SPdL Children

SPECIAL
POINTS OF
INTEREST:

O C T O B E R ,

Childrens Leadership Teams

Bible Memory
Verses for October

Book Focus

Spiritual Journey:
Sarah Reams

Calendar for October

Prayer Concerns

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Childrens Leadership Teams

With the departure of Kara Wheeler, we as a church
have decided to staff the leadership of the preschool
and childrens areas with volunteers for now with Dr.
Sapp as the primary staff contact. We will continue
to meet with parents and members to better define
what we as a church want the childrens ministry to
be in the future. If you have questions or concerns,
please contact the leadership teams listed below or
Dr. Sapp. The following are the leadership teams for
the 2 areas:

Preschool:

Children:
Nancy Kelly (Point Person)
drewkellyatl@bellsouth.net or 770-458-9312
Jill Reams (Wednesday Night Activities)
thereams@hotmail.com or 404-495-0991
Paige Fielden (Sunday School Activities)
pechristopher@bellsouth.net or 404-816-6808

Emily Boyle (Point Person/Childcare) emilytboyle@gmail.com or 404-310-2500

d_mongin@hotmail.com or 404-447-0882

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THIS ISSUE:

Jill Bott (Sunday School)

botttravis@gmail.com or 678-799-5568

Book Focus: Habits

of a Childs Heart

Focus on Lords
Prayer

Fun Websites for

Families

Being Saved by Sarah

Reams

Special Events and

Calendar Items

October Birthdays

Prayer Concerns

Danielle Mongin (Special Events and Newsletter)

Shauna Byars (Special Events)

shaunabyars@gmail.com or 404-849-5310

Bible Memory Verses for October

The following two memory
verses will be a part of our activities this month in music and missions activities for the K-5th
grade children. Please take a
moment to help your children
memorize these scriptures.

For Music Department:

For Missions Department:

Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my

strength and my shield; my heart
trusts in him, and he helps me. My
heart leaps for joy, and with
my song I praise him.

Psalm 107:1 "Give thanks to the

LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."

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Book Focus: Habits of a Childs Heart

This is a great book by Valerie
E. Hess and Marti Watson
Garlett, Ph.D.

things be any different?

as a family by:

Serving others in a practical way

Simplifying schedules and

possessions

Developing new habits of

worship

Publishers Description:

The best time to learn anythingespecially the spiritual

disciplinesis as a child. In
Habits of a Child's Heart, parents not only learn the spiritual
disciplines for themselves, but
they also discover how to
practice them with their kids
and teens.

Everyone knows that children

learn the most by watching
their parents' exampleby
doing what they do. Why
would learning about spiritual

Broken down into bite-sized,

age-specific exercises, the
foundations of the Christian
life will become lifetime habits.
Practice the spiritual disciplines

Meditating on specific
Bible passages

For those familiar with Richard

Fosters book, Celebration of
Discipline, this is a great way
to introduce your children to
the paths of Christian disciplines.

Children are

Link to purchase: Click Here

Focus on Lords Prayer

The Lords Prayer from Matthew
6:9-13 is a beautiful way to introduce prayer to your young children. It very carefully walks them
through the various phases of
prayer such as praise, adoration,
request, forgiveness, direction/
guidance, honor/respect and closing amen.

likely to live up to
what you believe
of them. - Lady
Bird Johnson

The artist, Amylee Weeks described the thought and idea behind the art as follows: The Lord's
Prayer Christian art print celebrates Gods word showing
how His word grows in our hearts
with each word read. The verse
featured on this lovely tree is the
LORDS PRAYER: Matthew 6:9-13

"If I could relive

my life, I would
devote my entire
ministry to
reaching children

The tree theme is based on John

15:4 Remain in me, and I will
remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed
from the vine, and you cannot be
fruitful unless you remain in me ...

for God!" Dwight L Moody

Artwork courtesy of Amylee Weeks

Link: hiddeninheart.etsy.com

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CHILDREN

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Fun Websites for Families

Have you ever wanted a new website to visit to find interesting
things to do with your kids or family. The following websites are
wonderful resources:

4. Make your own biosphere:

1. No Time for Flashcards:

http://blog.makezine.com/
archive/2007/08/make-labsbiosphere-more.html

http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/

5. Finger print story:

2. Prayer Pail

http://www.mydogatemyclassroom.com/?p=151

http://www.joyshope.com/2009/07/prayer-pail-with-supercoolguest.html

6. Coloring Pages for Alphabet:

3. Hotdog Spaghetti:

http://www.education.com/slideshow/color-animal-alphabet/
Color_Letter_A/

http://www.grouprecipes.com/123974/hotdog-spaghetti.html

Being Saved by Sarah Reams

Being saved has changed my life in a
great many ways. First, I feel much
closer to God than I ever have at
any other time in my life. I pray for
strength and guidance whenever I
have something difficult to do. I
also pray when a loved one is hurt.
Before I say something to another

person, I always stop and think

Would you like it if someone said
that to you? I take the Ten Commandments into thought and try to
live my life by them. I try to be
truthful with my parents, and never
lie or steal (not that I would steal
anyway). At school, whenever I

Being saved
hear someone contradict God or
take his name in vain, I try my best
to correct them in an understanding way. Being saved gives me the
comfort of salvation and it has
changed my life. The experience of
being saved has strengthened my
relationship with God.

gives me the
comfort of
salvation and
it has changed
my life.

Childrens Choir Information

Do you ever wonder what songs your children are learning??
Have you ever asked and gotten the blank stare or I do not
know?? If this is you, we have some answers.
The children have been learning songs related to the September Bible verse Psalms 118:24. The song titles are This is the
Day by Mark Burrows and The Whole World Sings Alleluia by

Wayne Wold. The children will also be working on the

songs for the musical, Where is the Newborn King? by
Paige and Shafferman. The links provided above will give you
more information about what your children are singing. If
you need additional information please contact Anne Thomas.

Special Events and Calendar Items

Childrens Worship Workshop:

Special Events:

10/2: Proclamation

10/22: Pumpkin Patch at Southern Belle Farms in

McDonough

10/9 and 10/16: Petition

10/23 and 10/30: Dedication
Childrens Choirs:
10/16: Second-Ponce Singers 11 AM Service
10/30: All Choirs Sing, 11 AM Service

10/29: Pumpkin Carving Party at the Mongins.

An Evite will go out with more details.
10/30: 1st Grade Bible Presentation

2715 Peachtree Road NE

Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: 404-261-8111
Fax: 404-261-6593
Newsletter:
davidmongin@hotmail.com
Website:
http://spdl.org/childmin.php

The Children's Ministry staff and volunteers of

Second-Ponce de Leon welcome you and look forward
to serving you.
Whether you are a new member or a guest, we
are here to provide for your child's needs during his or
her time with us.
Our mission in the Children's Ministry is to supplement the family as they lay down a spiritual foundation that, in God's timing, will lead a child into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Jesus said, Let the little children come to me
and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these (Mark 10:14). At Second-Ponce
we believe that children are an integral part of our
church family and seek to provide opportunities to nurture their growth.

October Birthdays
10/01 Ridley Edwards

3 years old

10/26 Peyton Hamlin

1 year old

10/08 John Morgan Peters

5 years old

10/29 Aidan Talley

7 years old

10/21 Laurie Entrekin

Prayer Concerns
We would like to recommend the
following prayer concerns to lift up to
God during your daily prayers with
your children. If you have some that
you would like to add please send
them to David Mongin.
1.

Our Country

2.

Our President

3.

Our Governor

4.

Your childrens teacher(s)

5.

Your childrens Sunday School

teacher(s)

6.

Our Church

7.

Our future childrens minister

8.

Dr. David Sapp

We would like to suggest that you

pick a family within the church to
pray for this month. You never know
what struggles a family might be experiencing. Pray that God would
wrap his loving, comforting, all powerful hands around them this month.
That they might have a renewed passion for Christ and His Church. If
you feel led, send the family a note
during the month to let them know
that you will be praying for them.
Be confident in your prayers. A guest
minister once proclaimed from the
pulpit, If you are going to worry,
why pray and if you are going to pray,
why worry. God is big enough for
all of your concerns and challenges.
Teach your children to come boldly
before the throne of God.

The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power

and produces wonderful results.
James 5:16