4's & 5's Parent Minute- July 2016

July 2016

What’s going on with... the 4’s and 5’s??

A newsletter for parents of 4 and 5 year olds

at LFAC

 

 

 

From the 4-5 year old classroom:            

Hey Parents!

This month, in July, we'll be studying these stories with your kids on Sunday mornings: God chooses Ruth to be part of His family (Ruth 1-4), God rejects Saul because of Saul’s disobedience and chooses David as king of Israel (I Sam 13:5-14, 15-16:13), The Lord delivers Israel from the Philistines (I Sam 17: 1-54), The ark of God is holy (II Samuel 6-7), and David breaks God’s commandments and repents (9 Sam 11-12, Psalm 51). This month, maybe read one of these stories as a family after dinner time.

Here are the teachers who will be with your 4-5 year old in June:

1st service: Karla Laws and Tom Pagels

2nd service: Karen Martine, Sara Seabock, and Mia Toscani.

We've been looking (and crying out to God) for more people who will help out in the 4-5 classroom. If you're AT ALL interested, please email Sharon Howard (showard@lfachurch.org) or grab her when you see her in the children's lobby area. We'd be so happy to have you volunteer!


 

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Hey Parents!  Here’s an Idea to Try!

How’s it going with doing this whole ‘Live on Mission as a Family in the Summer’ thing?? Even if it’s easy to forget, you can jump right back into it! If you haven’t made a list with your family of people who don’t know God, make it this week! Then put that list on your dining room table and pray together for those people a couple times a week. Let your 4-5 year old choose someone to pray for. If they don’t know how to pray, give them words: “God, let your love come to….” or “God, ‘so-and-so’ is LOST. Would you help them to be FOUND?”

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Check out these important dates &    

stick ’em on your calendar today:    

  • New 1st Grader Parent Gathering: July 31, 11am, Rm 128

  • LFA Camp: August 1-5

  • 4 Year Old Parent Gathering: August 14, 11am, Rm 128

  • 2 Year Old Parent Gathering: August 21, 11am, Rm 128

  • Parent Summit: November 19     

 

And how about some blogs to read?????

These QR codes take you to 3 blogs:

  • Sound More Like An Ice Cream Truck and Less Like a Fart: Helping Kids Follow Directions

http://www.somuchhope.com/parenting/helping-kids-follow-directions-part-1

  • The IPad Is Stealing My Son’s Childhood A Mom’s concerns and proactive steps to consider the effect technology is having on her son’s development

http://www.icanteachmychild.com/the-ipad-is-stealing-my-sons-childhood/

  • Parents, You Can’t Build Heaven Here A good reminder of our tendency to forget eternity and ‘build heaven here’ for our kids http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/parents-you-can-t-build-heaven-here

 

4's & 5's Parent Minute- June 2016

June 2016

What’s going on with... the 4’s and 5’s??

A newsletter for parents of 4 and 5 year olds at LFAC

 

From the 4-5 year old classroom:                

Hey Parents!

This month, in June, we'll be studying these stories with your kids on Sunday mornings: God chooses Ruth to be part of His family (Ruth 1-4), God grants Hannah's request and God calls Samuel (1 Samuel 1-3), and God shows He is greater than the idol Dagon (1 Samuel 4-7:2). This month, maybe read these stories over once on your own, and ask God if there's anytime when you're teaching or disciplining your child that God might want YOU to reference one of these stories about what God is like in what you say to your child!

Here are the teachers that will be with your 4-5 year old in June:

1st service: Karla Laws and Tom Pagels

2nd service: Karen Martine, Sara Seabock, and Mia Toscani.

We've been looking (and crying out to God) for more people who will help out in the 4-5 classroom. If you're AT ALL interested, please email Sharon Howard (showard@lfachurch.org) or grab her when you see her in the children's lobby area. We'd be so happy to have you volunteer!

 

 

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Hey Parents!  Here’s an Idea to Try!

Jump on board with what our church is doing this summer, and do it WITH your kids: this whole 'Live On Mission’ thing. Let them add a name or two to your list of the lost people that you're praying for, and pray for your list WITH them once a week. And plan your events for those lost people WITH your kids. Talk with them about the reality that some people love Jesus and some people don't...and that it’s very sad that there are so many people who don’t have what you have: the comfort of God, the love and acceptance that Jesus gives YOU, the safety of belonging to Him. Talk to them this month about what it looks like for people to be LOST!

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Check out these important dates &    

stick ’em on your calendar today:        

●      New First Grader Parent Gathering: July 31

●      LFA Camp: August 1-5

●      4 Year Old Parent Gathering: August 14

●      2 Year Old Parent Gathering: August 28

●      Parent Summit: November 19            

 

And how about some blogs to read?????

●       Four Ways for Fathers to Engage at Home A blog giving some practical suggestions on connecting.

http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/four-ways-for-fathers-to-engage-at-home

●       Tired at the End of the Work Day A blog post for dads to remember HOW to have the energy to engage their families when all they want to do is take a nap after work.

http://www.somuchhope.com/manupmen/tired-at-the-end-of-the-work-day

●       Mom Enough: The Fearless Mother's Heart and Hope A free Ebook put out by some of desiringgod.org's contributors. http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/mom-enough-new-book