CreekKids Parent Letter
April 2016 -- Elementary
The Big Picture for May
Do you ever notice that you define yourself by specific things or circumstances that show up in your life? Maybe it’s like there’s this box you carry around with everything that defines you: your stuff, your work, your family, your kids, your gifts and talents, or your home.
But there’s a problem with looking at life like this because if this is how we see our lives it’s all too easy to become preoccupied with the wrong thing.
Think about all the stuff in the box. It’s “your” stuff, right? Or is it?
We tend to talk about our lives using words that highlight our ownership of those things and circumstances. Words like my, ours, and mine. And those words can make a huge difference on how we see the world. As long as we keep using these words, we can tend to believe that our stuff will make us happy and that putting more stuff into our boxes will make us even happier.
But the truth is just the opposite. Something radical happens when we look at our life as not really ours. When we view our life as really God’s gift to us—it changes everything. When we see that all the stuff we have is somehow connected to God and the story He wants to tell with our lives, it begins to change the way we see everything. When our world doesn’t revolve around us, our situations look a lot different.
That’s why this month, we want to explain something to kids about contentment. It is deciding to be happy with what you’ve got. In other words, you can choose to be happy because of what God has actually given you. You can choose to shift your focus away from what you don’t have and toward what God desires to do with the life you have. When you trust Him with your life, you become more focused on being grateful for everything He’s already given to you.
The Bible has a lot to say about contentment. This month, we’re going to unpack several of those moments where people learned something about contentment as well as some key principles about how we can live our lives focused on trusting God no matter what.
IMPORTANT CreekKids Staff updates
Krista came on-board in April. Krista and her husband Ben recently moved to Lenexa, Kansas from northern Indiana. Krista’s greatest adventure was spending four years in Ethiopia designing and writing a children’s holistic peace Sunday school curriculum. In her free time Krista enjoys hiking, biking, reading and playing games. She looks forward to building realtionships with youngest children at Indian Creek and the opportunity to showing them Jesus’ love.
If you want to learn more about her or contact her, you can do so HERE.
Shana Wooley will still serve as the overall CreekKids director but will now have the Elementary areas as her primary Sunday area of focus.
April 30th: Daddy Daughter date night
Daddy-Daughter Date Nights are one of our favorite times of year. We love seeing dads and daughters bond and spend a special night together. Traditionally, these nights have consisted of a dance, but this year we're taking up a notch.
We have partnered with Chick-fil-A to produce a Treasure Hunt edition of a night we know you and your daughters will love and cherish forever.
Click the THIS LINK for registration and details. Be sure to do it fast! Space is limited.
Summer Serve
Our goal is always to connect kids into a growing relationship with Christ to lead them to a better future.
If you want to help serve in any CreekKids environment or during VBS, please sign up below.