Hello Cornerstone families!
We have lots of information to tell you about D6 Weekends AND Wednesdays . . .
PLEASE keep reading!
We are excited to begin meeting WEEKLY with D6 Wednesdays this Wednesday, January 13!
We hope to see your family here learning and worshipping together.
Classes for kids and parents begin at 6:30p with The Gathering - worship for your family together - at 7:30p in the South Auditorium.
WEDNESDAY NEWS:
JANUARY VIRTUES
This month our kids in Beginnings ministry are learning that Jesus wants to be my friend forever!
Kids in D6 Basics (1st-5th Grade) are learning about Discipline - doing what you need to do now so you can grow stronger.
COMPUTER CHECK IN for D6 Wednesdays
Beginning this Wednesday night, ALL KIDS (infants-5th grade) need to be checked into
our CheckPoint computer system before heading to their class. This system will
print name tags for the kids AND help us keep attendance.
The computer kiosks are located in the main auditorium foyer.
You will use your last name or the last four digits of your phone number
to log in.
**If your OLDEST D6er is an infant or toddler, please use the two kiosks located to the west of
the infant/toddler rooms, at the bottom of the ramp that leads to the South auditorium. You can enter
the building from the south auditorium doors. This will help alleviate some potential congestion in the
main foyer.
We will have helpers on hand to enter new families and visitors at the D6 desk in the main foyer.
NEW CLASS SPLITS and ROOM ASSIGNMENTS for D6 Wednesdays
This week, our 3rd/4th Grade class will become TWO classes!
These new classes will meet in the classrooms closest to the south
auditorium instead of the Equipping Room. Look for signage!
WEEKEND NEWS:
SECURING OUR BEGINNINGS AREA
With the opening of our new D6 Beginnings (infants-threes) classrooms, we have been given
the opportunity to provide a secure environment for our youngest participants. Please help us
ensure the safety and security of this area by observing the following:
a) Please respect the work of the Door Security folks.They have been enlisted to ensure that
only parents and teachers with the proper ID (teacher name tag or parent security tag) are allowed to enter
that area. If you do not wish to drop your Beginnings child off in his or her class, but do need to use the nursing room
or the family friendly viewing area, please take a moment to go ahead and use the Check Point system to create a security
tag for yourself. This also lets us know that your child was in attendace for a weekend service.
b) If you do not have children in the Beginnings area (i.e. your youngest child is PreK or above), PLEASE take the few
extra steps to bypass the Beginnings common area and walk around for drop off and pick up for our
PreK-2nd grade classes via the corridor by the "black box." Our goal is to limit the traffic in and around our infants/toddler hallway.
This goes for D6 Wednesdays too!
FIRST/SECOND GRADE CLASSES COMBINED
For the remainder of this D6 Weekends "year" (through May), our 1st and 2nd grade
weekend classes will be combined into ONE class.
SERVING AS A PARENT VOLUNTEER
At Cornerstone Church, we believe it is beneficial for you and your child AND we know it is helpful for our weekend teachers, to have parents serve as extra helpers in our weekend classrooms. Each quarter you have an opportunity to choose 3 service times to serve in your child's class. The next opportunity to sign up begins February 6/7. The sign up "season" will be open for 3 weeks. You can sign up using the kiosk at the D6 Welcome Desk during weekend services.
GENERAL NEWS:
WHO'S WHO?
We've had a few changes in our Family Ministry staff and we wanted you to know just who's who!
Troy Nesbitt is overseeing the Family Ministry staff.
Paul Sabino will continue to teach the D6 Parents class on Wednesday nights and work with Jenni Sabino to
design The Gathering.
Joy Andrews is our D6 Basics Coordinator - handling all things PreK-2nd Grade for our weekend
classes. She will also continue to train our teachers and offer spectacular early parenting classes!
Kelly Fischer is our D6 Beginnings Coordinator - handling all things infants-threes for our weekend
classes.
Kathy Houseman is our Hospitality/New Family Coordinator - handling all things in respect to registering new
families, scheduling and coordinating our weekend/Wednesday Check Point computer check in helpers AND
Door Security folks and will continue to organize our Parent volunteers who serve in their child's room quarterly.
Jan Keese is our volunteer D6 Basics (1st-5th grade) Coordinator for Wednesdays. Jan works with our D6 Basics teachers in
prep and training for Wednesday nights.
Mandy Stenberg has returned as a part timer and is serving as the Family Ministry Coordinator.
She'll handle some family ministry details, family/staff communication and oversee the Family Ministry staff along with Troy.
Mandy will also be serving as the volunteer 2s/3s coordinator for D6 Wednesdays.
We currently have two interns serving in Family Ministry:
Jessica Schmeckpepper works with D6 Beginnings.
Danielle Cook works with D6 Basics.
FUTURE PLANS and OPPORTUNITIES
We are currently in discussions and planning for Summer 2010 VBS and Kids Camp.
More info to come soon!
In light of recent challenges from Ephesians, we also want to let you know that there are
ALWAYS opportunities to serve in Family Ministry. We want people on our team who have
a heart to serve kids and families, and who long to see kids know, love, and follow God in His
Word and ways. Just ask any one of the staff - "Where can you plug me in!???"
HOW TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH FAMILY MINISTRY
We want you to be "in the know" about happenings at Cornerstone Church.
Ways to do that:
There you will have options to receive updates via facebook, twitter, email, or texts and RSS feeds.
You can also choose to visit the D6 EveryDay blog from this page!
Thanks for taking the time to read all this information!
Because we believe all this info is important . . .
Once you've finished reading this email, forward the entire email to FIVE friends - Cornerstone families or not!
The first ten people who have five friends repsond will receive a $10 Coldstone Gift Card!!!
Mandy Stenberg
on behalf of the ENTIRE family ministry team!
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