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

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