November 2016 Kid's Happenings
Hello Church Family,
This month will be a preparation month for our church. Preparing for our Upward League. You may ask yourself, why is the church preparing for this? Isn’t this a children’s ministry program? If you are someone that has thought of this as a children’s ministry program then let me help you to see this differently. When I think of Upward, I think of two things: sports and Christ. We use the sport of Basketball and Cheer to teach the gospel to those that don’t know and to those that need to know more. The kids that are involved are an extension of their families. We as a church are called to spread the good news. What better opportunity then to do this through our Upward Ministry. To reach more than the children, to reach parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors...
- The mission of Upward is “Promoting the Discovery of Jesus Through Sports”.
- The Opportunity to Serve within Upward “We believe that it is a privilege to serve others”. “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” - Mark 10:45
- The Priority of Children “We believe that every child is a winner”. “In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” - Matthew 18:14
Will you consider being on mission for our community? Will you take the opportunity to serve within Upward? Will you make children and their families a priority? Make time to serve for the sake of others knowing Him! We serve an awesome God, he did not place this ministry within our church walls for us to take it lightly. He placed it within our church walls for us to take it seriously! Sign up in the lobby to help be on mission with our church as we display Christ’s love and truth to our community and witness lives change through Upward Basketball and Cheer. Thank you for the opportunity to love on your children.