Kids Choir and Treehouse - TODAY!

Hi Friends!

I just wanted to let you all know that we are starting up our Kids Church Choir - for Spring!  For the past few years I have directed the Kids Choir for our Christmas musical, but I have always thought about doing Spring, SPECIFICALLY to do one of my favorite shows: "Psalty's Singalongathon, Maranatha! Marathon, Hallelujah Jubilee!"

If any of you sang in Kids Choir in the 80's, then you probably know this one!  A few of my favorite songs (that I still get stuck in my head, 20+ years later) are "Clap De Hands", "Seek Ye First", "Arky, Arky", and "I Love You Lord".  These songs were a pretty big deal for me in my "churching" as a child, so I am super excited to bring them back here!

Anyway - our Kids Choir is open to ANYONE who wants to come and sing some God songs, and participate in a church musical.  We'll also be inviting the kids to sing in a worship service or two.  :)  We have choir on Sunday afternoon, from 4:00-5:00, and then have our Treehouse Fellowship right after, from 5:00-6:00 - in Fellowship Hall.

I'd love to see some of you there!  Feel free to call/text/email me with any questions - or just stop by for a bit.  :)  You can also check our our family ministry website at rhcc4family.com and get lots of info (including weekly blog posts on ways to be intentional at home as a family!)

Many Smiles,
Elisabeth

Elisabeth Hunter

Rolling Hills Community Church                     

Family Life Ministry Coordinator        

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"The only disability in life is a bad attitude." - Scott Hamilton

Who Do You Look Like?

Get out the baby books and/or pictures and look at them. (If your child is adopted, talk about the day he/she was accepted into your family.) Talk about how family members look like other family members—not just physical characteristics, but other characteristics as well. (Janie is friendly like Aunt Sarah; Joey is a hard worker like Grandpa.)

The gift for this week is acceptance.

Yesterday, in Sunday School, we touched on Acceptance.  We had some awesome Praise and Worship time with the band, 'You Said My Name', leading our kiddo's in a live music class.  Shout out to Teresa, Kenny and Amy for their awesome witness through music.  It was so perfect, I thought, as we observed several of the kids being very shy and reserved in their singing and willingness to participate with hand movements, etc.  It made me think about how easy it is for us be shy or worry what people think if we're singing out loud, dancing and being silly in public.  So much of the time we hold back because we are worried that we might look dumb or that we aren't a good singer or a good dancer.  

Teresa shared her story of overcoming shyness - how she used to never be able to sing/play in public.  She was too afraid.  And now she's singing with a band for audience of all ages!  She told us how once she was able to let go and realize that her praise and worship was all for God's Glory - for nobody else - just for Him...how she now can rock out all day long!  PRAISE BE TO GOD!  By the end of class, all of the kids were singing and dancing.  We stopped worrying about what others might think about our song and dance, and realized that as long as we are accepted by God, then don't have to be afraid.

When God accepts us into His family (not because we are so good, because we are all sinners and have broken God’s commandments/rules), it is because of what Jesus did. God makes us right because of Jesus’ death on the cross. Then He gives us the Holy Spirit to live inside us to help us do what is right. He will slowly change us to look more and more like our heavenly Father.