This picture was taken Sunday at the 11:15 hour.  There are 56 kids and 10 workers!  Wow! What a crowd!  But isn’t a blessing to see that there is still room for more kids and the tables don’t have to be one foot from each other?  Thanks to all who have invested their time and money into this marvelous building.  You have invested wisely.

Now, here is the second reason why this picture is on my blog.  With more kids coming (90 first time check-ins last week) we need more volunteers to come forward and help us.  Our biggest need is the Saturday night service.  That service just keeps on growing which takes some stress off the Sunday morning crowd.  But as it grows, the need for additional volunteers grows too.  If you don’t have an area of service here at NewSpring already let me encourage you to step up and have a blast helping kids know Jesus.  You can email me at dan.kubish@newspring.org and we will send you an application this week.  Come join the team of passionate volunteers who invest their lives in ministering to kids at NewSpring. You’ll be glad you did.

Wow! What a fantastic weekend at NewSpring.  We had over 1000 in KidzWorld with 90 first time check-ins.  At 11:15 we had 56 kids in Adventure Avenue 4/5 and Saturday we had 45 2nd graders.  Right out of the box we need to thank God for all the people He is bringing to NewSpring Church.  Secondly, I would like to thank all our hard working volunteers.  We would not be able to do this scope of ministry if it wasn’t for dedicated volunteers who come and serve each weekend.  Over the next few months I will be meeting with all the volunteers in KidzWorld and go over our vision for KidzWorld and also give additional training on what we would like for our volunteers to do.

A lady stopped me Saturday night just to say “thank you” for KidzWorld.  She said, “It has brought my grandkids and kids back to church and I can’t thank you enough.”  Pray for our staff at NewSpring as we strive to do our best to reach more people with the good news.

1. “Have you moved 252 Theater?”

2. “Where is Volunteer Central? I can’t find it…I have already made two laps around this building!”

3. “Isn’t it closer to park in front and walk around to the new check-in stations?”

4. “Didn’t you just stat this new building in September?

5. “What we need is more bathrooms!!!”

Weekend of February 6/7–Family Experience Returns. We are so excited to get Family Experience started again. Family Experience is for 1st-5th graders and their parents. It is a 20 minute program that happens in 252 Theater the first weekend of each month during Saturday XL and between the morning services. The purpose of Family Experience is to help parents understand what their kids will be learning during the month in Route 252. Don’t miss the first FE of 2010. It’s going to be a blast!

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On Saturday, January 23 at 3 p.m. we will be holding tryouts for the Adventure Avenue Praise Team.  Children 2nd grade and older are welcome to come and participate in these auditions.  The auditions will be held in the Adventure Avenue Theater.  We are looking for kids who are excited about singing and committed to show up for practices.  There will be 3 different teams, one for each hour of KidzWorld. If you have any questions, please email karla.stinson@newspring.org.

Here are the final four in the 2009 Jingle Jamming Contest.  The winner will be announced during Jingle Jam on Christmas Eve.

We are getting closer every day to opening our new kids’ building here at NewSpring.  The Fun Zone area is being built and the play area for the 2-yr-old room is starting to come together.  Special thanks to the volunteers who came Friday and helped clean some of the rooms to get ready to move in equipment and start preparing for our first weekend in the new space.  We are still waiting on a few inspections….so we still don’t have a confirmed date when we will be open but we will be sure to let you know when we do.  Thanks to all who have helped in so many areas and also those of you who have given to help with this project.  Exciting days are ahead for NewSpring so keep praying as we reach more people with the good news.

One of our guests this past weekend found out about KidzWorld by coming to a birthday party at NewSpring.  They had a wonderful time at the birthday party and were interested in coming to church.  They came on Saturday night and walked up to the check-in stations. The dad asked me, “How much does it cost for my kids go to your children’s program?”  I said, “There isn’t a fee.”  That dad looked at me like I was from Mars!  He turned to his wife and said, “It’s free…can you believe it?”  The dad finished checking his kids in and then he said to me, “I can tell this church cares for kids and that is so awesome!  Make sure you tell everyone who helps do this ‘thank you!’  We will definitely be back and we’ll tell our friends about this great find.”