onCore

RPC's Wednesday night program, onCore, is coming to a close for the Fall 2012 term.

November 7 is onCore Spirit Night with pizza for dinner

November 14 is Thanksgiving Feast night with exactly that for dinner

We will take a break for the holidays and be back starting January 9 for Winter onCore. Register now through the church office or on Wednesday night at onCore.

Prices are the same as the Fall term.

See the brochure below for more information about onCore.

Kindergarten Worship Education

October is Kindergarten Worship Education month at RPC!

*Kindergarten Parents! Don't forget to complete this survey about the Worship Education series. We need your feedback!!!
Kindergarten Worship Education Survey

Each Sunday in October both of our kindergarten classes are engaging in special lessons that have been written specifically for them. This past Sunday the children learned why we worship. They were read the story of Palm Sunday about Jesus triumpantly riding into Jerusalem on a donkey to prepare for Passover with the Disciples.

The children then formed two lines facing each other and took turns coming through the middle while their classmates cheered for them.

We then discussed their feelings during this activity and related them to how Jesus felt doing the same thing and how God feels when we praise God in worship.

They were asked the question, how did you feel when you were coming through the middle and everyone was watching you and cheering for you?

Some of their responses were:

"I felt shy"

"I was so excited I did this [shook head and arms and jumped up and down]"

"I was bashful"

"I was excited"

I encourage every kindergarten parent to make sure to get a parent handout from their child's Sunday school teacher. This handout will help you talk to your child at home about what they are learning on Sundays.

And don't forget about the parent class that Lyndsay is teaching at 9:45 in the Fellowship Hall on Sundays!

Some of the resources that I used to compile these lesson plans for the series are:

Get Ready, Get Set, Worship! by Jean Floyd Love

Including Children in Worship by Elizabeth J. Sandell

Gateways to Worship by Carolyn C. Brown

Presbyterian Questions, Presbyterian Answers by Donald K. McKim

Parenting in the Pew by Robbie Castleman

The Humongous book of Games for Children's Ministry published by Group

Experiencing the Bible With Children by Dorothy Jean Furnish

F2 Event

Attention Parents of 4th and 5th graders!

Fall 2012

Now that fall in Roswell, GA is fully underway we have so many new and fun things happening here at RPC! 

Last week we had our community Fall Fest which was a huge success. Church members and tons of people from the community came out to have their hair dyed crazy colors, climb the rock wall, eat hot dogs, and try their hand at the dunk tank. 

 

This past Sunday, October 7th, was World Communion Sunday. Each of our 1st-5th grade Sunday school classes did a special lesson on the meaning of the sacrament of communion and practiced communion etiquette for worship. In Kidz Prayz the children were read the story, Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge. 

This story presented the idea that sometimes our memories can fade so we use items to help us remember those special things. This is why we use the bread and juice every month in worship for communion, so we can remember Christ's love for us and how he gave his body and blood so that we may live eternally with God.

 

The 4th and 5th grade classes got to do a special activity in which they made dough in their classes and molded their dough into shapes that they felt represented the love of Christ in having given his life for all of us. They each took a piece of dough home to bake. 

Questions to ask your children at home to help them understand communion:

What do the bread and juice in communion represent?
What happened at the last supper?
What does it mean when we take communion by intinction?
As Presbyterians, who do we believe is allowed to take communion?

Communion isn't meant to satisfy our hunger, it is meant to satisfy our spiritual need for Christ in our lives.

If your child(ren) participated in the communion class on World Communion Sunday, how have you see their understanding of communion or appreciation of Christ shine through since then? 

Comment to let us all know!

Summer 2012

The Children’s Ministry at RPC partners with families so that every child and family will:♦ claim an identity in Christ who loves them unconditionally - growing in knowledge and relationship with him;
♦ worship God in a way that is real and awe-filled;
♦ minister to and serve the world- family, church, peers, community; and
♦ know that they are a valuable part of the family of God through their connection to one another and to the entire church family.

At RPC we have a wide variety of events, groups, and programs for children. We strive to include every child who comes through our doors in order to help them find the love of Christ in their lives.

We wrapped up a busy summer this year that was full of fun, fellowship and music!

SWAM (Summer Worship Arts and Music) Camp

Kids performed the musical, Jonah's Druthers, which was the story of Jonah and the Whale with a western twist.

Basketball Camp

Nearly 50 boys and girls spent a week learning basketball drills and the ways that God expects us to be good sports while competing against one another.

Vacation Bible School

over 100 children learned that 'nothing is impossible with God' and spent a week praising God's name at Sky VBS.

 Summer Events for Prek-5th grade

Kids did various summer events including White Water Adventure Park, putt-putting, Riverside Spray ground, and bowling.

 

These are just some of the fun things we did this summer at RPC. Now that fall is underway we have a lot to look forward to in children's ministry.