Photos from Homecoming Week!

Tailgate Party Wednesday Evening!

All Wednesday evening programs will not meet this week (Sept. 23). However, we highly encourage you to come be a part of the fun while we support our schools while celebrating in the festivities of homecoming.

Wednesday we will meet at the Gunter High School Football Field for our annual tailgate party. GBF will be doing free face paintings and handing out sweet snacks and other foods! The tailgate party will begin at 6:30pm!

Friday is homecoming! There will be a parade that will begin at 3:00. If you would like to have your child participate, we plan to have 2 trailer "floats" to ride on. Please dress in your WILD WILD WEST BEST, however flyers have indicated for participants to not bring any such guns (not even toy or fake guns) to the event!! We will meet at the Gunter City Park at 2:30.

We hope you will come and support our local school with us this week! It will be a great time of fun and fellowship!!!

Children's Programs KICK OFF- September 16

YIPPEE!! TeamKID and Impact/Area 56 kickoff their season starting this Wednesday! The scheduled times has changed slightly! All Wednesday night programs will run from 6:30-7:45!! TeamKID will meet in the SONKID room (same as last year) and will be picked-up in the sanctuary!

Impact and Area 56 will meet in the BIG KID (new room) during the month of September!

Full time coaches and leaders are as listed below:
TeamKID
PreK-Kindergarten- Kristen Jackson and Kendra Hood
1st/2nd Girls- Kimberlee Jonas
1st/2nd Boys- Victoria Stephens
3rd/4th Girls- DeeDee Wilkens
3rd/4th Boys- Wendy Enloe

Impact 56
Charlotte Scales and Connie Applegate

Area 56
John Rowe and TJ Rizzo

Hope to see you this Wednesday!!!

PRAISE AND WORSHIP TEAM for Wednesdays

Yap, you heard that right! The GBF Children's Ministry will be have their very own praise and worship time every Wednesday evening for the first 15 minutes of our programs. TeamKID will be joining up with the older kids (formerly known as Impact and Area 56) to sing and worship our awesome God. The 5th and 6th graders will lead worship during this time!

TeamKID and Area/Impact 56 will not meet until September 16th. Please note that the meeting times have changed SLIGHTLY. This year we will meet from 6:30-7:45!

For 5th/6th grade students: If you are interested in helping lead praise and worship on Wednesdays, we will be rehearsing and planning on Wednesday Sept. 2nd and Sept. 9th from 7:00-7:45! Please, please join us:-) It will be a great time of fun and fellowship and lots to plan for!!!!

If you have any questions, feel free to email me or call me at 903-818-7722.

Thanks:-)
Mandy

Get Involved!!!

August 23rd will begin our new year of curriculum and events for the Grace Kids and their families! However, we still have slots open!

An immediate need for the children's ministry is for a SONKIDS Coordinator. The SONKIDS meet every Sunday during EKG hour. The ages range from PreK-3rd grade! The curriculum is easy to follow and requires only about 2-3 hours a week of preparation. Preparation includes 1)reading over the lesson and Bible Story 2)prayer 3)prepare a simple lesson outline and 4)preparing by having supplies out and ready! Small group teachers are already in place!

Another ongoing need is for a Coordinator for our First Steps (ages 24m-28m) Class. The duties and responsibilities for this class are much like the SONKIDS. This class also has a new curriculum that has been purchased and is eagerly awaiting to be used:-)

Other opportunities to serve are the following:
1) TeamKID (full and monthly rotation on Wednesday evenings)
2) Nursery Volunteers (monthly rotators)
3) First Steps-ages 2yrs and 3yrs (monthly rotators)

If you still want to help or serve with us but none of these openings you are comfortable with, please contact Mandy Turner. She will be more than happy to find a place for you:-)

Much thanks for all the support and involvement of those who pray, serve, or volunteer in anyway! Each of you are such a huge blessing!!!

Mini Movie from Camp KIDJAM 09

A Big Thank You

As most of you are aware, this past weekend we took 25 kids and 5 leaders to Camp KIDJAM! God is so good and granted us with huge successes all the way around at Camp KIDJAM this past year! The kids were amazing! We had awesome worship times, fabulous discussions during small groups, and formed great relationships with one another! Our leaders were also treated to some amazing and very educational trainings! What a blessing!!! I am still in awe with how God worked in all of our lives this past weekend-mine included!

I personally want to thank everyone for your support, prayer, and financial contributions to help make this camp a success for GBF's Children's Ministry. Words can not express how appreciative I am!

I plan to share a mini movie this Sunday at church. Until then, please enjoy a quick look at a few fun pics!!!