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Ugh. Back to rain and clouds! Hope you enjoyed all the sun you could with your kids this past weekend! Did you do anything fun?

Family Blueberry Picking

August 9, 2026, 2-4:30 PM

Creekside Kids is joining Creekside Youth for Blueberry Picking!

2PM - Meet in the parking lot at the Reed Lakes Trailhead (Mile 2.5 Archangel Road via Palmer-Fishook Road). Parking is available in that lot and on the road leading to the trailhead (requires payment or a State Parks Pass).
From 2-2:30ish, Pastor Chris will meet families in the lot and show them a great blueberry picking spot!
If you join us later, head on down the trail about a quarter of a mile and most of us will be picking near the very first large outcropping of rocks on the left side of the trail.

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Build Her Up

Aug 16 – Nov 22, 2026

Build Her Up is a time for girls (ages 6–12) to discover their identity in Christ and learn how to build themselves and others up in that identity. Girls must be registered in order to attend and after August 23rd, all communication about Build Her Up will be directed to only those with registered daughters.

Spotlight: Fall Festival Team

As we start to look to the autumn season, we are planning for the Fall Festival to be on the second Saturday in October. If you want a hand in planning it this year, please let me know via email! (Just reply to this email and let me know!)

Lesson Recap

August 2nd’s lesson was on God’s promise to make Abraham the father of many found in Genesis 12 and 15.

Memory Verse: Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. --Genesis 15:6

PS We make no apology if your kids start singing Father Abraham at random times in the car, at the dinner table, or from their play. If you don't know it, here you go!!

PPS One of the groups discussed this yesterday, but it can be a neat thing to ponder on more this week... The song says, "Father Abraham had many sons, many sons had Father Abraham. I am one of them and so are you..." If someone is related to Abraham by blood, we would say they are Jewish or an Israelite. However, if someone believes in Jesus, they are related to Abraham through their faith ("You know, then, that those who have faith, these are Abraham’s sons. Galatians 3:7"). Just a neat way to help kids make connections between this Old Testament story and the plan of God carried out through Jesus.

Question for the Week: How did God bless the world through Abraham?

Disciple Making Moment

Why Prayer Pencils? Prayer changes lives! So we've prayed over the child using each pencil. This lets them know they are loved! Kids can grab one for themselves and as many as they can pass out to friends!

Pro Tip: Before passing the pencil on - have your family pray over that pencil and the student it is given to before blessing another child with it! Also encourage your child to say something meaningful when it is passed on. This may take coaching, but what a simple discipleship moment!

Behind the Scenes

Question: "How do I fix information on my child's sticker?"

Answer: Let the classroom teacher, service coach, check in desk host, or myself know. We will get the sticker updated! The stickers provide valuable information to our volunteers so they can support your child in the best way while they are in our care, so we value correct information -- even if it changes over time!

Pro Tip: Did you know that you only need to enter the last four digits of your phone number to check in your kids at the kiosk? You don't actually need to enter your entire 10 digit phone number. Although, if you let your kids type the phone number in -- it is a good way to help them remember your phone number!

The Short of It

Creekside Kids

Sunday @ 9am and 11am

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Park Hop

Mondays from 5:30-8pm

Today's Park Hop is at

Finger Lake Elementary School @ 5981 E Eek St, Wasilla, AK 99654

See here for the next park

Coffee & Playground

Wednesdays from 10am-12noon

Families come and fellowship!!

*Not a drop off event

Settler’s Bay Playground

6500 S Settler’s Bay Drive Wasilla

Family Blueberry Picking

Sunday, August 9 at 2pm

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Kids Connect

5:30-7pm on the following Wednesdays

August 26 \\ September 2, 9, 30
October 7, 14 \\ November 4, 11, 18

Details Here

Donations

Donations are always appreciated! They can be dropped off at the Kids Check In Desk. Our Creekside Kids budget primarily covers curriculum, events, systems, and classroom improvements. Donations of snacks and other needed supplies help us make the most of our budget. Below are our current needs.

Snack Donations

Coffee Filters

Wednesday Night Donations

Options include string cheese, fruit leather, bananas, mandarin oranges, baby carrots, applesauce pouches, no sugar added fruit cups, rice cakes, pretzels, goldfish, skinny popcorn (or kernels for our popcorn machine). NOTHING with actual nuts in them. Homemade treats are also accepted!

General Donations

Bubble Solution

We have multiple bubble machines in our early childhood classrooms. They calm so many tears.

Please reach out if you have questions, comments, or concerns!

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