How does your summer calendar look? Hopefully there is room for rest and rejuvenation.
How about room for God?
Have you been looking for a way to add faith conversations in your family? Here’s a suggestion:
Start this coming weekend — or join us any weekend this summer! Worship at Green Wood at 5 pm on Saturday. (Come in your cut-offs!) Then join us downtown on Sunday’s at 9:30 for our…
Summer Movie Series!
For 1st – 6th graders we’ll be using the DVD series Buck Denver Asks … What’s in the Bible? created by Phil Vischer. (Phil created VeggieTales.® That’s Phil in the lower right corner of the collage of movie characters shown below.)
I’ll bet you have questions…
What is this DVD series about? A cast of lovable, Muppet-quality puppets interact with Phil Vischer and other real people, teaching how all of the stories of the Bible fit together as God’s great rescue plan! We’ll start in Genesis and work our way through the Bible. (But we won’t have enough weeks to cover it all!)
Will I, as an adult, really get anything out of this? Yes! There’s humor, silly songs, and theological concepts explained! I’ll bet you’ll learn something. (I did!)
Why the change from the usual Rotation lessons? Summer needs a change of pace; a different way of learning – together as a family!
What about my younger kids? Green Wood is a relaxed environment for worship and kids of all ages benefit from worship. If needed your younger children can attend lessons held downstairs after the children’s moment.
What about my older kids? 4th grade and up are invited to apply to be a Class Assistant. Contact Beth at church.
What does your summer schedule look like?
Photo credits:
Collages were created using pictures from various sources: What’s in the Bible?, Sunday Software, and from photos taken by church members.
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Our summer film series will feature selections from the “What’s in the Bible with Buck Denver.” (Yes, these videos are appropriate for adults and kids!) It will be a fun way for kids to enjoy a change of pace from our school-year Rotation lessons, while learning in this unique way about the Bible. And think of the family discussions this will open up!
This video series is by the creator of Veggie Tales! Here’s a short preview of this film series… (Watch here if you are reading this in an email.)
What’s up with our focus on families?
This summer we are encouraging families to attend worship together at Green Wood and to come to our video lessons on Sunday mornings (in the air conditioned Chapel!). Afterwards there’s Lemonade on the Lawn for some fellowship time. Join us!
Here is the schedule for June downtown on Sunday mornings…
Date
To learn about…
June 1
Attend worship/Communion as a family.
June 8
The BIG GAME! (Where we review the year, and see if the 6th graders are smarter than the rest of us!)
June 15
Let the movies begin! The What’s in the Bible video series. The Big Questions: What is the Bible? Why would the Bible be called “The Most Important Book?” What is God’s Rescue plan?
(If you miss this week, to be introduced to all of the characters in this series watch this short video.)
June 22
Movie continues… The Big Questions: Who wrote the Bible? Is this an important question? Why the world doesn’t make sense until you’ve read the first eleven chapters of Genesis? The book of Genesis sets the stage!
June 29
We turn to the New Testament! Big Question: How could one man, Jesus, solve the huge problems of our sinful world?
Or if you can’t make Sunday morning then catch the action for kids at Green Wood on Saturday evenings…
Date
To learn about…
May 31
Cooking Workshop on the Walk to Emmaus – create “Resurrection Rolls.” Discuss how the lesson these rolls teach us ties to our story.
June 7
One last workshop on the Walk to Emmaus…In a Computer/Video Workshop students will see a unique rendition of our story performed by snow people!
June 14
Let the movies begin! The What’s in the Bible video series. The Big Questions: What is the Bible? Why would the Bible be called “The Most Important Book?” What is God’s Rescue plan?
(If you miss this week, to be introduced to all of the characters in this series watch this short video.)
June 21
The video series continues…The Big Questions: Who wrote the Bible? Is this an important question? Why the world doesn’t make sense until you’ve read the first eleven chapters of Genesis? The book of Genesis sets the stage!
June 28
Worship with your family.
Photo credits:
Photos of kids are from my archives (some were taken by other church members).
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What’s up for kids and Christian Education in July and August at FUMC?
Starting July 13th and 14th, we’re off to the movies! Our special summer film series will feature six selections from the “What’s in the Bible with Buck Denver” series. It will be a fun way to enjoy a change of pace while learning some really cool stuff! (This video series is by the creator of Veggie Tales!) And, we voted on special days! Check out the schedule below.
Here’s a preview of this film series:
Here is the schedule for July and August and the beginning of September:
Date
Green Wood location
Saturday evening
Downtown location
Sunday morning
July 13/14
Both locations introduced the What’s in the Bible video series. (And we voted for special days!)
(If you missed this week, to be introduced to all of the characters in this series watch this short video.)
July 20/21
Attend worship with your parental units
Stuffed animal day. Kids brought their stuffed animals to the movies! We learned about Genesis. Here’s an important message from today’s lesson.
July 27/28
Attend worship with your parental units. Missing hearing the theme song? (I figured you were. Here it is.)
We’re fast-forwarding to the New Testament. Here’s the trailer.
Date
Green Wood location
Saturday evening
Downtown location
Sunday morning
August 3/4
Stuffed animal day! Today we’ll learn about the first book of the Bible: Genesis. Watch a portion of what we’ll see.
Attend worship with your parental units
August 10/11
Pajama Day! What a fun way to view a video; all cushy-comfy in your jammers. However, it would be wise if you at least wore shoes. Or would it be smart? I wonder what the difference is between wise and smart? We are going to find out!
Pajama Day! (It will be so easy to get ready for church!) We’ll be watching part two of the Gospels. Here’s something that the adults might be interested in watching. (Kids can watch too but it’s a message for the grown-ups.)
August 17/18
Wear your funky hat day. Yikes, I hope it’s not too hot to wear a hat! Regardless, come and watch part one of the Gospels. You know the Gospels right? (Here’s a review.)
Nothing special day? But wait! When YOU are there it’s special! This week you won’t want to miss. It’s all about the special gift that Jesus promised his disciples. That’s right, the Holy Spirit. Is this gift available for us today? Come and watch and see!
August 24/25
Pajama Day – again! Today we’ll be continuing on with the Gospels. There is lots to learn about: healing and miracles and teachings and things that aren’t even talked about in the Bible! But they are important concepts to understand. Watch this one about the Trinity.
Pajama Day #2 (just in case you missed the first one.) We’ll be learning about the books of the Bible called the “Writings.” Can anyone name a book in the Writings section? Here’s one.
Aug. 31 /Sept. 1
Backwards Day. That will be strange. Hey, we’ll be talking today about what happened on Pentecost. Now that was amazing strange!
Attend worship with your parental units. Have you been singing the theme song?
We are a Workshop Rotation Model church! Yeah for fun, meaningful learning! Join us in two locations: On Saturday evening at Green Wood, or downtown on Sunday mornings at First United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor, MI.
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