Dear Church Family,
The school year is winding down, and Kids Club has already come to the end of the 2022-2023 school year. We started with a big party last September and had over 150 people on campus with 60 kids signing up for Kids Club. We averaged about 40 kids in attendance through November. December, January, and February averaged around 35. As the weather warmed up this spring, attendances declined and since spring break we ran about 28 kids. This pattern of attendance closely resembles other kids’ programs in churches across the country.
Last fall we set out to teach the kids about Jesus and encourage them to memorize five Bible verses. A highlight for me this year is that most of the kids can tell you what Genesis 1:1, Psalm 119:105, John 3:16, Ephesians 4:32, and Proverbs 14:12 say. What makes this most exciting to me? The majority of the kids that attend do not have a church home. Countryside Christian Church Kids Club program is their church home, and they are learning.
As we look to starting Kids Club back up in the fall, will you please pray that God will lead in our planning? We have been blessed to have a Riverdale School bus deliver kids from the school to our church on Wednesday afternoons. Next year, some changes are coming to bus scheduling and this could affect our programming. At this point, this is an unknown variable that will be worked out over the summer. So, please be praying that God will reveal the perfect plan for His kingdom. Pray that God would allow us to continue to shine a light on his Son with the youth in our community.
One last thing: please prayerfully consider how you might be a part of the Kids Club staff in the fall. The workers are few, the harvest is ripe.
Steve
