Fund Raisers

We will be selling Casey's Donut and Pizza Cards, and Papa Murphy's Discount Cards to help fund our activities. They will be available at the Kid4Christ booth during our 4th of July Celebration.

Crafts

Kids4Christ will be donating our crafts to the Cherokee Children's Home in Oklahoma over the coming months. We will restart our crafts as soon as we learn what the Children's home needs.

Sunday Morning Children's Church

Our new youth pastor's wife Leslie has started a program for the children on Sunday mornings during our regular Sunday morning worship service. The purpose behind the C 10:45hildren's Church is teach our children what to expect during adult worship services and allow them the freedom to worship God in their own way. If you wish to attend Sunday Morning Services you must call the church each week and leave a message for a ride at (573) 674-3273

Singspiration

Every other month the church family has a Birthday and Anniversary celebration. As part of this celebration members of the church are invited to share songs, skits, poems, etc. During the next Singspiration on Sunday July 25th at 6:00 PM we will be asking the kids as group to sing a couple of their favorite songs from kids church worship. Parents are invited to attend. The entertainment will be followed by desserts and light snacks in our fellowship hall.

Updating Our Records

We will be handing out contact information sheets to all parents when we pick you up for church. It will be required to be returned to the church for you to continue riding the bus, or attending the Kids Church service. We are also collecting this information from parents who attend the church.

Penny Wars

We are having Girls vs. Boys offering challenge. The challenge will end August 11th. The team with the most weight in offering will get a Pizza Party, the losers will serve the pizza. Bring your loose change to weigh to help your team win!!!!

4th of July Celebration

Come celebrate our Independence, starting at 5pm games, music, food and fireworks at dark.

What Drives Your Life?

Everyone's life is driven by ____(something)____.

Some examples from the Bible:

• Genesis 4:12, Psalms 32:1
  
  
  Driven by __(guilt)__.
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  Job 5:2
  Driven by ___(anger)___.
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  1 John 4:18
  Driven by ___(fear)___.
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  Matthew 6:24
  Driven by _(stuff) ___.

Benefits of Living with a Purpose:

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  Isaiah 49:4, Job 7:6, Job 7:16
  Gives your life __(meaning)__.
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  Jeremiah 29:11, Ephesians 3:20
  Gives ___(hope)__.
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  Proverbs 13:7, Isaiah 26:3
  Make life __(simple)__.
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  Ephesians 5:17, Philippians 3:13, Philippians 3:15
  Gives __(focus)__.
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  Romans 14:10-12, John 14:6
  __(Motivates)__ you and prepares you for __(heaven)__.

Point to Ponder

Living on purpose is the path to peace.

Verse to Remember

You, LORD, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you.” – Isaiah 26:3

Questions to Think About

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  What would my family and friends say is the driving force of my life?
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  What do I want it to be?

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

Our lessons for the coming weeks will be coming from the book "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren.  We will be adjusting the content of the lessons to be more kid friendly, but the ultimate goal is to help the children find their true calling through focusing on God instead of themselves.  We started the lessons last Wednesday when we talked about putting God First.

It All Starts with God ....

(1) It's not about you.  The Bible says "It is God who directs the lives of His creatures;  everyone's life is in His power." --Job 12:10  You will not find your life's meaning by looking within yourself.

We displayed a strange invention that noone knew what it was for in the group and explained that just like we could not figure out the use for the invention without the manual, or knowing the inventor, we cannot figure out ourselves without knowing the inventor.

(2) Life is about letting God use you for His purposes, not your using Him for your own purposes.  The Bible says, "Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out in the open into a spacious, free life." --Rom 8:6

(3) Being successful and fulfilling your life's purpose are no at all the same issue.  We discussed that you can be as rich and powerful as Bill Gates, and if you do not have Christ in your heart, you have not fulfilled your purpose in life.  Jesus Christ once said, “Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to
finding yourself, your true self.” -- Matt 16:25

(4) Just like the easiest way to find out the purpose for an invention is to ask the inventor.  The easiest way to find our purpose is to ask the creator.  “God’s
wisdom . . . goes deep into the interior of his purposes. . . . It’s not the latest message, but more like the oldest—what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us.” -- 1 Corn 2:7

(5) God is not just the starting point of your life, he is the source of your life.  “It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we
first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.” - Eph 1:11

Swim Party !!!!

We will be having a swimming party July 14th from 2:00-6:00PM at the Three Springs Campground in Edgar Springs, MO.  We welcome any parents who are interesting in joining us for the party as well as the refreshments afterwards at the church.    PERMISSION SLIP IS REQUIRED