Thursday, November 29, 2012

BIG Changes in the Tree House Club!!!

We’re so excited to tell you that this coming Sunday will be the first week of our new strategy and curriculum, Orange!  You’ll notice lots of logistical and programming changes on Sunday and we wanted you to be the first to know.

 CHECK IN: We’re instituting a whole new check in procedure (complete with stickers!). You will need to check your children IN and OUT at their room/table with their small group leader each Sunday.  Thanks for being on time for drop-off.  We value the hour your kids are with us and don’t want them to miss a single minute of it.

ROOM CHANGES: We’re splitting up your kids into smaller groups and making sure that they have consistent small group leaders.  Don’t worry, we’ll have lots of people to help you find your way.

PROGRAMMING: We’re starting “PowerUP” which is where we’ll have our awesome leaders take the kids through worship followed by a Bible Story matching our weekly theme.  Speaking of themes, every month will be a new one, bases on a thread or a virtue of God. We’ll focus on that theme through music, drama, Bible Memory and some really fun activities that drive home our Bottom Line. The kids will also spend some quality time in small groups with our amazing leaders. You can check out the curriculum at http://www.whatisorange.org/252basics/

PARENTS: Since we only get your kids for about 40 hours a year (Sunday’s are our favorite day) we know that it’s what happens in your home that’s most important, you get them for 3,000 hours a year!  We want to partner with you, that’s why YOU will get lots of tools you can use at home. There’s a Parent Cue Monthly  and Parent Cue Weekly which will give you the basics of what your kids learned and questions to follow up with.  You’ll also get the monthly memory verse to work on. Your kids will also get weekly GodTime cards, which are 4 days of devotions for them that go with our monthly theme.  The littler ones will need your help, but we’d like you to encourage the older ones to do it on their own.  There’s also an app!  Parent Cue App  on iphone and droid.  It gives you great questions and activities for key times throughout your day…. Drive Time, Meal Time, Hang Time and Bed Time. 

We’ll roll out some more exciting aspects of this strategy, It’s too exciting to tell you all at once.

If you  have any questions at all on any of this, please let us know! Email Kimberly@live-oak.org

We are so excited about Sunday and cannot wait to see your kids!

The Tree House Club

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Thankful, but kind of busy!

What a busy time of year it is. From this week until January, life seems to just fly by. School parties, decorating, huge dinners, shopping, Christmas parties, re-decorating, shopping, wrapping, visiting family, recitals, performances and the list goes on.... Our kids want to be a part of our lives, busy or not, and they love to be helpful!  HERE's a blog post that talkes about how to practically achieve that family cooperation that we all would love. Take a minute to read this and see if you can find a fun tip to use during the busy season!

Happy Thanksgiving!!! We're thankful for you and for your children! Thanks for trusting us with them.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Afraid of the dark...

Parents, here's a great article about being afraid of the dark, and afraid of bigger things. What we say when they're small matters!  It's the simple things we say that can stick.

Click HERE to read the Orange Parents Blog.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Trustworthy

What a fun Sunday we had in the THC!  KidsWorship was amazing, we're thankful for our great leaders.

Last week your kids learned about how God is Trustworthy which was based on Proverbs 3. Click HERE for the Splink which gives you as parents some further insight into what we've learned and how to re-emphasize it at home. 

Next week's theme is Integrity! 

Saturday, November 10, 2012

This Sunday....

Exciting things are happening in the Tree House Club!  Parents, we've got some great things coming to partner with you. Stay tuned for our December launch of our new K-5th grade strategy, Orange!

This week, we're having KidsWorship with our fantastic leaders Kristy and Mike.

Click HERE for this weeks D6 Splink on Wisdom and HERE for a Bonus Splink about Operation Christmas Child.

See you on Sunday!

The THC Team