Calvary Church Annual Report 2010-2011 | Page 12

Children’s Ministry Staff: Joel Shank, Brian Nix, Carla Boon-Julien Heidi Storms, Sara Tibbe Children’s Ministries This has been another amazing year in the Children’s Ministry! We have witnessed God transforming the lives of children as they memorize Scripture, experience Bible stories through drama, and serve others in their community. We rejoice with the angels in heaven that 10 children expressed trust in Christ for the very first time this year! • Children’s Fast Facts • 86 = number of children who participated in James Gang serving projects and completed memorization of James chapter 2. • 13,000 = crafts taken home by children from our Sunday morning and Wednesday night programming • 600 = number of kids on a typical Sunday morning • 10,000+ = number of live bees (in a glass case) that were displayed at our Summer CSI program for children • 300 = number of kids in our Wednesday night WOW program Kids discover their Creator at our ‘CSI’ (Creative Science Investigators) Summer program.” 12 | Calvary Church Annual Report Aaron Calvary ChurCh character-card-set2.indd 1 • Children’s ministry 6,000 = Bible character trading cards handed out to children WOW 9/28/2010 8:58:29 AM 1,000 = Professionally recorded CDs produced by our LUMIN8 Children’s Choir cd-cover-2011b.indd 1 4/26/2011 2:05:55 PM • 282 = Number of pairs of socks collected in one week by kids in WOW for the homeless • 31 = number of children dedicated in our Child Dedication ceremonies • 2 = number of staff members who transitioned out of our Children’s department, and new staff members we hired in their places. (see right) Heidi Storms is our new Children’s Nursery/Preschool Facilitator. She is very excited to see how the Lord will use her in this ministry. She and Tim have been married for 7 years and have 3 children: twin 3-year-old boys, Liam and Trae; and a baby girl, Emerson, who was born this past June. Heidi and Tim have been attending Calvary for about 7 years and are involved in various ministries in the church. Heidi’s passion for children started at a young age, and she received a degree in Elementary Education in college. After recently serving on staff in the Worship department here at Calvary and volunteering as a small group leader in the youth ministry, Heidi is excited to use her knowledge and experience to oversee our infant nursery through preschool. Sara Tibbe is our new Curriculum Facilitator. She has a background in education and 10 years teaching experience in a variety of school settings. Additionally, she has written children’s ministry curriculum for several years on a volunteer basis and has an interest in missions, having taken several short-term mission trips. Sara has been married to Jake for 13 years and is mom to Luke and Anna.