Children's Ministry Blog

We are so excited to announce that on January 24th, NewSpring will be celebrating 10 amazing years in ministry.  On this day, all children will be welcome into the service that is sure to be a celebration they will never forget! 

There will be two viewing rooms available on that day.  One will be for families whose special needs children are not comfortable sitting in the service.  The other will be for nursing moms and their infants.

Don’t forget to arrive early, and we’ll see you there!

After a great week of Christmas services, NewSpring will not have services on Sunday, December 27, 2009.

See you on Sunday, January 3, 2010 for our last week of The Reindeer Radio Show and North Pole News!

It’s Christmas and our fifth week of pretending to be the live studio audience of the Reindeer Radio Show where we sing along with some cool Christmas tunes and learn lots of good news from God’s word.

And it’s Christmas at the North Pole News where elementary school kids hear hilarious headlines and the news they Need to Know from God’s word.

Today’s Headline (Need to Know): God Sent His Son to be the Savior of the World!

SpringTown & Treehouse (Preschool)
Many of us receive gifts at Christmastime, and today we learned about the best gift ever—the gift God sent us on the very first Christmas—Jesus!

Our Remember Verse tells us why Jesus was born. If your child has the verse memorized on January 3, 2010, he or she will win a prize!

“God (arms open to the sky) sent his Son (hold a baby) to be the Savior (arms stretched out wide) of the world (make a circle with arms above head).” 1 John 4:14 (hold up four fingers)

God sent baby Jesus to save us all from doing wrong things and to fix our friendship with God—that makes Him the best Christmas present ever!

This week at home, help your child place the ornament he or she made at church on your Christmas tree. Ask your child to tell you what Christmas trees remind us of:

The top of the Christmas tree points up to remind us that GOD sent Jesus to us.

The gifts under the tree remind us that God sent us the BEST Christmas gift ever—Jesus!

ImagiNation, Jump Street & Shockwave (Elementary School)
What gifts have you or your child received in years past that are worn out, broken or now boring? We can all probably name a few. Today kids learned about a gift we’ve been given that never wears out, breaks or becomes boring.

In the beginning of time Adam and Eve were best friends with God, but when they disobeyed God and sinned, it hurt everyone’s friendship with God. The prophet Micah told us about how God was going to send someone special to fix our friendship with him. And one night in the tiny town of Bethlehem, the promise God made through Micah came true. A baby was born named Jesus—this was the person God said he would send to save us from our sin and fix our friendship with Him.

The cool thing was that Jesus didn’t come as a king riding on a horse or as a rich man dressed in fancy clothes. He didn’t even come as a grown up! God thought of the best way to have his friends back. He chose to come as a baby, because no one would be afraid of a baby! He came as a baby so that we could be friends with Him and not be afraid. God planned all along to come in a way we could understand.

Today’s headline, God Sent His Son to be the Savior of the World, is also a part of the Bible verse we’re memorizing. Help your child practice memorizing it at home this week so that he or she can win a prize on January 3, 2010!

“God sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We saw his Son and are now telling others about Him.” - 1 John 4:14

Motions for younger elementary kids: “God (arms open to the sky) sent his Son (hold a baby) to be the Savior (arms stretched out wide) of the world (make a circle with arms above head). We saw (take a picture) his Son (pat a baby’s back) and are now telling others (cup hands around mouth) about Him (arms open to sky).” 1 John 4:14 (hold up four fingers, then a one and a four at the same time)

REMINDER: After the last service at your campus on December 24, 2009, the next NewSpring services will be held on January 3, 2010. There will be no services on December 27, 2009.

Join us this Sunday as we fall in for our new series, Ten Hut (elementary school) and Ten Hut Jr. (preschool)!

You won’t want to miss it!

Ten Hut Opener from Sydney Haskett on Vimeo.

Move Up Day is Sunday, August 9, for children entering 5K through 5th grade.

On that day, students entering 6th grade will begin attending our Sunday adult services. Sixth Graders will head to our student ministry Fuse for the first time on Wednesday, August 12! 

Hey KidSpring Greenville!

Our NewSpring Greenville campus is moving to the Carolina First Center (CFC),  and we are thrilled to fill you in on the exciting environments we have available for kids, birth through 5th grade.  You will find our nursery, preschool, elementary and special needs ministries all within the new KidSpring area located on the upper level of the CFC.  Follow the signs as you enter the building, and check your children in at our “Start Stations”.

Our environments for each KidSpring area will be as follows…

Wonder Way: Babies and toddlers, ages birth through 18 months, are in a constant state of wonder as they begin to see and learn about God’s love through the people in their lives and the world in which they live. Wonder Way is a soft, colorful environment that is consistently staffed with caring adult volunteers who communicate and display God’s love to each child.  A foundation is laid for the basic truths:  God Made Me, God Loves Me, and God Cares for Me!

SpringTown: SpringTown, for ages 19 months-5 yrs old, is filled with fun adventures around every corner so preschoolers can play and learn!  With the help of dedicated volunteers, little ones will learn about God through activity stations, small group, interactive worship and Bible teaching.  These children begin to grasp that: Jesus is God’s Son, the Bible is God’s Word, and Jesus is My Friend.

ImagiNation:  Kids have the biggest imaginations!  ImagiNation captures the creativity of 5K-1st graders and allows them to learn about God in an interactive way.  They will experience age-appropriate activity stations, small group lessons, worship, and creative Bible teaching to help them understand: God Can Do all Things, The Bible is True and God Has a Plan for Me.

Jump Street:  Jump Street is where 2nd-3rd graders learn to to jump into God’s word and take their next step of faith.  Through age-appropriate activity stations, small groups, worship and creative Bible teaching, they’re encouraged to take that step in living out their faith at home, school and wherever life takes them.

Shockwave: In Shockwave’s cool and edgy environment, 4th-5th graders are challenged to live out their faith to impact their family, friends and community.  Age-appropriate activity stations, small groups, worship and creative Bible teaching provide practical ways kids can be waves of influence to those around them.

Spring Zone:  Through the ministry of Spring Zone, we are able to engage children with special needs. Trained volunteers lovingly serve these children and do whatever it takes to help them learn about Jesus on their level.  Every kid matters to God and every kid matters to us.

 
We are so excited about the opportunity to love and serve your family!  If you have any questions, please feel free to call our NewSpring offices at (864) 226-6585.

We are so excited to be rustlin’ up a new series at KidSpring starting this Sunday.
We don’t want to give too much away, so here’s a little preview to get your boots a’ tappin’ as we journey through the Book of Exodus…

OTT Opener from Sydney Olin on Vimeo.