Kids

A Simple Thanksgiving Idea

While meeting with our Waumba Land Team this week, I heard what they were doing for their volunteers for Thanksgiving. I thought it was a great idea! Send each volunteer a personal Thanksgiving card from classroom parents: 1. Order an inexpensive Thanksgiving postcard. (Order enough so that you have three postcards for every volunteer.) 2. Pull three address [...]

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Celebration Time!

Woo Hoo! Last week, during one of our busiest Sundays ever, I overheard one of our coaches talking to her team of volunteers. She was telling them that one of their teammates, a high school student, was getting baptized next week during the 11:00 service. She wanted to make sure that everyone on the team knew [...]

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Be Intentional!

During the summer volunteers will feel the need to take time off with their families, change up their service hour or possibly even serve in another area.  Because their routine is not consistent they may feel disconnected and insecure about their role in the church. During this time it can be hard to connect due [...]

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Need more volunteers?

As we moved into summer, our staff takes a quick breath. Families and volunteers are taking vacations so the hallway becomes a little less crowded. But the break does not last long. This season allows our staff some time to recruit and train our new volunteers for the fall. The last Sunday in March,  Andy preached [...]

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Volunteers: We need ‘em!

The number one question that we are asked is “HOW do you get enough volunteers?” We do have some AMAZING volunteers, I’m not gonna lie. BUT we are not different than you in that we are always looking for great leaders to work with our kids and we never have quite enough! We know that we [...]

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Tornadoes, Good Friday and Kids!

A few hours before our Good Friday service this past week; a pretty good storm blew up. As the service drew closer there were a few tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings in the area, so Jenn Thomas, our Waumba Land Director at NPCC, and I talked right before the service and confirmed our emergency [...]

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