Volunteer and Teacher Training!

Nursery Volunteers and Teachers, welcome to the end of summer and beginning of the 2010-2011 year in the nursery at Northcreek! We really hope you can attend our annual Volunteer/Teacher Training on Sunday, August 29th at 11:00am in the fellowship hall!! We'll have some yummy snacks, and childcare will be provided in the nursery for all ages of kiddos.

We will go over basic policies/procedures, sign up for CPR training, and we want to hear any questions or comments you have about anything nursery-related! :)

Invitation to follow in the mail. Feel free to RSVP to Molly at molly@northcreekpres.org or please just show up! Hoping everyone had a wonderful summer and we are so excited to begin the year with our wonderful group! God bless!

August lesson plan: Fishers of Men!

The last month of lessons for the current "2's" class! Our 3 year old's will be graduating to Sunday School next month. The first day of the new year of Sunday School is September 12th. Parents of 3 year old's entering Sunday School, please let me know if you have any questions about the new Sunday morning routine for your kids!

Our lesson this month is about becoming "Fishers of Men", from Luke 5:1-11.

Here is the passage from the bible:

The Calling of the First Disciples

1One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,a with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, 2he saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let downb the nets for a catch.”

5Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

6When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.

Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will catch men.” 11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

The kids will hear the story each week, we will do a craft involving fish, and they will have a coloring page of the story to bring home.

Coming next month: Graduation Party! Be sure to bring the kids to church on Sunday, September 5th, so we can celebrate their graduation from the Nursery to Sunday School.

Also coming next month: For our new class of 2 year olds, we will be starting the new school year with the story of Creation!

Feel free to post questions or comments!