So one of the things that I love about NHC is how important security is. Now you might be thinking "what security?" And if you're thinking about guys walking around in uniforms with sniper rifles you'd be right. But you might be surprised to know that we have a dedicated group of men and women that show up early for every service and stay late to make sure that our kids areas are as secure as they can possibly be.
We also have a check-in ministry that helps families each week get their kids checked in with name tags and their parents pick-up tags to wear so only parent/guardians and volunteers can have access to our children's areas. Why you ask? To keep your kids safe!
Then those same awesome security people I mentioned earlier are at all the doors and hallways only allowing parent's and volunteers with the proper tags through.
It might seem like a pain sometimes to stick a bright orange tag on your sweater, or to even go all the way back inside to your purse to get your tag out - but I'm sure if you are like me, when you think about how safe your kids are and that not just anybody can come back to their environments you've got to agree it's worth it!
And as you've noticed our Uhambo Kids Ministry is constantly growing - which means new hallways and new entrances and exits to monitor for safety. So if you think kids safety is important, and that helping a child and their parents feel safe enough to drop them off is the one of the first steps to that child hearing about Jesus - we'd love to have your join team! Leave your comment here - or you can speak with myself (Kids Pastor Cathy) or any Uhambo team member for more information. (PS....you also get a walkie talkie and one of those cool Secret Service Earpieces - and who doesn't think that's fun???)
Uhambo Kids.....bigger - louder - & messier!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Disneyland and Too Much...all in one weekend!
So this was a great weekend at New Horizon Church. The band was super - Jamie gave us a great message while Dave was away, and we had ton's of new team members start serving in all our environments. Not to mention it was one of the most beautiful days weather wise since we've lived here in North Carolina.
The funny thing about this weekend is how I learned people can see the same thing but see it totally differently. On Saturday night we had a new family come to Uhambo and while they were entering into the environment the family was overcome and audibly said "this is like going to Disneyland" - the child was about 9 years old and had a great time. On Sunday night I had a father come up to me and share that he's got 5 kids in each of our environments. After their first time coming he asked the kids on a scale of 1 to 10 how was it? Two of his kids said a 10, and the other three said a 12! He thanked me for his kids enjoying it so much. Now here's our third story.....on the same weekend we had someone share that they thought the kids inUhambo were having "too much fun", and they were serious.
My take away is that when grown-ups start thinking we're having too much fun - then we're being successful! Uhambo isn't an environment for adults - it's an environment for kids. We want them to want to be there - and we had hundreds of kids wanting to come this weekend - and it was great! They got to have fun learning from the Bible, making friends, and learning how much they mean to Jesus.
Our motto at Uhambo is BIGGER - LOUDER - MESSIER and we intend to live up to it! So bring your kids and your friends kids this weekend because it looks like I can Guarantee they will have FUN!
The funny thing about this weekend is how I learned people can see the same thing but see it totally differently. On Saturday night we had a new family come to Uhambo and while they were entering into the environment the family was overcome and audibly said "this is like going to Disneyland" - the child was about 9 years old and had a great time. On Sunday night I had a father come up to me and share that he's got 5 kids in each of our environments. After their first time coming he asked the kids on a scale of 1 to 10 how was it? Two of his kids said a 10, and the other three said a 12! He thanked me for his kids enjoying it so much. Now here's our third story.....on the same weekend we had someone share that they thought the kids inUhambo were having "too much fun", and they were serious.
My take away is that when grown-ups start thinking we're having too much fun - then we're being successful! Uhambo isn't an environment for adults - it's an environment for kids. We want them to want to be there - and we had hundreds of kids wanting to come this weekend - and it was great! They got to have fun learning from the Bible, making friends, and learning how much they mean to Jesus.
Our motto at Uhambo is BIGGER - LOUDER - MESSIER and we intend to live up to it! So bring your kids and your friends kids this weekend because it looks like I can Guarantee they will have FUN!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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