Construction has left the building!! Today the workers began the process of opening up the front of the Kids Center. This is the area where the new front doors will be.
 This summer begins the countdown to the new KidWorks Kids Center opening September 2012. But before we get to that point, we have a long hot summer to get through! Help us cool things down for your kids by bringing them to Kids Blast! This wet and wonderful Wednesday worship service will work out the wiggles while we instill the kids with wonder about our great God! For more information click the picture to go to the Kids Blast website!!  I like to think of all the relationships in my life as glasses of water. Each time I act with grace and kindness toward that person, I add a few drops of water to our relationship. Each time I get impatient or I lose control, some of the water spills out. As you can guess, water spills out faster than it fills up. I have noticed that it takes five acts of grace and mercy to make up for one time losing it. The trick is to keep that glass as full as possible. An empty glass will often result in a relationship breakdown. When dealing with my children it is easy to think of them as subordinates that need to learn respect and obedience in all situations. This idea is not entirely untrue. But taken too far, this mindset denies the nature of my child's emotions and can result in empty obedience which is not honoring to the person in authority. God says "Children obey you parents...". I tell kids "Act in a way that will make your parents proud of you, ...that is honoring them." Honor and respect doesn't start with "Yes Sir" and "No Ma'am", it begins with a desire to please. Children who have something in their cup have a desire to please.  There are many parents that look at their children on a daily basis and feel a communication gap. Some feel like they just don't have the right words to say, others feel like their child is not opening up about feelings. The guilt of 'failing your child' can make attempts at heart-to-heart forced conversations awkward and frustrating. People are either verbal or they're not, two verbal people can communicate easily and both feel as if they are being heard and validated. The breakdown often happens when the conversation is between one verbal and one non-verbal person. Non-verbal people will often have a hard time finding the right way to put their thoughts and feelings into words or feel awkward trying to think and speak at the same time. This tension cannot be an excuse for parents to ignore their child. Instead, they need to find a way to communicate that allows both parties to be heard. A great strategy is to write: Buy a nice looking composition notebook and label it as the discussion notebook between you and your child. Start by writing a note that states, "I really want to talk to you more but I want to make sure that I hear everything you say. Please write back." Sign it and put it on their pillow. When they are done writing have them leave it on your pillow. As they begin to open up, make sure to notice things that they write and comment about them. Like, "I noticed you said you ate lunch alone yesterday...I bet that was lonely. I remember a time when it was hard for me to make friends." As your child begins to trust that your dialog is safe, they will open up and share their heart with you. Then you will have a chance to speak into their life in a way you never have before.  The CD we hand out in KidWorks is a sample of the music we use each week for praise and worship. We give it to you so that you and your child can get to know it and enjoy it together. Each song has unique actions. If you asked, I am sure your child would be happy to teach them to you. KidWorks does not own the rights to any of these songs. The CD is for sampling purposes only. I encourage you to purchase the music you wish to keep from your preferred music source. If you click the picture in the post you will find a list of the music on the CD along with links to a online source to purchase the music.  Is it too early to start thinking about camp? Not on your life!! Kids Camp will be here before you know it and we want to be ready to take more kids to camp than we've ever taken before. Click the picture to go the the Kids Camp page. There you can get valuable information about camp dates, registration deadlines, prices, and important forms. Stay tuned to this blog for vital information about getting your child signed up for camp.  On December 24th, Christmas Eve, KidWorks will be celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. We will have services at 2:30pm and 4:00pm in the Student Center during the adult services. Jesus is the greatest gift ever given and together we are going to celebrate his birth KidWorks style! Don't miss it!! This is another one of our talented KidWorks Kids showing off for the camera. If you've got a special talent, send Pastor Jason a video of you showing it off and he will put it on the KW Blog. Chip is a KidWorks kid that had a great idea for pulling out his loose tooth. He tied a string to his tooth and to the collar of his dog Annabelle. He then threw Annabelle's favorite ball and when she ran after it, she took Chips tooth with her. This is the funny video!  The other day my daughter was begging to go get an Icee on the way to Wednesday night church. Being pushed for time my answer was abrupt and to the point. "Absolutely not." I replied. Thinking I masterfully quelled the very notion of an Icee I glided off to find my car keys. A moment later I heard my seven year old proudly telling her sister, "Dad said we can absolutely stop for Icee's!!" I always find it interesting how we can be guilty of the same thing when it comes to God. We often are guilty of taking something straight forward and confound it by our own desires. When Jesus tells us in Matthew 25 to feed the poor, we invent reasons why that doesn’t apply to us. Then Jesus tells us to love those who persecute us (Luke 6) we work out justifications in our mind why he would be ok with our grudge. And when Jesus tells us that the cost of being his disciple is EVERYTHING (Luke 14), we think that he couldn’t possibly mean that we are going to devote our entire lives to him. Even though the Bible shows us what it looks like for those who only choose to follow him halfway, (Revelation 3:14-22) we still think that Jesus doesn't mean what he says. My tip today is...believe what he says, learn it and teach it to your family. |  
KidWorks is the Kids ministry of Lufkin First Assembly. Each Sunday and Wednesday we minister to children of all ages. Kids have a great time learning about Jesus Christ in a safe environment created specially for them.
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