Calvary Church Annual Report | Page 18

children's ministry staff Scott Barry, Valerie Bierlein, Carla Boon-Julien, Joy Gelderloos, Jen Knapp, Shelly Lamport, Brian Nix, Joel Shank, Sara Tibbe 2013-2014 by the numbers Mission Accomplished This past year in Calvary Kids marked several milestones for our ministry. During our Wednesday night Kids-N-Action ministry, we focused on the fifth and final chapter of the book of James, encouraging children to “put your faith into action!” Can it really be five years since the time we first chose to begin reviewing the book of James and challenging kids to memorize one chapter a year? Quite a few children joined the James Gang five consecutive years in a row by completing five serving projects and memorizing an entire chapter of James, each year, per child. Stop by and see their poster hanging in our Elementary hallway! Our children’s choir LUMIN8 provided a well-timed spring concert where they sang the final chapter of James along with ministry songs being used throughout our ministry like, “We are little Kids-N-Action!” Our ministry also began a new phase of ministry on Sunday mornings with a nautical adventure theme called, “S.S. Adventure” (S.unday S.chool). We loved seeing children share their testimony each month with Captain Question about how they had made Christ their Captain at school, at home, at play, and even finding ways to serve others instead of themselves. Children, parents and volunteers alike participated in our “Book Coins” program to read through books of the Bible. Families reported that this alo