June 2011

WOW! It' has been a busy year full of changes. Check out our church website for upcomming summer events. Our Preschool blog will be up and running again in August! Enjoy the summer!

NOVEMBER

Psalm 107:1 "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."

Look what's happening in November:

Nov. 17 Awana/Halftime~ Turkey Trot Night! Thanksgiving Crafts and some other fun fall activities!

Nov. 24 ~No Awana/Halftime-Enjoy Thanksgiving with your family!
Dec. 1 Awana/Halftime ~Christmas Store Night and Crafts!
Dec. 3 Dessert Under the Stars- a Night of Music, dancing and more MVBC (this is for you-Parents-no childcare provided)
Dec. 3 Pastor Gina leaves for Uganda
Dec. 8 Awana/Halftime~ PARENTS NIGHT! Come join us as we watch A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Dec. 10 (7pm), 11(5PM), & 12 (9 & 10:30 AM)~ Our Sixth Annual Children's Christmas Program
Dec 15, 22, & 29 ~No Halftime - Enjoy your winter break and have a very Merry Christmas!
Jan. 5 ~ The first night of Halftime in 2011

SALSA~Neighborhood Mix

October 30th - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Join us for the second annual Salsa event where MVBC invites the community to enjoy homemade salsa, free food and lots of fun activities: a mechanical bull, Playland, rock walls, games, huge inflatables, crafts, face painting, popcorn, snow cones, cotton candy and more.

Invite your neighbors, friends, family, everyone you know to the Salsa event for great fun for the entire community! Invitation cards are available at church.

Moon Valley Bible Church
16207 N. Third AVE.
Phoenix 85023
602-866-0889

OCTOBER

We have so much going on in October!

*Join us on Wednesday nights for AWANA/ Halftime AT 6:15PM

*Thursday, October 14th is our TOT SPOT playgroup at 9AM in the auditorium.

*SALSA! October 30th 11-3pm~ Join us for the second annual Salsa event. Invite your friends and neighbors to enjoy homemade salsa, free food and lots of fun activities for all ages: a mechanical bull, Playland, rock walls, games, huge inflatables, crafts, face painting, popcorn, snow cones, cotton candy and more.

Saturday services starting soon!

Our first Satuday service is September 18th!

Made in the Shade

Our next children’s activity at MVBC is Made in the Shade July 30. The event is for Preschool to fifth grade and will be INSIDE. We will be taking over the auditorium and will have a bounce around, crafts, board games, play centers, music and of course snacks! Join us for the free event July 30, 9:00-11:00 and bring your friends!

Attention: No July 7th Activity!!

We are sorry to announce that the activity scheduled for tomorrow (July 7th) is cancelled. Our auditorium will be under construction. So sorry for the inconvenience. We hope to see you at our next activity!

June/July

Come join us for many fun activities this summer!


June:

25th ~Movie Under the Stars (8pm)
Bring the family to watch the movie, Meet the Robinsons out on the church lawn.
This is a free event.


July
7th~ Day in the Shade (9-11am)
Preschool- 4th grade. We'll keep cool as we play indoors.
This is a free event

23rd~ Saddle up! (6-8pm)
Calling all cowboys and cowgirls!
Join us for games and a BBQ!
This is a free event

SHOUT!

Shout is a community "Schools Out" party

for elementary-age children.

Join us for food, fun, crafts, games, inflatable toys, and more on June 5th 11-2pm.

Call Jeni Gibbs or Gina Orr at the church with any questions you may have.

602-866-0889 ext. 108 (Jeni) or ext 109 (Gina)

Our last TOT SPOT, before breaking for the summer months, will meet on May 13th at 9am. Bring a friend or two and enjoy some organized play time with your child and meet other parents from the community.

Check out our blog in late July to see when TOT SPOT will start back up.

April

April is here and so is Easter. Please join us out on the lawn this Sunday for a family Easter service at 9:30 am. Nursery will be available for children 2 and under.
Before the service at 9am, there will be an egg hunt for children under the age of 5.
Hope to see you there!

TOT SPOT-
We have only two TOT SPOT play dates left before we break for summer.
Come join us on Thursday, April 8th and Thursday, May 13th.
TOT SPOT is held in the MVBC auditorium and meets 9-11am.
Bring your children, babies- preschool age, and meet other parents in our community.

Have a great April!

March

Hello March! We've been waiting for you and your spring weather!

Please join us in our Sunday preschool class as we start a new series called-
Kingdom Tales. In Kindom Tales we will seach for the armor of God with Sir Pogo the Knight and Darrin the Daring Donkey to learn what each piece of the armor represents in God's Kingdom.
I can't wait to see you there!

Don't forget to join us for Cubbies and Sparks each Wednesday night in AWANA. Club starts at 6:15PM. Bring your friends!
Parents, we are in need of a few helpers on Wednesdays. Consider joining us as we show God's love to the children in our church and community.

TOT SPOT is on Wednesday, March 11th at 9am. Please invite your friends and neighbors who have children infant - 4 years. You won't want to miss it!

February TOT SPOT

Please join us for TOT SPOT

on Thursday, February 11th at 9am.

We will have a Valentine snack, craft and you will

take home a little Valentine surprise.

Hope to see you on Thursday!

TEN HUT!

Attention Soldiers!

We are having a lot of fun in our preschool class with our new curriculuum.

In Ten Hut Jr, we have joined the “Help Corps” and are learning about David. Through the story of David, we are learning that David loved God so much. The bible teaches us ways to show others that we love God too.

Below are the main points to the lessons your children will be learning;

*God knows me and made me special!
* I will do what I say I will do.
*God gives me friends.
* I will be kind when others are mean.
*I will be happy because God loves me.
*I will share with others.
*I will thank God.
*I will be patient.
Your children will not want to miss the exciting adventures that we will go on to learn how we can live like the man after God's own heart.
Hope to see you soon!

Over and out...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy 2010! May your new year be a happy and healthy one.


With the New Year comes some changes at MVBC.

One change is that our preschool class is using a new video curriculum; Elevate Jr from Creative Pastors and Fellowship Church. http://www.creativepastors.com For the next couple of months we will be learning about King David. I was able to teach last week, using the new curriculum, and I loved it. The kids seem to too. The video does a great job of getting the kids to interact with what is being taught.


Another new thing happening on our campus is TOT SPOT!
TOT SPOT is a community playgroup for parents and their babies-4year olds. We meets at MVBC on the second Thursday of each month 9 - 11 AM. The cost is $2 for children 6 months and older. TOT SPOT is a time of music, play centers, snack, and story time. Bring your friends and neighbors!

Children's Christmas musical

This year for the 5th Annual Children's Christmas Musical, "we're bringin' in country kids to learn city kids a thing or two about Christmas." Showtimes are Friday, December 11th at 7 P.M., Sunday, December 13, 9:00 and 10:30 A.M. For more information please contact Denise Evans at 480-244-6723 or niseevans@cox.net.



Remember our Awana clubs are on break until January 6,2010!

Have a very Merry Christmas!

Project Turkey

Project Turkey is our way of giving thanks to God for His provision as we adopt families within our community who are less fortunate than us by providing Thanksgiving dinner boxes. This year, we are partnering with the The Treasure Box to provide holiday dinner boxes for 100 families whose children attend Moon Mountain and Cactus View Elementary schools. Here's how you can adopt a family.

1.Purchase one (or more) holiday dinner box(es). - For only $31, you can adopt a family by buying a Treasure Box holiday dinner that includes all of the fixings of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner plus a whole lot more! Simply pay online for the amount of the gift you'd like to make, or write a check (include "Project Turkey" on the memo line) and drop it in a Connection Box at church no later than Sunday, November 15.
2.Deliver a holiday dinner box. Many of the families do not have transportation. You can make your gift more personal by delivering the box to their home. Deliveries will be made at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 21.
3.Help on delivery day. All the boxes will be delivered to MVBC at noon on Saturday, November 21. We will need help unloading and distributing boxes to those families who are able to pick up their boxes at MVBC. Plan to be here by 11:45 a.m., we expect to be finished by 1:30 p.m.
For more information or to volunteer, email Jeff.Bauer@moonvalleybible.org or call 602-866-0889 x 107.

November is here!

Thinking Thanksgiving is the only day to celebrate in November?
Here are some fun dates that you and your family can "celebrate"....

November is National Pomegranate Month. Enjoy eating and decorating with this seasonal fruit. Make simple place cards for a family meal by making a slit in the blossom end of each pomegranate. Have your child decorate a name card to put in the slit and put one at each person's place.

3rd- Sandwich Day. In honor of the inventor of the sandwich, John Montague, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, try a new kind of sandwich today. Let kids select a new flavor of jelly or a new kind of cheese.

7th- International Tongue Twister Contest. How many times can you and your children say "toy boat" or "yellow yo-yo" before you start laughing?

21st- Family Volunteer Day. Even young children can practice helping others! See if there is a project you and your children can help with at your church, preschool or for a neighbor. Let little ones stack books, dust furniture or shine doorknobs.

26th- Thanksgiving Day. Begin the tradition of having everyone in the family name something they are thankful for. Teach young ones to say a simple prayer of thanks before going to bed. "Dear God, thank you for ______" and let them fill in the blank.

Swine Flu

Swine Flu is here in Arizona and there have been many confirmed cases. Swine Flu is technically named the H1N1 influenza virus. This type of flu, like all other types is spread primarily by human contact. Symptoms of
H1N1 flu infection in humans are similar to classic flu-like symptoms, which might include:
Fever above 100.4 °F
Cough
Sore throat
Headache
Chills
Muscle aches
Diarrhea
Vomiting

Please do not bring your children to church if they have any of these symptoms।

An event for the community

Salsa - A neighborhood mix

October 31st - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

This FREE event is for the entire family! Bring your neighbors. There will be food, games, a petting zoo, bouncey houses, a train, swings, a rock wall, a fun house and more!

Do you make a mean salsa? Bring it! There will be chips for salsa tasting!

Please call the church office with any questions you may have.

Moms that inspire

Jenny Masch- Mom of sextuplets talks about life with her miracle babies.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/momsense/2009/marapr/upclosenpersonalwithjennymasche.html


Nicole Johnson- This mom helps women "wake up" to the richness of life.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/momsense/2009/mayjun/upclosepersonalnicolejohnson.html