Children's Ministry Update

Fall Creek Family,
Things have been wild and crazy the last few weeks so it's nice to have some time to update you on what has been happening in our kids' ministry.
We have started our regular Sunday School classes on Sunday mornings. This means that each week after you check your child in he or she will go directly to their classroom for small group time. Starting in October they will go straight to the Depot where we will spend the first 20 minutes of each service practicing our songs for the Christmas musical. I am very excited to see our kids perform on December 14th!

We have some great volunteers in our children's ministry department this semester. These adults love the Lord and they love your children! We are very blessed to have such great people teaching our kids. Be sure to stop in and thank them whenever you get a chance!

AWANA is off to a great start. Last Wednesday was our first traditional club night and we had 42 kids attend! We use the worship center, the Depot, as well as four more classrooms and the nursery. It's great to see the kids working on memorizing their verses and I especially love seeing our small group leaders connect with the kids in their groups. Our AWANA team is incredible! I encourage you to come by on a Wednesay night and observe your child's class. It's pretty awesome to see! We have kids in preschool through 6th grade on Wednesday nights (as well as the few in the nursery) and they are all diving into God's Word and learning more and more about him. What a great thing to be a part of!

For those of you who have older children and are interested in baptism please contact me by email at cadystephens@fallcreekonline.org or by calling the church office at (317)841-8749. We will be doing baptisms during our Sunday morning service on November 2nd. Please let me know as soon as possible if your child is interested. We have a foundations class that they need to go through in order to be baptized. This is something that has been laid on the hearts of the board members as well as the staff. We are excited to see your kids take the next step in their walk of faith. If you have questions I would love to talk to you about this!

Things are going well in our ministry. Our church is in the middle of a huge transition but I know that God has a plan for us! Please continue to keep our children's ministry in your prayers. Pray specifically for:

• AWANA. This is the largest outreach program that our children's ministry offers. Pray that more and more unreached children/families will start to attend.
• Pray for our children's ministry volunteers. Pray that their passion will not die down and that they will be able to see and understand the great importance that they have in our church.
• Pray for our church as a whole. Pray for a unity as we seek out a new senior pastor. Pray for smooth transition and willing servants.

I would love to talk with you if you have questions or concerns about our children's ministry. Please feel free to contact me at cadystephens@fallcreekonline.org or by calling the church office at (317)841-8749.