Nursery update

Wow, Jan Kwiatkowski did a great job making the window treatments, breast feeding screening, and the paintings for the nursery. The room should provide an environment that welcomes volunteers and families who will want to leave their children in their care. It should open back up next week after I complete the flooring.

This morning I put down the rubber flooring (babies have a tendency to fall for some reason). I ran into uneven corners in the room and the gate has to be raised to get the rubber squares under the gate. So why do simple jobs have to be so hard? I have to go back to Sam's to get more flooring (I should have measured first).

It made me think of life. King David, the apple of God's eye (Psalm 17), was annointed King of Israel, but the current King, King Saul had to die for him to take the throne. He literally ran for years and waited for this to take place. He faced a corner when he sinned with Bathsheba, tried to cover it up but her husband had integrity, then David had her husband killed, not so simple.

And what about Joseph was thrown into a pit, sold into slavery, put into prison for doing the right thing and was then eventually restored to power.

So we are never promised a simple life. We are promised eternal life.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=63&chapter=1&verse=1&end_verse=3&version=31&context=context

Scripture for Today

Kim McCarthy gave me a wonderful devotion book for Mother's Day.

Today I read the following statement that really spoke to me. God, help me to ask with a faith that expects to proclaim, "Look what God did for me." It was based on the scripture: 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Do we ask big enough? Do we ask every time? Are we expecting to be thankful for answered prayer? Are we anxious - or do we expect?

I hope I can answer that I did ask big enough and that I did ask every time (instead of just worrying about it) and I hope that since I can't send God a thank you note in the mail that I can instead share the hope He give me with my friends by being thankful and telling them about answered prayer.

Today I'm going to expect my heart and mind to be guarded and have peace in all situations. I may not get my prayer answered in the way I would like but I'm going to expect that God will guard my heart and mind.

Luau Pictures

I know that I promised pictures of the luau, but to be honest I was so busy talking I only got a few and my digital camera batteries were dead so they are from a disposable camera and they aren't that great.

Next year the theme will change, but I will be hosting another party to thank all the volunteers that serve our children and their families.

Hard to believe

Can you believe that it is May 30 and school will be out next week?

Our summer camp starts next Wednesday. If you aren't registered: http://www.covenant-community.org/ and follow the camp links. Amy Hinch, our Summer Camp Director and her interns along with a few volunteers, who are already out of school for the summer, are working hard to get camp ready. How exciting it will be to see the children from the past camps with the new children this year. Last year there were five students that received Christ during camp. I'm believing that this year more lives will be eternally changed.

This year the theme is FLIPT. I can't wait to see our lives FLIPT by Christ. I say our lives because I feel I am on a continual Journey and the children we serve are always challenging me to change.

Luau

Wow, it's hard to believe it's already May. I have been the Director of Children's Ministry at Covenant for one year and one day. How time flies.

This Friday night all the Children's Ministry Team will gather at my house for a luau to celebrate the end of the school year, the accomplishments of the past year and hear some visioning for the upcoming year. I'll post some pictures online next week (if I can figure out how to do that!).

Thanks to all the full-time Children's Ministry Team that has faithfully served during the past year. You all deserve a big round of applause.

My first post

Welcome to the world of KIDtime and thanks for viewing my blog. Beginning next week I will be making frequent posts regarding what is happening in KIDtime, updates on events, and occasionally I will post about books I have read, music that inspires me, blogs that made me think and those family moments that must be shared.