Apr 9, 2013 | Community Impact, Everyday Kidz, Prayer
The feedback from our
Math Tutoring program has been very positive. Parents, students, teachers and school administration have all let us know they found our program to be very helpful. That is a huge win! We want to praise God for opening up this opportunity to work together with neighborhood schools. Our relationship with the school is a beautiful thing.
I am so thankful to the volunteers who gave up their Saturdays to make a difference in these student’s lives. Let’s pray they do well on the exams and sense the support of their families and community. Please pray that God continues to create opportunities like this to love our neighbors well.
Thanks for praying with me,
Wendy
Apr 1, 2013 | Events, Everyday Groups, Everyday Kidz, Everyday Youth
What: A retreat with Everyday Church focused on rest! Take time from your busy schedule to enjoy encouraging friendships and beautiful scenery. Whether rest for you means curling up with a paperback, hiking a trail, or shooting some hoops, enjoy downtime with your faith-family.
Where: Refreshing Mountain Camp, 455 Camp Rd, Stevens, PA
When: May 3-5 (see a rough schedule here)
Travel: Ride for free with us! Vans will leave the city on Friday, May 3 at 7pm and return Sunday May 5 at 5pm. Or you can make your own plans to get there.
Cost: Adults cost $118.00; kids ages 8-12, $111.00; ages 4-7, $46.00; ages 1-3, $9.00. Meals & activities included (reduced rates are available for qualifying participants).
Sign-up: There will be an opportunity to sign-up at the April 14 Teaching Service. Or you can email Kelsey (below). The deadline to sign-up and pay is April 21.
Info: To sign up, ask questions, or learn about reduced rates, email Kelsey@everydaycc.com.
Feb 15, 2013 | Community Impact, Everyday Kidz
Undivided attention from a caring adult is important to children, especially when they are learning division! We’re partnering with a local public school to offer free math tutoring to young students. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a math expert. We’ve designed activities that any patient, caring adult can use to give a local student a little more confidence for the State Exams. And we’ll have some math experts on hand to help
Join other volunteers from Everyday Church and make a difference in our community. Contact Wendy and get involved: wendy@everydaycc.com. Or find out more this Sunday.
There will be four workshops, Saturdays 9:30am-11:00am.
February 23, March 2, March 9, and March 16
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Jan 30, 2013 | Everyday Kidz, Prayer
Last Sunday our church focused on our need for Christian friendship. The kids looked at many verses in the New Testament that discuss how we treat “one another.” If you haven’t read these verses in awhile I suggest you go to www.biblegateway.com and do a keyword search for “one another” and “each other.” After dozens of verses I’m sure you’ll be convinced you want this kind of friendship!
Everyday Kidz were convinced too! They worked together to write in their own words what they want friendship to look like for Everyday Kidz. We plan to start every lesson in the coming months by reading this dream together:
“In Everyday Kidz we… listen… pray for one another… help… try to agree… won’t hold a grudge… laugh together… are understanding… forgive… encourage each other… share our lives… serve… put up with each other even when things get on our nerves… are family.”
What a reminder! This kind of friendship won’t be easy, but it’s possible with the Lord’s help. Let’s pray together and make it happen.
“encourage one another every day” Hebrews 3:13 (ISV)
Dec 31, 2012 | Everyday Kidz
Following Jesus is more like a grand adventure than a checklist of do’s and don’t’s. Seeking the kingdom is a quest full of hidden dangers and glorious experiences.
In Quest for the Kingdom, Everyday Kidz will learn an age-appropriate version of the first three topics in our Grow series for adults (see Gatherings). Everyday Kidz will learn to develop healthy, spiritual friendships, to “stay the course” through prayer, and to prepare for life’s challenges by growing in knowledge.
If you’ve ever wished that the spiritual life was more like the great adventure stories of Fellowship of the Rings or Indiana Jones, take heart! In Christ, it is.
Dec 29, 2012 | Community Impact, Everyday Groups, Everyday Kidz, Everyday Youth, Global Impact
… in with Everyday Groups!
We’re shifting our Home Groups into 3rd gear this New Year. Thus far, our groups have been mostly about genuine spiritual friendship and growing in knowledge. But there’s a third purpose to them and we’re ready to for it! We aren’t backing off from developing real community and exploring the Bible, but we’re going to start rolling up our sleeves together.
We’re going to change things. Help people. Serve our neighbors. Because God works primarily through everyday people, we’re challenging our Home Groups each to adopt a mission or a ministry– to identify a group of people to reach out to, or a contribution to make in Jesus’ name. We want to be a church that is famous for justice and mercy.
To signify this change, we’re renaming our Home Groups. So, we don’t have Home Groups anymore. They’re done. Now we have Everyday Groups. That’s gonna take a little getting used to. If you catch us saying something about “Home Groups,” you have our permission chime in, “Uh, don’t you mean Everyday Groups? What’s a Home Group?”
Everyday Groups currently serve the youth in our neighborhood, children and families, and various areas justice and mercy. And there are others beginning to form! There are rumors of a Prayer group, a Spanish group, and an Arts group taking shape.
We feel like we’re on the front end of something incredible. God is on the move through everyday people. There is an Everyday Group— right now, or maybe even one that doesn’t yet exist!– that needs your unique talents and strengths. This New Year, decide to make the Most Important One the most important one to you.
We’re going to be posting all the latest so you can continue to find your best fit. But don’t wait for that! Get involved and help us make God’s dreams come true. If you aren’t a part of an Everyday Group, then Contact Us.
