Kids in Church and Family Together for a Meal

After the Sunday service on March 20th, we will be having our next Family Lunch time.
Families with children 5th grade and under are invited to a pizza lunch.  There are spots for 15 families.
If you want to be part of this fellowship time please email children@emmanuelbaptist.com) or leave a comment here WITH your name and number of people BY THURSDAY, MARCH 17th.


If you attended the first or second meal, here are a couple of things you can do.

1. Please allow other families the opportunity to be part of this time.
2. Encourage other families to sign up.

Those planning to attend, here are a couple of specific things that will happen during this meal time.

1. You will sit with your child/children for a lunch.  Menu to be determined by the end of this week.  If you and/or your child is a picky eater, please bring your own sandwiches or other lunch items. 
2. During the meal time we will have some meal time activities for you to do around the table.  Some of these will be fun activities.  Others will be helps to talk about the sermon and/or the lesson. 
3. Pastor Dave will take about 10 minutes at the end of the meal to talk one of the parents about leading your family meal times and worship times.  For single parents, someone will help out with your child/children during this time.  
4. IF you and your family want to stick around afterwards to play one of your favorite games or invite another family to play a game with your family, plan to stick around afterwards.  You don't need to feel obligated to stay for this part of the day.

Couple of details to remember:

• There is a reason we are doing a simple lunch.  Plan to hear about why at the lunch and on the blog later!
• We have a limited number of high chairs at the church.  Please plan accordingly.
• You may be contacted to bring a side dish or dessert.
• If you have any family meal time ideas that have been helpful in the past, please send them to me before Sunday.  I would love to share them with other families.
• We may schedule more of these in the future.  

Sunday, March 20th is also a Kids in Church Sunday (1st - 3rd graders are with their parents).

HERE is a previous post explaining sinking ships and simple sandwiches
HERE is an article explaining Three Truths and Three Tips for Engaging with Families in Your Church.