This Sunday, July 27th, we will have most rooms in the building decorated and rearranged in anticipation of our community coming to VBS.  We will not have Bible class but we will provide a nursery during 1st service.  Please keep all the children and volunteers in your prayers this week as we share God's word.   

• Baby Dedications. Check out photos of our quarterly baby dedications here.
• Parents Day Out! Service project done by the teens! From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. bring your child/children to the building and take some time for yourself! The teens ask that you bring your children who are potty trained-3rd grade only! They kids will do indoor and outdoor activities! Please pack them a bag lunch labeled with their name. RSVP to Megan Jeter.
• Allergies! Parents ... We need to have a record of your kids' allergies ... click here for the on-line report form.

VBS 2008|
July 28 - 31

• On-line registration is now open. Click here!
• VBS volunteers - click here to sign up.
• Check back for more information!
• Click here for scenes from 2007!

• In order to stream line the process of checking in your children with our new electronic check in system, we have key fobs with the Children's ministry logo on it. We are working to ensure that EVERY family in Children's ministry gets one. We kindly ask that when you do receive yours, please put it on your key ring. Every family assigned a key fob will get 3 of them (2 key fobs for your key ring, and one credit card looking card). These are just like your cards that you use at Giant and other stores. If you are a volunteer with children, you can check in this way and get your name tag. If you don't have children in Children's Ministry then you still need to go to a computer kiosk in the Children's ministry lobby and check in to get a name tag. We want all 4th-6th graders to now check in using a key fob. They still don't need a parent to check in and will not get a name tag but this is how we take attendance for Bible Class, Puppets, Improv team, etc.
• If you have your key fob, STOP what you are doing now and put your key fob on your key chain!!! The former tag system had assigned every child a number. If your child needed you while you were in the worship center, we would flash that number up on the LCD screens located up front on either side of the stage. Your child still has a number we can flash! It is the last 3 digits of your Key Fob number. So when you see a number flash, please check to make sure it isn't your child's by looking at your key fob. IF it is your child, please respond either to the Nursery desk or the Children's Ministry registration desk. If you know your child might need you during the course of the morning--please take a pager! That way we can find you quickly!

Key Fob FAQs

1. If I need a pager what do I do? If you need a pager, please get a pager first and then check in. When you check-in, you can add the pager number. This way, the pager number can be printed on your child's tag.
2. If I don't take a pager, how will you notify me if my child needs me? Everyone who has a key fob has a number on the back by the barcode. IF you are in the worship center, we will flash the last 3 digits of your barcode for you to come. If you think your child might need you that morning for whatever reason, please take a pager and we can page you while you are in Bible class. This way, Lisa and Ellyn don't have to open every classroom door to try and find you. We don't mind doing that but it is disruptive to the adult Bible classes.
3. Why do I sometimes get 2 name tags and sometimes get one? You will get 2 name tags if you allow your child to come to both worship and Bible class of Children's ministry. Your child can wear both or one. You will also get a parent "claim check". This is for the safety of your child. If you only choose to come to one part of a Sunday then you will only get one child's tag and one parent "claim check".  Should you drop the "claim check", it doesn't have your child's name and grade on their, if someone should pick it up. They can't claim a child whose name they don't know! This means, Mom and Dad, that you will have to tell the Guardian Angel the name of your child and their grade/age level. We are trying to keep to our vision of creating a safe and friendly children's ministry.

We want:

• to be the church in Northern Virginia where children, 4 months through 6th grades, feel secure and have a sense of belonging.
• children to want to be here every Sunday being about their Father’s business because they know God loves them and so do those working in
  Kingdom Kids.

Have your registered your rising 3rd - 12th graders for Camp WAMAVA this summer? Go to their website -- www.wamava.com to register and pay!
Camp WAMAVA exists to provide camping in a Christian environment and to glorify God.  It is run by the churches of Christ in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia.  See Lisa Bosley if you have any questions.

 
Are you expecting?" Let The Children's Ministry know! Contact Lisa Bosley at (703) 631-2100 or with your birth information or adoption due date.

Please make sure that your children are not brought to Bible class if they are sick.  We love them and want them in Bible class every Sunday, but we don’t want to spread germs.  Our illness policy has been set up to keep our nursery and Bible classes as safe, happy and germ free as possible.  If your children exhibit any of the following symptoms for 24 hours prior to Sunday morning or Wednesday night, please keep them at home.

• Fever greater than 100 degrees
• Yellow or green runny nose
• Questionable rashes
• Excessive coughing
• Diarrhea
• Conjunctivitis (pink eye)
• Any communicable disease. 

If you child is being treated with antibiotics, he/she should be in the medications at least 24 hours prior to coming to nursery or Bible class.  Please use your best judgment for the comfort of your own child as well as the safety of others.

July 2007 - Vacation Bible School

April 2007 - Easter