Impromptu Garage Sale!!

The generous donation of a spiffy new kitchen playset for the 2's room has inspired me to do some housecleaning in the Nursery. By God's design, my neighborhood is having a big garage sale this weekend, so I have a unique opportunity to make some money for the Nursery fund!

So, if you're looking for a fun way to help out the Nursery, stop by my house tomorrow! You can bring toys (in good condition please) to donate, check out what's for sale, or just say hi! If you are donating toys, please come early!

Anything we don't sell I will donate to Goodwill. All proceeds will benefit the Nursery Fund.

My address is in the NCPC directory, or you can email/contact me on facebook for directions: molly@northcreekpres.org.

"This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God." 2 Corinthians 9:12

News and Notes from the Nursery

Hi All!

We have lots going on in the Nursery, so here's all the latest news:

1. Craft party coming up soon! The Nursery Team would like your help to thank all of our wonderful Sunday morning volunteers. We have gifts to assemble, and invitations to make, plus lots of fun, fellowship, and tasty Cinco de Mayo snacks!
Wednesday, May 5th, 7:00pm, childcare provided!
RSVP on facebook, or to Molly at: molly@northcreekpres.org

2. Mother's Day is coming up soon, and the Nursery Team is planning to give all moms who volunteer in the Nursery the day off! We need your help to round up enough dads, grandads, and teens to make it possible. Know someone who can help? Contact Molly either on Sunday in the Nursery, or via email.

3. Know someone who loves kids, has experience providing childcare and leadership, is available Thursday and Friday evenings, and who would like to earn a little extra cash?
The Nursery Team is hiring!
We need a responsible person (18+) to join our childcare team as a Lead Childcare Provider.
Stop in the office to pick up an application, or talk to Molly!

4. "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18

Craft Party!

Hello nursery parents! The Nursery Team is having a craft night where we will make invitations for the Volunteer Appreciation Celebration which will be on Sunday June 6th! We'll also be making small gifts for our volunteers. Invitations and gifts will be simple to put together and prepped ahead of time. We really hope you're able to come! Childcare will be available in the Nursery!!

Date: Wednesday May 5th
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: NCPC

We'll have yummy Mexican-themed snacks, it will be Cinco de Mayo after all! :) We hope you're able to gather for some fun and fellowship!

-Hannah and Molly

Happy Saturday!

We had a fun time at this month's Second Saturday this morning at The Village Bean in Bothell Country Village! If you saw the Facebook post you know that the shop had a visit from a birthday clown who provided much entertainment for the kids--- neat!
Next month's gathering is on May 8th. We hope to see you there!

ALSO: The Nursery Team is planning a volunteer appreciation craft party where we will put together some small gifts for our nursery volunteers for the Volunteer Appreciation Celebration on Sunday June 6th. A great opportunity for fellowship, food and fun!
Date/time/details coming soon!! :)

"For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." Matthew 18:20

April Lesson Plan

Each month, I have a theme for the lesson plan in the Two's Room. Most years, April's theme is Easter, with a lesson and craft each week about the Easter story. So what to do this year when Easter is the first Sunday of the month?

This year we'll be reviewing an old favorite (of mine, the two and three year olds haven't seen it yet this year): Noah's Ark!

Our first week we will "build" an ark.

Our second week we'll have a fun craft where the kids glue animals onto an ark.

The last week of April the kids will assemble a rainbow, and learn about God's promise never to flood the earth again.

Every week we will read the bible story of Noah from our illustrated kid's bible, and read a couple of picture books of the story of Noah.

There will also be Ark playsets for the kids to play with, and a coloring page each week.

Be sure and ask your child about Noah and his ark! I would be very curious to hear some of their answers.

"Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God." Genesis 6:9

"And God said, 'This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.'" Genesis 9:12