N. Carolina: 2010 Children's Ministry Day Stories

Edited by janderson - 17 Feb 2010 at 3:43pm

We are from Calvary Baptist Church in Hamlet N.C. and we gathered at the Church and divided up into 5 teams. From there we went out and visited several shut in's in our area.

GAs from Calvary Baptist Church in Mt. Airy, NC visited the Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, NC.  Sixteen girls with 3 leaders and 5 ladies from the BYW shared in a Valentine's Party with one of the girl's cottages. The group also put together a big box of gifts including movies, popcorn, stuffed animals, kitchen items, school supplies and snacks. Since the NC Children's Home is celebrating 125 years of ministry, the GAs decorated quilt squares that will be used to make a tapestry. With the help of a Karaoke Machine the GAs entertained the girls with singing, creative movement and singing hands performances. The afternoon ended with the girls from the home singing along with us. We became one happy family.

 Our group began collecting care package items at the beginning of February.  On February 17, our GA group met at the church.  We put together 18 care packages and wrote bible verses to attach to them. The girls also painted sun catchers to put in each bag.
     On Saturday February 20 we met at the church at 9:30am.  We had devotion and prayer time and then we left and went to a local nursing home for the elderly.  Our girls set up in the library of the nursing facility and sang songs to about 20 residents, handed out care packages to each one and took time to visit and talk with them.
     They were more of a blessing to us than we were to them!  We had a great time and it was so touching to see them smile, clap and sing along with us.  We will hold a memory of this in our hearts always!
     We arrived back at the church at approx. noon and our sweet WMU ladies had us a delicious hot dog lunch!
     It was a great day and such a blessing!

College Park Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC had 12 Girls In Action and 4 leaders participating in Children’s Ministry Day this year. In support of the Home Team theme, we prepared twelve gift baskets filled with cleaning supplies. These gift baskets were donated to the Forsyth County Habitat for Humanity.  Habitat will give one basket to each of their new home owners all throughout the 2010 building season. A Welcome Home card was attached to each gift basket with House Rules printed on the interior of the card. The "rules" are as follows:

Home Rules

Always be honest (Proverbs 12:22)Count your blessings (Psalms 34:1-3)Bear each other's burdens (Galatians 6:2)Forgive and forget (Micah 7:18)Be kind and tender hearted (Ephesians 4:32)Comfort one another (1 Thessalonians 4:18)Keep your promises (Romans 4:21)Be supportive of one another (Acts 20:35)Be true to each other (Revelations 15:3)Look after each other (Deuteronomy 15:11)Treat each other like you treat your friends (Matthew 7:12)but most importantLove One Another deeply from the heart (1 Peter 1:22)