Orange Conference 2012: Highlights

This past April 2012 our Staff and a few of our Volunteers had the opportunity to go to the Orange Conference. We had such a great time and learned so much.

We hope to bring many more people with us in 2013.  Here's a video highlighting what happened at the conference.


If you are interested in attending next years Orange Conference 2013 email us at children@newlifefellowship.org!

Orange Conference 2013
April 24-26
The Gwinnett Arena
Atlanta, GA

Summer @ New Life Kids!

This Summer at New Life Kids is going to be awesome!

We have a new group of Summer Small Group Leaders who will be with your kids during the 9:15 and 11:15 am services. They are psyched and ready to have a blast with them.


Here's what we are teaching your kids this Summer:

Preschool Ministry (Toddlers-Preschool):

Last month your kids learned the creation story, this month we continue that story to learn that GOD MAKES GOOD THINGS in our Creation Station series!

Pick up a Memory Verse card and help your child memorize Genesis 1:31 on Sunday!

"God saw all that he made, and it was very good."

Genesis 1:31, NIV

Our memory verse cards come with instructions on the hand motions to the verse.

To watch a video all about Creation Station, go here:

https://vimeo.com/41941014

Elementary Ministry (K-5th Grade)

This month in our Elementary Ministry kids are continuing their EPIC series. Last month we talked about TRUST... This month it's all about LOVE. Which is choosing to give someone your time and friendship no matter what.

Why is this important? Well, because we are talking about loving God. How can you love God? Jesus said you love God by loving others. 

We'll be sending home ParentCue sheets for you parents and God Time cards for the kids to do to help them explore and discover what it means to LOVE God and others. One of God's greatest commandments.

Matthew 22:39 is our memory verse for the month. Help your kids memorize it!

To watch a video all about it, go here:

https://vimeo.com/41938832

A Note from a Small Group Leader

This past Sunday after the last child was picked up by their parent we asked our volunteers for some highlights of their day. Here's a highlight from one of our K-1 Boys small group leaders, Joanne.

"It was the end of the lesson and Mindy and I were getting ready to pray with the boys.  I asked them to bow their heads and close their eyes- which they all did!  Yay!  And then I started praying.  To my great surprise, the boys started repeating my prayer!  (I hadn't asked them to.)  It was so cool!!!!!!  So I started praying again, this time one sentence at a time, and they would repeat each sentence. And then we all ended with "Amen!"  I think what surprised me the most was that I hadn't asked them to repeat the prayer.  They just started doing it on their own. Perhaps it was the Holy Spirit touching their hearts.  :)

What an honor and privilege to serve Our Lord and these little people.  They're so cute!!!   "

We so enjoy listening to, praying with, laughing with and learning from your kids. When we have moments with them, like the one described above it makes our heart smile.

Please let us know how we can help you have special "God moments" with your kids. A good place to start is by using the Parent Cues we distribute weekly. We want to be your biggest cheerleader as you lead your child to know our loving Heavenly Father.

Thanks for bringing your kids! We love hanging with them!

Rosie V.

New Life Kids Director

To see some pics of what we do visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/NewLifeKids

A Letter from A New Life Parent

Recently a parent from New Life wrote us this letter about the Parent Cue's that we give out monthly.  I wanted to share it with our parents and volunteers because it's both encouraging and inspiring. Enjoy!

Dear Rosie,

Just wanted to reach out and say thanks to you and your kids ministry team.  Let me explain why I'm particularly thankful.

A few weeks ago one of your team members gave me a Parent Cue.  I've seen these sheets of paper in the past but this time I wanted to read every single word on the page.  I was particularly motivated because I had been thinking about what I can do with my kids as we observe our Sabbath.

The Parent Cue gave me great ideas!  My favorite one was how it suggested taking Isaiah 1:17 and singing it to the tune of "farmer in the dell" and then singing it with your child.

So first I looked up the verse and I started singing it to myself and in seconds had it memorized because of the tune.  I then sang it to my kids as we played and sang it to them as I gave them a shower and soon enough they were singing it as well!

We were also given immediate opportunity to apply the verse since my two kids started to fight over some toys.  Learning to do what's right came in handy.

So that's it.  Thanks again to you and your team!  But that one little act of giving out resources you made a deposit into the spiritual atmosphere in the Sevilla home.

Redd Sevilla
Parent of a Toddler & a Preschooler

This Summer @ New Life Kids!

So summer is literally around the corner!

Not many of you know this, but our AMAZING Small Group Leaders are committed to being consistent mentors every Sunday for a group of 5-6 kids (either the 9:15 OR 11:15am services). They serve with the end in mind knowing that our mission is to lead kids in a growing relationship with Jesus. And since kids live in an information overloaded world we've decided that church should be a place where kids can be seen, known and treasured by an invested leader and a consistent group of friends who believe what they believe.