Children’s Ministry 2020 Registration!

Rally Week CYF Celebration!
Tuesday Sept 15^th | Wednesday Sept 16^th | Thursday Sept 17th
Kick-off fall with us at one of our socially distanced, outside pick-up nights! Make tie-dye shirts with your kid(s) and pick up your ‘Dios está contigo’ bracelets! This is the week to pick up any bibles, anti-racism books, & kid activity kits that you ordered on your Children’s Ministry registration (link above). Please bring school supplies to donate to STEP!

Families choose a one-hour time slot between 3-7pm to allow for space and disinfected materials. Masks are required. Pick one of the 3 provided dates- time slots are limited to 5 families. 

Just swinging by to grab books & supplies? Sign up for ‘CURBSIDE PICK-UP’ and stop by anytime between 3-7pm on a Celebration night. 

DIY Family Faith Talk: The Beatitudes
Looking for new conversations at the dinner table, before bedtime, or on the weekend? A ready-made guide for responsible citizenship discussions to have with your kid(s)? This fall we look at the Beatitudes with an awesome curriculum created by Illustrated Ministry. This option is 100% online and family-led. All materials are available on our blog to print and use anytime! Password access will be sent out in mid-September.

Messy Worship on Zoom!
6pm Thursdays | Starting October 1^st
Life is Messy, God is in the Mess! Join Jen and friends for our fun family worship, zoom style! Messy Worship Zoom includes elements from our new Beatitudes curriculum & anti-racism book club, music, storytelling, & interactive prayers.

Sunday Worship Online: Kids Activity Kits 
Sign up to receive an activity kit filled with coloring pages, activities, and crafts for your kid(s) to work on while you watch online worship from home. Preschool and Elementary kits are available. (curbside pick-up monthly)

Anti-Racism Family Resources: Family Book Club
This is a new program to support your work raising anti-racist, equity-focused kid(s). Sign-up to receive an age-appropriate anti-racism book for any kid(s) in your family- and an anti-racism parenting book for you!
Order books thru the Children’s Ministry registration (link above). $10 donation per book.

Throughout the year additional resources, parent zoom conversations, and family discussion activities will be offered to support our anti-racism work as a community.  Follow on our Westwood Parent Connect blog: https://westwoodparents.community/anti-racism-resources/

Anti-Racism Family Book Club Books:

• Toddler: God’s Dream (board book) | Archbishop Desmond Tutu
• Preschool/Kinder: Antiracist Baby | Ibram X. Kendi
• All Elementary: Different Differenter: An Activity Book About Skin Color | Jyoti Gupta
• Grade K-2: Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All | Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, & Carolyn Choi
• Grade 3-5: Resist: 40 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny & Injustice | Veronica Chambers
• Anti-Racism Parenting Book: Raising White Kids | Jennifer Harvey
• Anti-Racism Parenting Book: Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America | Ibram X. Kendi

Orders for T-Shirts, books, and fall supply kits need to be in by Friday September 4th to make sure they are ready for tie-dye and pick-up at our Celebration nights. 

Questions? Let me know!
Be safe, be well, and be real- God is with us!

Best,
Jen Mohr
Director of Children’s Ministry