prior to Easter duringSpring Break for Fairfax and Loudoun Counties (includingPender Hill School) and gained commitments from severalinside and outside of Childrens Council to lead the event.


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Reaching Out

Direct contact We gave invitations to the 120Pender Hill Students inviting them to ourEaster Story Time and Egg Hunt on theWednesday before Easter

Social Media and Flyers Dulles Moms website, Facebook, Flyers in local stores

Flyers Sunday School Students


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Challenges

Volunteers

Overcoming objections to changing the event

to a weekday

Preparing for the correct number of kids and

for the right ages


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Opportunities

Teach the story of Easter to un-churched kids

Share in the planning and execution with new

members of Childrens Council

Use new methods to reach the kids

Ask others at Pender to share their talents to

execute the event


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Event

Began with music at 10 am (Pastor Kevin)

Easter story (Darlene Bell)

Resurrection Museum (5 yrs +) Egg Hunt (birth 4 yrs)

Egg Scavenger Hunt (5 yrs +)

Snacks Prizes (Easter coloring book, mug, etc)


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Attendees

Age Pender Member Pender Hill Student Non-member or student Totals

Birth -2 7 12 10 29

3-4 13 21 15 49

5-6 4 7 13 24

7-8 6 2 10 18

9-10 2 2 3 7

11-12 5 5

Totals 37

44 51132

Attendees over 150 kids

Sign in sheet = (please note all of the volunteers kids werent signed in nor late arrivals) 5 and over = 54 (approx.) 4 and under = 78 (approx.)


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Comparison of 2012 and 2013

recorded attendance

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Non members Pre School Pender Member Total

2012

Difference

2013


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Results

By changing our typical model from a Saturday toWednesday and inviting those outside of Pender,over 90 of the 150 attendees who attended werenot Pender members

Some families who attended the Kids Easterevent attended Easter services at Pender

At least 1 family who recently began attendingPender began attending Sunday School after theevent (2 sons)


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Resurrection Museum


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Egg Hunt


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Egg Hunt


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Next Steps

Continue to think differently and pray every

time we meet/plan/serve

Remember that God has big plans for us and

be prepared

Continue to reach out to many on and outside

the Childrens Council to use their talents to

make disciples for Jesus Christ

Give thanks

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