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• Can I send mail to campers at White Mills next week?  What should a camper pack?  These and more questions answered HERE!
  
  
• How many hours per day do you spend on Facebook?  How about our kids?  Thoughtful article on Facebook addiction.
  
  
• 6 Things Every Preschool Teacher Needs to Know. A few of these apply to ANY teacher of youth or children
  
  
• Guy by the name of Jon Acuff has a pretty witty church blog called Stuff Christians Like; LOTS of funny stuff!  Enjoyed this post on Church Signs this week.

Investment Opportunity at CCC

I am in search of individuals willing to make a small investment into children's lives on Sunday evenings from 6:30-7:00 pm.

I'm asking you to pray about leading a short devotion time for our children that would inspire them to live out basic principles of God's love in their lives.

The most vital qualification is a willingness to be present in their lives and make an investment in their spiritual growth.

If you have questions or want to express interest, please contact Blake via email or cell phone (270) 403-7723

Taking Root,
Blake

This Week's Wins at CCC

I wasn't with you all Sunday as I took a weekend to celebrate with my family before the summer began.  However, still a couple of cool WINS this week!

Ms. Debbie's class finished a great semester with a trip to Miller Park! Ms. Debbie has made a HUGE investment into a ton of kids lives this semester by committing to her class every week!  They finished a great semester with a Scripture Hunt at Miller Park.  What a great idea!  If you get a chance, thank Ms. Debbie for her commitment to this ministry.

Some of the coolest electrically charged hair I've seen in quite some time!

Want another good reason to get your kid signed up for KidServe?  Picture this EVERY Wednesday night in the gym!

What other WINS did I miss?  Share the WINS I haven't heard about so we can celebrate together!

Taking Root,

Blake

6 Ways to Invest in Your Child or Teen During This Holiday Weekend

Families have a little more time together this weekend than usual.  

Take advantage of it and invest in your teen or child by trying out some of the following:

1. Read together from Matthew 7:24-27.  Build some kind of house (cards, sandcastle, legos, lincoln logs..) and then destroy it.  Use the building time to talk about some of the things that could destroy our spiritual "homes."
   
   
2. Talk about a loved one who has passed on and remember their good qualities.  Pray with each other asking God to help bring about some of those characteristics in you.
   
   
3. Purchase some flags to remember a fallen veteran in your family and take your kids with you to place it on their grave.
   
   
4. If you're making some kind of a dish for a Memorial Day party, include them in the process!
   
   
5. When the crowds start to separate after the big meal on Monday, try to be intentional about spending some of that time playing with your child/teen instead of sipping lemonade with the adults.
   
   
6. Work with your child/teen to make a plan to serve at your family get together.  Maybe you will plan to be the ones who gather the trash or clean the dishes.  Maybe you can be the ones to serve drinks or sweep the floor.  Whatever it is, process it ahead of time so that your son or daughter understands their serving others!

Which one(s) will you try? 

What are some other ideas for connecting spiritually with our children?

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I've collected a few useful links that came through my blog reader, email, and social media that you might want to dig into yourself.  Take a look!

• 5 Suggestions to Make Family Time More Effective
• Cool use for Mayo especially if you've got little ones that like to color on your walls!
  Use Mayonnaise to Clean Crayon “Art” From Your Walls
• Powerful Video on Internet usage/safety for our children:  Just One Click