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Creekside Kids Weekly

June 11, 2026

Hello @first-name,

It feels like forever since I have checked in on your family! VBS totally derails my normal routines and now I want to know how you are. Let me know!

Spotlight: Park Hop

Our Park Hop is a new discipleship opportunity for families this summer! On Monday nights from 5:30-8pm, families will gather at specific parks in the Valley for fellowship! Part of being a disciple is abiding in Jesus, being transformed by Him, and being with Him on mission. By gathering at the park, kids are playing together, but families can encourage each other in their walks of faith -- and we can be a light in the community! This past week we had 6 families - including grandparents with their grandkids, moms with their kids, and both parents and their kids.

Learn more here! The list of parks and addresses are included here. This will be updated to be complete in the next few days!

This is an addition to Coffee and Playground. We will continue to meet on Wednesday mornings for that group.

Spotlight: Spots to Serve

At Creekside, we identify as disciples of Jesus and also servants of Jesus. If you have been looking for a place to be a servant of Jesus while at Creekside, Kids has some different spots available! Each spot helps us make disciples while kids are in our care!

Sunday morning teams at either the 9am or 11am service:

Check In Desk Host - Smile, welcome families, show them their rooms, help families check in/register
Little Lupine Nursery - snuggle babies and entertain toddlers
Honeybee Toddlers (11am service only) - Will launch once we have at least 8 more volunteers - one teacher per service / one helper per service
Rainbow Preschool - we need helpers who come in play with kids, keep them engaged, and help facilitate snacks/potty breaks/cleaning up
Fireweed (Kinder/1st grade) - we need helpers who come in interact with the kids, keep them engaged, and help facilitate potty breaks/cleaning up
Trees & Mountains (2nd-5th grade) - we need helpers who come in interact with the kids, keep them engaged, and help facilitate potty breaks/cleaning up
Aurora (11am service only, additional needs classroom) - we need helpers who come in interact with the kids and help facilitate interactions between the kids

Wednesday Kids Connect

Adult Helpers - come in, engage with the kids, help them focus on the lesson, and facilitate the activities after the lesson

Additional Teams

Fall Festival / Carnival Team
Events such as the Christmas in July Movie, Christmas Party, Christmas Movie, etc
Decor (I would love to have people slated to decorate overall and at specific times)

If any of these teams/servant spots are of interest to you and God is placing it on your heart to serve, please let me know by responding to this email!

To serve - we require servants in Kids ministry to have attend Creekside for 6 months, consider this their home church, and be able to pass a background check.

Spotlight: Clipboard Sundays

Clipboard Sundays run through July 5th (this is the last Sunday). If you are unfamiliar with Clipboard Sundays - these are Sundays where kids from finished kindergarten to finished 5th grade sit with their parents in the main service. We do this to allow our kids to experience how adults experience discipleship in a church setting. In the Kids side, we build off of these experiences with deeper conversations. For example, we don't practice communion on the Kids side, but we do talk about its necessity and the parts of the service where communion is given on the adult side. (We allow children who have a saving faith in Jesus Christ to participate in communion, under the supervision and authority of their parents on the adult side).

When we resume on July 12th, Kids will be checked into the grade group that they are entering in the next school year.

Behind the Scenes

VBS is a lot of work and we had over 70 volunteers help us pull it off! Over 115 kids came to learn about Jesus and how He loves us and gives us hope!

If you have specific feedback, please feel free to let me know! Otherwise, I will have a survey out in a few weeks. The volunteers are currently providing feedback and that shapes what feedback I seek from parents! But feel free to share in the meantime!

Kids Weekly: Park Hop & Clipboard Sundays & Serving