New - Fresh Starts

New lunch boxes............new clothes...........new books..............new friends.............new teachers..........new schedules...........this is the season for Fresh Starts.  And PeeWee/Creek Kids Minstries are no different.  Here is what is fresh and new in PeeWeeVille and Creek Kids.

PeeWee School
We started September 4.  We have 84 students!  We are starting off with a Rodeo/Cowboy theme.  Our first event is a picnic on September 27.

PeeWeeVille
We are inviting all parents of 3 Year Olds to come and attend church with your PeeWee on September 23.  Choose a service time that day and stay and worship with your PeeWee.  You can catch the Adult Service online later.

Creek Kids
Sunday - September 9 - we began a new structure in Creek Kids.

• Kindergarten-3rd Grade - We have a special service for K-3rd that includes singing, Bible stories, games, art, activities, Bible skills, and much more
• 4th-5th Grade - We now have a special service for 4th/5th Graders - a PreTeen Service.  They have Large Group time and Small Group time to discuss the lesson for the day.

September 9th was a great success with the new structure.  We are excited about continuing it and getting better each week.  Ask your child how they enjoyed the day!

 

 

We are excited about our Fresh Start this Fall Season!

We hope you will join us!

Highlights of the Summer

We have had a wonderful summer in PeeWeeVille and Creek Kids!  We have studied the Armor of God on Sunday mornings. We are learning how to stand firm with God's help - the many pieces of armor He has provided for believers.

We went to Creek Kids Camp!  What a glorious time for our 4th and 5th Graders!  We took 109 Creek Kids................and 22 accepted Christ's Gift of Forgiveness and Grace!  We look forward to watching these kids grow in their faith and even follow Christ in baptism.  Like I said it was fabulous and fun! 

Sunday - August 12 - all parents of 4 year olds - are invited to come to PeeWeeVille for an intire service, to watch what your children experience each week and worship with us.  Just choose your normal service time and instead of dropping off your 4 year old - stay and play!  You can catch up with the Adult service online next week.

Wednesday - August 15 - Creek Kids and their families are invited to play at the Wave Pool with us!  Details will come home this Sunday.  Basically - 8:30-10:30pm - pizza - lots of water and waves!

Thank you for allowing us to spend time with your child.  We are blessed by that time each week.  Thanks for letting us be a part of your child's growth.  Thanks for sharing them!

I hope you have a great August as you finish up Summer and get ready for the Fall.  I also hope that as you begin making your Fall Schedule you will continue to make Growing in Christ and coming to church priorities for your family.

Celebrate the Hero of Easter with your family

This weekend is Easter Weekend. Have you chosen a

• Service to attend? We have 8 total at 3 different campuses.
• Outfit to wear? It is Easter you know!
• Eggs to dye?

Don't forget the most important thing to think about and decide...............who is your hero? Did you know you need one?

The Bible tells us that

• we all sin - Romans 3:23
• we all deserve punishment - Romans 6:23
• Christ died in our place - Romans 5

Jesus is the ultimate hero...........He died for us...........while we were unworthy.

Easter is a time to celebrate His rescue of us - His sacrifice - His love - God's plan. Celebrate that this week. Celebrate that with your children this week, don't just get caught up in the "Easter Stuff" ..........teach your children about Jesus and His sacrifice. Celebrate a God who has a plan for us even though we are so undeserving.

Love People and Use Things

I'm reading Managing God's Money, by Randy Alcorn. He writes a chapter about materialism. Randy says, "God created us to love people and use things, but materialists love things and use people."

Materialism is the norm in our society. When we aren't materialistic we are counter cultural if you will. But if what Randy Alcorn says is true, then what an amazing message we could send to our society. We could love them............love them more than stuff.............love them like Jesus loves them. We would be different - but we would actually attract people and draw them to God. We would also be living the way we were created to live.

Randy Alcorn has another chapter of his book where he talks about getting the materialism out of our families. He has some good ideas...........but I'm interested in yours. How do you fight materialism in your family? How do you love people and use things?

Walk in a Manner Worthy of the Lord

Colossians 1: 9-10

These are the verses I'm pondering today. Read them. Ponder with me.

If I am filled with the knowledge of God's will, I will:

• walk in a manner worthy of the Lord


• Please God


• bear fruit in good works


• Increase in the knowledge of God, which will help me:

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  walk in a manner worthy of the Lord


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  Please God


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  bear fruit in good works


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  increase in the knowledge of God, which will help me..............

and on and on.................that's my role in life............to increase in my knowledge of God - get to know Him better and better. If only I would stay focused on that. I tend to wander away.

I'm going to keep pondering these verses. It's almost Thanksgiving and these verses remind me what I'm thankful for..........

• a loving God who wants a relationship with me and forgives me for not pursuing Him constantly with a red hot passion.


• a loving God who wants to love me


• a loving God who has blessed me with a wonderful family, friends, and who cares for my needs


• a loving God who gave His Son to die for my sins

I want to know you better.........I want to live constantly in a way that pleases you................I want to bear good fruit with my life.

from the first day..........

Philippians 1:3-6
I thank my god in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

This weekend Clear Creek Community Church will open another campus in the Clear Lake area. We have been preparing and ordering stuff for the past few weeks. As all the preparations were under way....... I read these verses. I thought about the people who will be a part of this campus from the first day...........oh the stories they will have to share! It makes my heart skip a beat to think about the people who will come to this campus and hear about God's love for the first time. The families that will come to this campus to worship together for the first time. The kids that will experience God in PeeWeeVille or Creek Kids for the first time.

And the volunteers that will be there t0 serve and to soak in all these stories from the first day! God is so good to us to allow us to be a part of his perfect plan - to allow us the privilege of serving in His ministries. To allow us to minister to families and share God's love with them.

I will be there the first day. It will be fun, hectic, exciting, hard, and glorious all at the same time! I'm so thankful that God is blessing me in that way!

So if you live in the Clear Lake area - join us! If you are going to attend the Clear Lake campus - bring some friends and neighbors - and get ready for the ride of your life as you are there from the first day.

Perfection

PeeWee School started today! WooHoo!! It was a great day. It was the beginning of new relationships and learnings. It was a great day! It was also fairly quiet - which is a big marker of how great a year it will be!

The beginning of PeeWee School reminds me of new things like this new year. And yet the lessons on Sunday for preschoolers and Elementary kids are about the Ten Commandments which are really old.................In some ways I just want to throw away the old and just concentrate on new. But I am learning so much as I think about and study the Ten Commandments.

• I am learning about how great God is! God is perfect at each commandment. Each commandment shows me God's character. He is the one God. He is valuable and worthy of praise and worship. He can protect me so I can rest. He is my greatest authority and worthy of honor. He is the Creator of life. He is faithful. He is wise and knows how to give us what we need. He does not lie.



• I am seeing more and more clearly what a sinner I am. I can't keep any of these commandments - perfectly.



• I am praising God for His rescue plan that rescues me - a sinner deserving death. I am thanking God for giving His perfect son as a sacrifice for me.

I hope you will contemplate these learnings as you help your child understand God's perfect laws and His most perfect rescue plan.