Kids Lock In July 12th

Kids age 5-5th Grade are invited for a Kids Only Lock In! July 12th 7pm-8am!

We will have pizza, games, crafts, scavenger hunt, s'mores, and a special guest! Robot Wars!!!

Register Now: 

http://tinyurl.com/nhbgp2z

Or on email: maryconver@doowop.com

Come Splash Into Summer with us This Saturday from 11-3pm!

**Attention Middle and High School Students! Come work this Saturday at the Splash Event, and Earn $30 Off your Forward Conference!

We need Volunteers to work this Saturday from 9:30-4pm! If you can work for an hour or two, let me know ASAP! Thanks!! This should be a great way to bring the kids in the neighborhood out!! Plus, a great time for all of us too!

• Human Hamster Balls - 4 People

• Giant Water Slide - 1 Person

• Alligator Bouncy - 1 Person

• SnoCone Machine - 1 Person

• Music/DJ - 1 or 2 People

• Food and Drinks - 2-5 People

• Contests and Games - 2 People

• Set Up - 5-10 People

• Clean Up - 5-10 People

• People to Eat and Have Fun - LOTS of People!!

I hope to see everyone there and be ready to have fun!!

Mary Conver

Splash Into Summer with Us! June 8th

Happy Derby Week!

Come Join us for a Derby Party at Forestpark Community Church!

Who: Everyone!!

When: This Saturday, May 4th, Derby Day

Time: We are meeting at 1pm and will hang out all day! Post time for the the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby will be 6:24 p.m. ET 

Cost: FREE! 

Where: Forestpark Church Church 5012 South Watterson Trail Louisville, Kentucky 40291

Activities: Make a Derby Hat, Crafts, Coloring, Run in the FPCC Mini-Derby, Play on the Playground, Hamburgers and Hot Dogs, and watch the 139th Official Kentucky Derby on TV!! Lots of other stuff!!

What to Bring: Your Family, Your Friends, and YOU!

Other things you might want to Bring: Card Games, Board Games, Food for your Family (We have hot dogs and hamburgers + some chips) A Hat you can decorate or wear your own creation!

Songs for Easter

Here are the songs the kids are singing for Easter! (and some random thoughts by Mary...so skip ahead if you're in a rush!)

We are so excited that it is almost Easter!! 

You know, there is a lot to do between now and bedtime a week from Sunday! But, let's try (sort-of, maybe) to keep something in mind as we rush through this holiday...

Kids can only understand "Easter" in so far as we teach them about "Easter". 

They will only understand what they actually see around them, not what we split-second tell them in-the-car-headed-to-stop-#7.

Not that we can actually take them physically to the empty tomb in a week and a half, but...

If we spend the next 11 days rushing around, buying fancy clothes, frantically stuffing eggs, cramming their head full of song lyrics, desperately trying to get everything done and to church on time for breakfast, and then afterwards yell, "HURRY UP AND GRAB SOME EGGS! We've got to get to Grandmas!!!".....guess what they will learn? Well, not "peace and joy" anyway.

Now, that's not to say we can roll out of bed and head off in our blue jean cut-offs to church Easter morning, refuse to bother with Easter Baskets so we toss them some peeps from the gas station, wander in an hour late for church, and make Grandma mad because we forgot her! 

But, this year, I am hoping to try to take a few deep breaths, (remind me when you see me) and give Grace a little extra grace, when she has her dress on backwards, and let Thomas have a little moment of down time when he looses his left shoe (again.) And maybe, hopefully, take a second here and there to talk about the real point of this upcoming day! "He is Risen!" "He is Risen Indeed!" :-)

Anyway...on to the songs!!

A Couple of Notes: 

**If your little ones don't want to go up front, when we call all the kids this week for Palm Sunday to wave Palm Branches or on Easter Sunday, to sing, don't be too hard on them, we don't want anyone to be afraid, it's supposed to be fun! :-)

~Also, if you have other kids with you that day, friends or visitors, encourage them to come on up! It's easy to pick up and we want everyone to feel included!!!

Finally, PLEASE sing along Easter, if it seems like the kids get super shy or lost! It will help them stay together and not be afraid! (The words will be on the screen) 

Links to Songs: (Lyrics below)

1) This is a link to the first Easter Song for the Kids! 

Elena Carder is singing the first verse then everyone sings the chorus together. 

Then Keely and Brooke are singing the second verse, and again everyone together! 

The kids have learned some moves for both songs too! It should be cute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRcW5N8mW2o

2) This is the second Easter Song for the Kids! (Hallelujah version) FYI- The Kids learned it Sunday as "Allelu Allelu" not "Hallelu Hallelu" (Below I will post all the words) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbNBKK2jA0&feature=share

*Actually, this came up Sunday too! So... here's some info on "Why Allelu Allelu instead of Hallelu Hallelu?" 

(From Wikipedia) - "Hallelujah, Halleluyah, or Alleluia, is a transliteration of the Hebrew word הַלְלוּיָהּ (Standard Halləluya, Tiberian Halləlûyāh) meaning '[Let us] praise (הַלְּלוּ) Yah (יָהּ).' It is found mainly in the book of Psalms and has a similar pronunciation in many, but not all, languages. The word is used in Judaism as part of the Hallel prayers, and in Christian praise. It has been accepted into the English language, but its Latin form Alleluia is used by many English-speaking Christians in preference to Hallelujah."

Then Here is a very cute video of some kids singing the version we are singing "Allelu Allelu" at a Mission Trip VBS. We will do it in rounds too like they are! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj_QAD1mILY&feature=share

Lyrics:

Mighty to save  Laura Story 

Everyone needs compassion

Love that's never failing

Let mercy fall on me

Everyone needs forgiveness

The kindness of a Savior

The hope of nations

Savior

He can move the mountains

My God is mighty to save

He is mighty to save

Forever

Author of salvation

He rose and conquered the grave

Jesus conquered the grave

Take me as you find me

All my fears and failures

Fill my life again

I give my life to follow

Everything that I believe in

Now I surrender

Yes I surrender

Savior

He can move the mountains

My God is mighty to save

He is mighty to save

Forever

Author of salvation

He rose and conquered the grave

Jesus conquered the grave

Shine your light and let the whole world see

We're singing

For the glory of the risen King

Jesus,

Shine your light and let the whole world see

We're singing

For the glory of the risen King

Savior

He can move the mountains

My God is mighty to save

He is mighty save

Forever

Author of salvation

He rose and conquered the grave

Jesus conquered the grave

Your my Savior

You can move the mountains

God You are mighty to save

You are mighty to save

Forever

Author of salvation

You rose and conquered the grave

Yes you conquered the grave

You are mighty to save.

Praise ye the Lord

Allelu, allelu, allelu, alleluia
Praise ye the Lord.
Allelu, allelu, allelu, alleluia
Praise ye the Lord.
Praise ye the Lord, alleluia
Praise ye the Lord, alleluia
Praise ye the Lord, alleluia
Praise ye the Lord.

Haven't I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

Joshua 1:9 (HCSB)

Help a Hopper Out! Big Announcements

Help a Hopper Out 

The Easter Bunny needs candy! We are having our Easter Egg filling party 3 weeks from today, Wednesday March 28th! Please bring individually wrapped candy to church this Friday night during the Family Fun Night or on Sunday Morning!  Please no hard candy or unwrapped candies, thanks. Want to help fill and tape? Come meet us in the Fellowship Hall on Wednesday March 28th at 7pm! 

Three Big Announcements from the 

K.I.D.S. Ministry!

• Winter Family Fun Night is This Friday!

Come have Dinner and a Movie Friday night at 6:30pm! Enter our "Most Medieval Munchies Contest!" Bring a dessert or snack with a "Medieval" theme! Prizes, Prizes!! We will watch "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" at 7:30pm with an Intermission and Popcorn!! Invite your friends! Invite your family! 

Please RSVP now so we can plan for dinner:maryconver@doowop.com

• Palm Sunday Children's Parade:

Hey kids! Prepare to Parade! On Palm Sunday, March 24th, kids are invited to come to the Cry Room (The room behind the sanctuary with a glass window) at 10:45am! All kids are invited and parents are welcome too! Get your very own live palm leaf to wave, and let us cry "Hosanna to the King!" as we parade around the sanctuary!

• Easter and a Song:

We want our families to be together to celebrate the Easter Holidays, so as in previous years, we will not have Sunday School classes on Easter Sunday. (Kids will have a special treat waiting in the Sanctuary! Shhh!) The Nursery will be open for kids 3 and under. All children are invited to come up front and sing a special song during the service!

**This Sunday and next, right after worship, we will practice in the basement for our Easter Songs! (You can thank the lovely ladies in the worship band!!)