Family Ministry

New Year's Holiday Services

Please note that there will NOT be a 9 a.m. service at our Cedar Falls Campus this weekend, January 1. All other services will held at their normal times at all of our campuses.

Also, there is no kidventure (k-5th) programming.  This is a great opportunity for your elementary children to participate with and observe you in a normal worship service.

Happy New Year everyone!

Daylight Savings Time

Just a reminder that Daylight Savings Time is this weekend.Don't forget to turn your clocks back on Saturday night! 

Kidventure/FX Parent Resources

We have 3 new Parent Resources for you to use this school year. We are really excited to offer these to you.  Here they are...

1. Parent Cue app for your Smart Phone.
   An app on your phone that has Drive Time, Hang Time, Meal Time, and Parent Time areas for you to access infomation that relates to the monthly virtue and weekly stories from Kidventure.  We are giving each family $1 at FX on Nov. 2nd because we feel that it's that valuable of a tool.
   
    
2. www.Studio252.tv Website: A website that includes the weekly material, including music, that your child learns in Kidventure/FX. There is a monthly fee for this after you use your 1 month free trial code.
    
3. Memory Verse Card: A card that includes the monthly verse, along with other weekly verses for you to memorize as a family.       

Please take advantage of these wonderful resources as PLC partners with you.

 

FX Fall Festival Wednesday,10.5.11

 

 

Wednesday @ the Cedar Fall Campus

                           5:30-7:30pm

 

Bring your family, your friends, your neighbors! 

There will be bounce houses, balloon animals, face painting, a fire truck, police cars, local business' mascots, music, games, candy, giveaways, and food for purchase.

• Hamburger- $1.50
• Hot Dog- $1                                
• Chili cheese hot dog- $1.50   
• Nachos w/cheese- $1  
• Chili cheese nachos- $2  
• Chips- .50  
• Caramel Corn- $2  
• Cookie- .50  
• Pop- .50  
• Bottled Water- .50
• Coffee- Free

You do not want to miss this evening of family fun.

Kidventure is helping write “A Better Story” in Iowa

This weekend your child received “A Better Story” bank from Kidventure.  We are challenging our Prairie Lakes Church Kidventure children to “Imagine the Impossible” as we help write a better story for more children in the state of Iowa. Children will be collecting money for their banks the next four weeks and will return the banks to their church campus the weekend of October 15/16. 

Ideas for collecting money may include: 

• Eating meals at home vs. restaurants and putting the money saved in their bank.
• Having your children do extra chores around your home and putting money they earn in their bank.

Discuss other ways of collecting money for the bank with your children they may come up with some great ideas on their own.

Also, please take time to talk about “A Better Story” as a family, and complete your family’s “Faith Story” page (your child brought home along with their bank), and return this with the bank to Kidventure the weekend of October 15/16.  We will post these Faith Stories on our “Kidventure Hall of Faith” located in our campus Kidventure areas.

 As a family, step out in faith and help Prairie Lakes Church write A Better Story for children in Iowa.

 

Parenting Beyond Your Capacity

 
We want to help you be the best parent you can.  One of the ways we do this is  to provide resources and help along your parenting journey.   Parenting Beyond Your Capacity is a great book that highlights some principles that we think will help you be a more intentional parent. 

Join us this fall as we gather together to cover the principles in this book.  

Start Date: Monday, September 12
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Length: 6 weeks
Location: Cedar Falls Campus
Cost: Free, materials only
Materials: Parenting Beyond Your Capacity by Reggie Joiner & Carey Nieuwhof; book must be purchased prior to first class

Click here to sign up or to read more about this class on our church website!

FX starts August 31st

Family eXperience (formerly known as KidStuf) starts Wednesday, August 31st.

FX is a weekly fast, zany, 60-minute live multimedia, kid-focused, parent-centered, virtue-driven extravaganza. Incorporating drama, games, music and dance. This shared experience equips parents to help their kids,(K- 5^th grade), grow in faith and character as it reinforces the virtues they learn in our weekend programming.

Family Meal starts 5:30pm    FX starts 6:30pm

at the Cedar Falls Campus 

We have made some upgrades to this weekly ministry and know that your family will really benefit from it. So, please join us for dinner on Wednesday nights and stay for the show! See you then!

 

 

What’s the Next JUMP for YOU!???

In Kidventure, we have spent the past 10 weeks learning what it means to put our faith in motion. 

This weekend in JUMP! we will challenge your children to take a JUMP!

Some of the children are ready to JUMP over the faith line, ready to invite Jesus into their hearts.  

Others are ready to JUMP into living more like Jesus when they are at school this fall.

And for several others, JUMPing means taking the next step toward baptism in September. You can sign up by going  here

 

Whatever the JUMP! is for your child, please stay attuned.  Look for what the Holy Spirit is doing in your child’s heart, and be ready to coach, guide and affirm wherever you can.  These are critical conversations, best initiated by loving parents.   

We trust that you have witnessed noticeable transformation in your child’s life over the last 10 weeks.  It has been an incredible experience this summer! 

Keep JUMPing,

Lisa, Michelle, Nicole

Check it out!

Unless you are a part of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), you probably don't follow the PLC Cafe Mom blog.  This week, though, they had a great post I wanted to share with all you. 

Here is the link to the post about Parenting Beyond Your Capacity on the Cafe Mom Blog !

Check it out!

theRock Bonfire and Slip N Slide!!!

   

Wednesday evening August 10th all middle school students (6th-8th graders) are invited to our last summer hang out for theRock at the CF Campus before school starts!  At 7:30 we will kick the night off with a huge Slip N Slide and other activities.  Later on we will be having a Bonfire and making Smores.  Our night will finish at 9:00.     

This night is going to be a ton of fun!  Come hang out one last time before the summer comes to an end.  Bring your friends and your swim gear, and come ready to have a good time!