tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73378883772945882282024-02-19T09:01:50.553-06:00KiDS COR InteractiveWelcome to the KiDS COR Blog!
On this blog youʼll find videos, family activities, the KiDS COR GPS and much more. Think of it as a fun way to stay connected to KiDS COR during the week!
We will be constantly updating and adding new “stuff” to this site so check back often!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337888377294588228.post-72252474140518675332012-08-18T06:41:00.000-05:002012-08-18T06:41:59.106-05:00We've MovedThe KiDS COR blog has moved to a new home. Come and visit us at:<br />
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Has your family been enjoying the Olympics? The Olympics provide a wonderful opportunity for us to learn about other cultures, races, ethnicities, traditions, and rituals. We all too often get wrapped up in our own little, personal world and forget at some level that we are each part of a much bigger picture and plan.<br />
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Choose an Olympic event to watch as a family. Bring some kind of map, whether it is on paper or a computer. Find the countries represented at the event. Learn about the foods the people eat and what days they celebrate. Listen to the music from the country. Choose one or two competitors to research. What are their stories and the stories of their families? What has it taken for them to be able to compete? What will they return to when they go back home?<br />
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Throughout the year, volunteer in areas different from where you live. Spend time in homeless shelters and food pantries. Attend cultural events at museums and parks. Sponsor a child from a different country. Show compassion and care for those different than you. Travel as you are able and explore new areas and places.<br />
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As we embrace the larger world, our children will begin to understand that the world is bigger than them. That they can make a difference. That they can be people of peace and hope. Share God’s love with the world and the world will be a better, brighter home for all.<br />
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Last week two of my daughters (who are
12 and 14 years old) participated in the church’s youth mission
trip to downtown Kansas City. We had reviewed the packing list
several times, and even as we were backing out of the driveway I
said, “You have swimsuits? Shower bag? Bible? Sleeping bag and
pillow? They responded “Yes” to each item—even saying they had
blankets and pillows when I asked about the sleeping bag.
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I dropped the girls off at the church
where they would be sleeping, gave them hugs, and headed home.
Twenty minutes later, my phone rang. I knew it was the girls and I
chose not to answer it. However, I listened to their message right
away. “Mom—my sister forgot her swimsuit and I forgot my
sleeping bag and pillow. Can you bring them down to us, please?”
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I did not respond. I wanted the girls
to have some time to figure out their situation on their own. Six
hours later, the phone rang again—I answered and heard the same
information—however not the request. I asked, “So what is your
plan?” I was pleased to hear they had one—and it didn’t
involve me bringing anything to them. (They knew better than to ask
me again because my answer would be “No.”)</div>
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Sometimes it is hard to let our kids
make mistakes. We want to help them out. We want to protect them.
But they need to learn how to solve problems and do things
differently the next time around. Pray for God’s guidance as you
parent and pray that we all, young or old, can grow from our
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One of the highlights of our New York
City mission trip was worshiping at a Jewish synagogue. The service
we attended was filled with singing in the Hebrew language. Though
we did not understand the words, we did understand the spirit. The
congregation was filled joy and gratitude towards God.</div>
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About halfway through the service, the
rabbi identified us as a visiting group and we were asked to join him
at the front. He spoke briefly on the importance of accepting and
loving one another and understanding our differences. He spoke of us
as part of the family of God and asked the children to bring forward
cups of white grape juice for us to drink as a symbol of sharing our
faith with each other. He also asked the congregation to sing a song
of blessing upon us. We were all very moved by this amazing act of
hospitality and love.</div>
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How does your family seek to understand
those of different faiths? Do you know how they pray and worship?
What traditions or rituals do they honor? What are the basic
theological beliefs? What is the history of the faith? What special
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Build relationships with those of other
faiths. Seek to understand and love. Be people of peace and hope.
Reach out to all.</div>
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I love celebrations—birthdays, holidays, graduations,
anniversaries—any milestone is celebration-worthy in my mind!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yet, why wait for a milestone to
celebrate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if this summer, we
each took at least one day to celebrate life!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God has given us an amazing gift in the ability to use our
senses of taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight to experience this incredible
world around us—so let’s give thanks and enjoy!</div>
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Choose a day to celebrate. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then as a family, talk about how could you use all of your
senses to rejoice!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might choose
some favorite treats to create and eat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What games or activities could you do that would be fun for
everyone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you have some
music that everyone enjoys listening to—or playing yourselves?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How about seeing balloons, colorful
confetti and God’s creation?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would
you want to invite any friends to join you in your celebration?</div>
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Through the year consider bringing moments of celebration
into everyday life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bring home a
bouquet of colorful balloons on a dreary day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Learn how other cultures celebrate and choose one to join in
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throw a party for the first
day of fall or spring and give thanks for the seasons God created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throw a surprise party for someone who
may not have family around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Celebrate efforts and not just accomplishments regarding school performance
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This past week, eight of our KiDS COR fifth graders each brought one parent along to share together in our very first mission trip to New York City! Wow—were they all amazing! We filled our days with opportunities to grow in knowing, loving and serving God and others.<br />
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We learned about immigration as we visited the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the Tenement Museum, a place where immigrants came to live after they were accepted into America. We cleaned up a couple of community gardens, delivered Meals on Wheels (actually they were Meals on Foot ), worked in a food pantry and prepared a meal for 400 people at a soup kitchen.<br />
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The group listened to people’s stories of becoming homeless and how they are working their way out of homelessness. We visited the World Trade Center site and the Museum of Jewish Heritage to learn about the horrors of hate and the hope that comes when people seek to understand and love one another. We were warmly welcome as we worshiped in a synagogue and a church in Harlem.<br />
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We spent time at the Church Center for the United Nations where we learned about the importance of being involved in both charity and justice efforts as we serve others. We also were visited by the top official of the United Nations World Food Program who taught us to share the story of freerice.com, a website where anyone can play games and earn grains of rice for people around the world.<br />
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We thank God for this amazing opportunity to grow in our faith, and as we return home to Kansas City, we will be exploring ways to build relationships and serve here, as well. We feel blessed to have been a part of this journey. <br />
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Our campers begin in their team lines each day for instructions from Coach Eddie. Each camper is placed in a team of 8-10 kids and has 1 coach for the entire week.<br />
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Follow the opening instructions, campers participate in a fun camp wide camp game. Today was Relay race day!<br />
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Next campers rotate through instructional and competition stations. Stations include ball handling, speed & conditioning, and of course some one on one games.<br />
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Camp would not be complete without a snack. Today was animal cracker day!<br />
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Each day at camp we take time out of camp to have a halftime devotion. Guest speakers from Resurrection take 15 minutes to talk about about the most important reason we are here at camp and that is to know and love Jesus a little bit better.<br />
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Following the halftime devotion we play one more camp wide game and then all campers meet with their team for a closing praying and any words of wisdom.<br />
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Camp is so much fun both for the avid basketball player and for those who just like to have fun. We hope to see everyone at our next basketball camp sometime soon!<br />
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KiDS COR 5th graders worked at St. Paul's Church in the food pantry and delivering meals on Friday.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337888377294588228.post-87056988123108153652012-06-22T06:17:00.001-05:002012-06-22T06:17:35.893-05:005th Graders learn about world hunger at the Church Center for the United Nations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Wednesday, we visited the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the 911 Memorial Center, St. Pauls Chapel, The Tenament Musuem, China Town, and Little Italy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337888377294588228.post-28980612614805793352012-06-21T06:18:00.000-05:002012-06-21T06:18:05.483-05:005th graders learn about "Going Green in Queens" with host Mark Christi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our team cleaned up a street by the East River in Long Island City.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337888377294588228.post-58115002170550930902012-06-20T21:06:00.001-05:002012-06-20T21:06:18.941-05:005th Grade Faith Passage Trip - 2nd day in NYC!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jenna and the crew say hi from New York City. We have been very busy the last two days. We learned about immigration today. Check back tomorrow for more!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337888377294588228.post-77747496225119616622012-06-20T20:30:00.000-05:002012-06-20T20:30:01.608-05:00VBC Kids Making A Difference!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Vacation Bible Camp 2012 has just finished but the stories of the week keep coming in. Here's a great story about a couple of girls making a huge difference for the people of West Africa. Their names are Ellie and Emma. On Thursday afternoon after leaving VBC, Ellie and Emma, along with their siblings and some friends, went around their neighborhood knocking on doors to collect shoes for Rerun shoes in West Africa. In one afternoon they collected 263 pairs of shoes along with some monetary donations!! Here is a picture we took of them in their third grade "Green Gracers" classroom. We are so proud of them!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337888377294588228.post-79397223969951216972012-06-15T16:36:00.002-05:002012-06-15T16:36:46.116-05:00Drum Roll Please!And the winner in the Amazing Grace Race is......<br />Everyone! <br />
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Missions Totals:<br />
Money for Jamaica - $9,447.83<br />
Shoes for Africa - 2,398<br />
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Matthew's Ministry, in conjunction with VBC, held its Sonflower Camp this week. Sonflower campers participated in drama, missions, and music. After all that fun, they headed off to make birdhouses, help teachers organize supplies, and do a little yoga.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337888377294588228.post-73305808249224025352012-06-15T10:31:00.000-05:002012-06-15T10:31:06.832-05:00Day 4 Missions Totals!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A big thank you to everyone!<br />We have collected $4,670.94 for St. Anne's school in Jamaica!</div>
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We have collected 1,469 pairs of shoes for Africa!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337888377294588228.post-1870451170820136702012-06-15T10:24:00.000-05:002012-06-15T10:24:04.128-05:00Face painting was a big hit last night at VBC Family Night!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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