Church Celebration - February 17

In honor of our congregation paying in-full a debt, we will be hosting only one service on Sunday, February 17th at 10:00 a.m.  This is such a great day to celebrate as a whole church family, therefore we will not be hosting Sunday School or Children's Church.  Please plan to attend as a whole family on February 17th at 10:00 a.m. for the festivities!

Family Valentine Lunch - Fun and Love for Lunch

Don't miss our upcoming Family Valentine Lunch on February 10th right after the 11:00 a.m. service.  The main dish will be a delicious roast prepared by Anna Cooper.  Please bring your favorite side dish to share.  As families, we will have the chance to decorate cookies, decorate and create a family prayer journal, and other activities, including fellowship with other families.  What a great time to celebrate and share fun, joy, and love with each other.

UPDATE - BackSnack Outreach

Another PRAISE to GOD for His unending love and blessings!  We have raised approximately $375.00 for our BackSnack Outreach!!!  This meets our goal, and we will be able to get at least one student sponsored and possibly a 2nd.  Let's see if we can get enough to sponsor two students for one school year!!!  Thank you to everyone who has made a donation!  We will complete our collection for this outreach on February 3rd and will present the check on February 10th!

Children's Choir

Beginning in February 10th during the 10:30 to 11:00 fellowship time, our children are invited to practice with the Children's Choir for our upcoming performance on Easter Sunday.  Look for more details over the next week.  We look forward to seeing you there!

LIVE Curriculum Parent Page

Our children who attend our 11:00 a.m. Children's Church are working through a variety of activities from Dave Ramsey Financial Peace to our newest curriculum, LIVE Curriculum.  Each week our teachers lead the students through the study and activities.  The following sheets are for parents as a way to extend the lessons throughout the week with activities and discussion points to be done at home.  We encourage you to download each week's lesson and use this in your family.

Faithweaver Parent Pages

Our children who attend our 9:30 a.m. Sunday School time are working through the Faithweaver Curriculum.  Each week our teachers lead the students through the study and activities.  The following sheets are for parents as a way to extend the lessons throughout the week with activities and discussion points to be done at home.  We encourage you to download each week's lesson and use this in your family.

Back Snack Mission - PRAISE

Praises to God for the outpouring of love and desire to serve in our current mission.  We received approximately $267 yesterday for our current mission.  This meets our goal, but as I was reading my devotions this morning I was reminded that God can make so much more out of our "5 loaves".  We will continue to collect donations for the Northland Children's Hunger Initiative over the next 5 weeks.  Praying that God will multiply our giving over the next weeks. 

Faithweaver Winter 2013 Parent Page - All Ages Lessons 7 and 8

Faithweaver provides many at-home resources. Each week a new set of lesson pages will be uploaded which can be downloaded by parents with children of all ages to use as a resource for the family time at home during the week or on the weekends.

SAVE THE DATE - February 10th Family Valentine's Lunch

All families are invited to attend our Family Valentine's Lunch after the 11AM service on Sunday, February 10th.  More information will be posted soon - We look forward to seeing you there!
"The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13

Children's Outreach Mission - Northland Childhood Hunger Initiative

All children and families are encouraged to participate in our current outreach mission opportunity.  We will be partnering with the Northland Childhood Hunger Initiative, which helps to provide funds for the Harvesters "BackSnack" program.  The Northland Childhood Hunger Initiative has a goal of helping provide food and snacks for children in Platte and Clay county public schools who are in need for 33 weekends out of the year.  Our goal is for our children and families to raise at least $250 over the next 6 weeks so that we can provide at least 1 "BackSnack" backpack for 1 student for 1 school year.  Let's serve together to help others in our community!

"He did it so that they might prepare God’s people to serve. If they do, the body of Christ will be built up...He makes the whole body grow and build itself up in love. Under the control of Christ, each part of the body does its work. It supports the other parts. In that way, the body is joined and held together." Ephesians 4:12,16

Faithweaver Winter 2013 Parent Page - All Ages Lesson 6

Faithweaver provides many at-home resources.  Each week a new set of lesson pages will be uploaded which can be downloaded by parents with children of all ages to use as a resource for the family time at home during the week or on the weekends.

Faithweaver Winter 2013 Parent Page - All Ages Lesson 5

Faithweaver provides many at-home resources.  Each week a new set of lesson pages will be uploaded which can be downloaded by parents with children of all ages to use as a resource for the family time at home during the week or on the weekends.

Welcome to Platte City UMC's Children's Ministry

We are excited to begin a new year at Platte City UMC.  The Children's Ministry blog is a great place to learn about upcoming activities, keep connected with what we are doing in our small groups, get involved with our prayer ministry and outreach opportunities, and to volunteer.

Our focus is to demonstrate for our children how deep and wide God's love is for them and those in their community, how being in relationship with God is the solid foundation they will need as they grow, and as a result, our children will know that God loves them so much that Christ was sent to be their Savior.  

^" For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:16-17