Hello parents of FBC 4th-6th graders! It's a new year, so I decided to create a new blog to help keep everyone updated on what's happening in "the green room" (so called due to the color of our door and curtains) :)
We have a lot of GREAT kids in this class, and I will be sad to see HALF of them go in June, when they move up to middle school ... sigh .... But I know there are at least three other GREAT kiddos moving up into my class then as well....
SO .... I am going to do my best to send you all a blog post every week to keep you informed of what the kids are learning in class so you can be a part of what's going on.
To kick things off, we are memorizing John 11:25-26 together as a class. Dick and I encourage you moms and dads (Dick still would really love to see the dads come alongside their kids to help them memorize these verses!) to get involved.
We are also doing a "Big Challenge" right now, to memorize the books of the Bible. Three of our kids have already done this, so they will help the others until the whole class has learned them. No one will get left behind!
Our new youth pastor, Todd, and I encourage you to ask your kids two questions going home from church each Sunday: Did you have fun? and What did you learn? And I expect the kids will be able to answer the last question (If I'm doing my job well!)
One last thing - I would like to start a "movie night" with these kids as a sort of prelude for the ones who are moving up to middle school, as there will be a middle school youth group starting in June. For the movie nights, we would play a short interactive/bonding game, then have a question based on something addressed in the movie, then we would watch the film. These nights would be the 1st and 3rd Fridays in Feb through May downstairs in the youth room from 5:30-8 pm.
Will you please let me know if this is something you would like your kids to attend? We will probably have chips or popcorn, some simple snack, and I don't mind if kids bring dinner-type food to eat.
Thank you and I will be keeping you posted!
Please let me know if you'd prefer to get the link to blog posts by email or Facebook.
Thanks again!!
"Miss Tia"
