Sunday, February 2nd is the SOUPer Bowl!
No, I didn’t mistype that! On Super Bowl Sunday, youth and children’s
groups at churches across the country are collecting $$ from worshippers as
they leave church to benefit local soup kitchens and food pantries. We
will be collecting money for CAM: Crisis Assistance Ministries. FISH kids
will be collecting after the 8:45 and 11 am services in the Sanctuary, as well
as the 9 am service in the Theater. Bring your $$ to support this
ministry!
If any FISH kids are willing to collect, grab your soup pot
and contact Sarah, sarah@fumcgastonia.org
letting her know which service you’ll collect for (you don’t have to attend
that service). Remember – bring a big soup pot so people can fill
it up!! When everyone has left church, please bring the money to Sarah’s
Office for counting. ALL money will go to CAM!
Parent Network
You are invited to gather with other parents on Saturday,
February 8th from 9 to 12 in the FLC for a time to learn and connect
with other parents on various topics that are relevant and applicable.
Topics include “The Grieving Family”, “When Addiction comes to the Home”,
“Raising Responsible Children”, “Communicating with your Tween/Teen”.
There will be activities for the children and youth as well! Join
us! (We are working on a make-up date if the Farmer’s Almanac is
true and we really do get 4-6 inches of snow on this date!)
Concessions
Children’s Council has been selling concessions at the FUMC
games on Friday and Saturday nights in order to raise more funds to continue
upgrading the children’s area. We need your help! If you are
willing to give of a Friday or Saturday night in February, please contact
Caitlin Gault – cmgault91@gmail.com
Team Snacks
Are you needing to provide snacks for your child’s ball
team? Let us help! For $1 per child, you will receive a
semi-healthy snack and drink. If your game is at FUMC we can deliver the
day of or if your game is elsewhere we can make arrangements for early pick
up. Contact Caitlin Gault – cmgault91@gmail.com
to place an order!
Shopping Bags
We all LOVE those reusable shopping bags! Now you can
show your FUMC love by purchasing bright red reusable shopping bags with the
church logo! ONLY $3 for 2 bags! Church & Society have
sponsored these bags as a way to promote our month-long food collection for
CAM. All proceeds will go to CAM. Buy some today! Fill them
with CAM donations and return to the FLC during the month of February!
Nursery News
From our Nursery Coordinator: Caitlin Gault – cmgault91@gmail.com
We are asking families to sign up for dates to volunteer in
the nursery again through the remainder of the school year. We would like to
have at least one family to volunteer each Sunday, so that we can have floaters
to assist where needed within our three nurseries. We are asking each family to
consider volunteering for 2 of the Sundays between now and June.
We’ve also implemented a new policy of asking
parents/guardians to wait outside in the hallway when picking up. This
will help alleviate chaos and stress for the children.
Did you know that we are now including a Bible story time during each nursery hour? We are looking to develop this during the next few months, adding a sensory learning element and continuing to connect children of all ages to Jesus.
Did you know that we are now including a Bible story time during each nursery hour? We are looking to develop this during the next few months, adding a sensory learning element and continuing to connect children of all ages to Jesus.
February FISH Meeting
On Sunday, February 9th we’re going to have a
field trip! Please meet and pick up at Sam’s Club on Franklin
Blvd. We’ll meet just inside the entrance at 4 p.m. and we’ll pick up in
the snack bar area at 6 p.m.. We’ll take the money we collect on SOUPer
bowl Sunday and go shopping for CAM. EXTRA PARENT SPONSORS ARE NEEDED
as we will divide up into groups and shop. Matt & Leigh Smith are our
parent sponsors for dinner and we’ll be having hotdogs and drinks in the Sam’s
snack bar. Sam’s Club closes at 6 p.m. on Sunday’s so it’s important to
be on time if not early! This will be an awesome experience for the kids
to see how far $$ goes and how sometimes eating healthy can be expensive.
The goal will be to see how much good stuff the group can buy with the $ they
have! Please contact Sarah at Sarah@fumcgastonia.org
if you plan on attending.
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