St Jude's Kids!: June 2010

What's happening & what we're thinking about!

A bit of background: We are an evangelical church - that means we believe the Bible is the accurate record of God's dealings with people, and it's also his message to us, and not musty irrelevant stuff - it's just as fresh today as when it was written. We believe the Bible tells us how we can have a real relationship with the God who really exists, really made us, really loves us, and really visited earth 2000ish years ago, as the man Jesus. We believe Jesus died for us, so that nothing we've done can stop God from loving us. We believe he came back to life, and he's going to come back, and give us life like that too. And we reckon that if all that is really true, then we've no right to keep it to ourselves! Jesus said that kids can be friends with him too - he didn't send them away - actually, he said adults have got a lot to learn from kids, about being friends with God.So, if you like what you see, why not come and visit us in person? We're on the corner of Lygon and Palmerston Streets, Carlton - that's in Melbourne, Australia.For more information, please email kpeken@stjudes.org.au or telephone 03 9347 5152 during business hours.

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Family & childrens calendar 2010

12th September, Sun: Grade 6 ceremony - kids welcomed to Youth program
17th September, Fri: School Term 3 ends
19th & 26th September: Relaxed Sunday 'Thrive' program
3rd October, Sun: Term time kids 'Thrive' program starts again!
4th October, Mon: School goes back - Term 4
10th October, Sun: 'Toolbox' Parenting Seminar
November, Sundays at 9am and 11am: Social justice focus in Thrive groups
20th November, Saturday: Film & Pizza social night for Grades 3 to 6 - visitors welcome!
3rd December, Friday: Christmas Presentation for Christian Religious Education Princes Hill Primary School
8th December, Wednesday 10am: Playgroup Christmas celebration
11th December, Saturday 7.30pm: Carols in Curtain Square, bring a picnic!
19th December, Sunday 9 and 11am: Celebration Service - we celebrate Thrive kids groups and leaders of 2010
24th December, Friday 6-7pm: Kids Carols - all welcome!
25th December, Saturday 9.30am: Family Christmas service - all welcome!

Monday, June 21, 2010

School Holiday Program Vibe! only 7 days away!

This time next week, I'm looking forward to hanging out with a whole bunch of kids, learning about Peter the fisherman, playing games, learning songs, getting to know each other, and eating great food - mmmmm. We've got a great team of leaders, rearing to go, the program is coming together and looks fun and exciting - with some space for reflection and processing too - and the menu is firming up as well! Right now we're working on decorating - with a fishy theme, of course!
Get your registration forms in this week, and I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Vibe! will be full of fishy fun!

Less than two weeks 'til Vibe! Our theme will be 'Peter: Totally Hooked!'

Peter was a fisherman until he met Jesus, running his own business on the sea of Galilee. When he met Jesus, he became his student first (that's what a disciple is), and then his friend. He travelled around with him, heard his teaching, and saw the amazing things he did. We're going to learn a great song about him - one of my favourites!

Peter and Jesus spent a lot of time close to water and boats. So there'll be lots of activities about beaches, fishing, and all sorts of water creatures - but no swimming, you'll be glad to know - not when it was -1 degrees yesterday!

Even without swimming, you'll have lots of fun and learn good stuff as you hear fish talk, enjoy the fishy buzz words, hear stories told from under water and lots more!