Saturday email

The following email was sent out to 

- those of you who currently are serving as an update on different parts of the children's ministry and a reminder to check this site for information.

- those of you who have served in the past to inform you about ministry opportunities especially with new and expanding ministries and resources. 

This email is going to out to everyone who has served and is serving in EBC's children's ministry.

I recently read this online and copied it down but cannot remember where.

Teachers are becoming a "rare" breed.  You have to invest you time, talents, presence and witness to serve children.It's often a thankless job.  Students are often loud, obnoxious, and well, messy.But honestly, the best Sunday school teacher doesn't have a theology degree or tons of biblical knowledge.What makes a difference is time.Teachers make an eternal difference in a child's life.  For that, I'm thankful for all of my volunteers.

Thank you for your time!!

As we begin a new fiscal & ministry year, I want to remind and inform you of a couple of things.

1. Free resource:  You can download a free devotional e-bookLong Story Short at  http://ekidzministry.blogspot.com/2014/07/long-story-short-devotional-for-free.html.  For this week’s EKIDZ lesson, Week 75 is Daniel in the Lion’s Den.  At ekidzministry.blogspot.com (the parent page) there are some lion facts from this book. 
   At the time I typed this email the book was still free.  After sending I checked amazon and it is no longer free BUT  $4.39 is a great deal for this book 
2. Sunday morning Services:  I strongly encourage each of you to check the ekidzresources.blogspot.com (the teacher page).  There are a lot of different resources, helps and weekly teacher notes are on this page.  Even if you are not serving this quarter or month it is a good way to stay connected. One of the interesting connections I have noticed in the service survey tinyurl.com/ebcservicesurvey) is between not feeling equipped and not taking advantage of training/information resources like this blog. 
3. Wednesday nights in July and August:  We are going to have family prayers activities for parents and children over 2 years old and child care for 2 years old and under.  If you are able to help any of these Wednesday nights in the nursery and/or want to be a part of the family prayer activity times please reply to this email.
4. Saturday Evening Service:  At the June business meeting, Pastor Duke talked about a Saturday evening service starting in September.  He gave several reasons for this.  More and more people are working on Sundays; a service option for those who serve during the Sunday morning service time; a service requirement for those who are in Biblical counseling and attending another church.  You will be hearing more about this over the next couple of weeks.
   If you know right now that you would be interested in attending or serving on Saturday night and do the other on Sunday morning you can let me know now.  

Once again thank you for your ministry to families!

Pressing on,
David Rodgers
Acts 20:24

P.S.  Sorry if you received this email more than once.  To read more about the info in this email check outhttp://ekidzresources.blogspot.com/