Pop-Out Fundraiser Begins!

Tomorrow night we will also make available to clubbers the Pop-Out sponsor forms and a can of soda with their name on it if they choose to participate in this next BGMC fundraiser!  This fundraiser consists of kids getting people to pledge them money for every day they go without soda between Halloween and Thanksgiving.  (If they aren't soda drinkers, they can choose something else to go without like candy.)  On the night before Thanksgiving at Awana, we will give a each child who participate their can of soda that they earned with their sacrifice.  We recommend that each child figure out an estimate of how much money they spend on soda each day and ask people to sponsor them that amount.  The idea is to take the money they would normally spend on treats and give it to missions and then have people match it.  But by no means does anyone have to be bound to that.

Bring a Friend Night!

Tomorrow night is Bring a Friend to Club Night at Awana!  Remind your kids to invite their friends for a fun filled night at Awana clubs!  Every visitor will be worth 1000 points even if it isn't their first visit and if your child shares their personal testimony in front of their friend during the club night they will get Double the points per visitor.  Testimonies could be shared during hand book time with the help of a handbook leader, or if the club director allows, maybe during Bible time as part of the lesson.  And if neither of those work, PK will definitely let them share during game time or maybe even at the end of the night during awards ceremonies.  So encourage your kids to be bold this week and let's see a record number of kids at clubs tomorrow!

Other Leaders and Authorities

During the early elementary years, children usually begin to develop interests and attend activities outside the home. The circle of leadership in your child’s life will broaden as you enroll your child in sports, music, and other programs. In these situations your child will learn to respond to different cues, limits, and forms of correction from other leaders and authorities.

Most children need help knowing how to respond to various adults because every adult gives instructions differently or corrects in a way that the child may not completely understand or be comfortable with. For example, when the coach says, “I could use some help gathering the balls,” it may sound like an idea or suggestion to your child. When the coach then gets angry because of a lack of response, a child may be surprised, not recognizing that the comment was the coach’s way of saying, “I want you to go get the balls and bring them over here.”

One mom said, “We have a very nice babysitter, but when she tells my daughter to go to bed she asks a question. She asks, ‘Are you ready to go to bed now?’ My daughter, hearing the question, continues to say, ‘No.’ I had to teach her that when the babysitter asks that question, then she needs to hear it as if it were me saying ‘It’s time to go to bed now.’ ” The cues are different but the expectation to go to bed is the same.

Other leaders and authorities in a child’s life provide a great opportunity for a child to grow, and you can often help your child receive the messages and learn new relational patterns effectively as you teach your child to be sensitive to the cues given by others.

This parenting tip comes from the book Elementary Foundations by Dr Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN with Shannon Kulp. This is the newest book in our series about developmental stages called Parenting Shifts.

Family Week!! (Pastor Kevin on Vacation)

Next Week is Family Week which means, as always, there is no Kids Church this Sunday and no Awana next Wednesday.  Pastor Kevin and Aimee will be gone all next week as well (in fact they leave tomorrow morning for Florida after completing tonight's Awana clubs).  They will return Monday, Oct. 15th, which means that they will miss the following Sunday as well.  So Eddie Villareal will be covering in kids church again on the 14th.  It'll be an exciting Sunday complete with the usual monthly birthday celebration!  So if your child has a birthday this month, they definitely won't want to miss that Sunday!  Everyone have a blessed Family Week, spend time together as you should, and we'll see you in a couple of weeks (just in time for the next Awana club night)!

Color Team Night in Awana Clubs!

Tonight at Awana Clubs, your child will want to come dressed in their team colors for extra points!  So before you leave the house, ask them what color team they are on: Red, Blue, Green or Yellow!  We'll see you at 6:15pm!

Daily Parental Check List

1. How much time did I spend one-on-one with my child today?

2. Was I really engaged or distracted with calls, texts, and emails when I was with my child?

3. Did I hug my child and say “I love you”?

4. Was I calm when I disciplined my child?

5. Did I have a meal with my child?

6. Did I help my child with their schoolwork?

7.  Did I monitor my child’s television and computer time?

8. Did I pray with and for my child?

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