Welcome to KidsLife Ministries, where we're always planning activities and programs! Be sure to bookmark this space and keep coming back here for all the information you need to know about upcoming events and programs!
Check out the brochure for ALL of the activities we've got planned for your kids from now until July! You can download the PDF right here.
KidsLife Ministries NEW BOOK EXCHANGE program!
Thanks to the donations of Noah Luke's mom, Sherry Riemersma, we now have a great collection of books and videos to share with you. The idea is to "Bring a book, take a book," like the adult section outside of Calvary's Bookstore. We will have a cart outside of The Loft where your child can bring an unwanted book/video and exchange it with an item on the cart. There will even be labels available to add to the item you are adding to the cart. If you have an ample supply of unwanted books/videos in your home, bring them in! We will clean and tag them for you and add them to our cart. Thanks for the donations and happy exchanging!!!
Easter Celebration & Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 7 at 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Bring the family to Calvary for a morning of celebrating Easter with a special craft, goodies, and an egg hunt inside the building! This is open to the community!
DONATIONS NEEDED: We are in need of LOTS of plastic eggs, small wrapped candy, and small trinkets that will fit inside a plastic egg. Be on the look-out for those Easter sales and drop your donations off near the Welcome Center.
Interested in helping stuff the eggs? Contact Tiffany at children@calvaryop.org.
Christian Youth Theater Camp Coming to Calvary!
Informational Meeting, Tuesday, April 17 at 6:30-8:00 p.m.
CYT is a non-for-profit children's theater organization offering a variety of classes, full scale Broadway-style musical productions, and summer camps.
Would your child be interested in learning more about drama? We have a scheduled date for the Christian Youth Theatre Company to perform a week long camp at Calvary on July 23-27 for ages 5-18.
If you visit http://www.cytchicago.org/orlandpark, you will be able to fill out an interest form AND sign up for an informational meeting right here at Calvary on Tuesday, April 17. At this meeting you will be able to learn more about this program. Bring your children ages 4-18 along with! They can be a part of a free dance / drama workshop that evening as well. Light refreshments and child care will be provided.
Brochures will be available soon to pass out to friends and family.
Local Family Mission Project
Saturday, April 21 at 9:00 a.m - 2:30 p.m.
Do you long to teach your kids how to have a servant's heart? You can work alongside one another as you help beautify Camp Manitoqua so it can offer wonderful Christian programs all throughout the year. You can sign up outside The Loft or at the Welcome Center for a variety of projects that need to be done that day: painting, weeding/raking, cleaning windows, creating / designing decorations for the summer programs, fixing benches, building a new playground and more! Childcare will be provided for your younger ones, as well as lunch for everyone.
Support Camp Manitoqua as well as instill the importance of serving others into your child's heart!
Parents' Night Out
Friday, April 13 @ 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Yes, parents, you read correctly: you get a night out without children! Don't scramble to find a babysitter. Just sign up your kid for P.N.O. at Calvary! Find out more about this event here.
Family Fun
Every other month families will gather to enjoy fellowship and fun! Details TBA.
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May—Community Mission Project
4th Sunday Family Worship
During the 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. services!
Children are part of our church family and we share responsibility for nurturing their spiritual needs. We embraced this role at their baptism. By worshiping together with our children on the 4th Sunday of every month, we pass on our traditions of praising God through the sacraments, music, proclaiming and hearing the good news, and offering our gifts and prayers. The Loft kids will not only join their families in the worship services, but they will also have the opportunity to serve by greeting, ushering, reading the Scripture and participating in Praise and Worship time.
Special Needs Family Fun Night
Coming in 2012!
We will host a Family Fun Night for families with children who have special needs. This will be a time for fellowship with other families and great fun for the kids! More details to come!
Ribbon Troupe
Do you love to dance? Do you love to praise God? So why not do both with Calvary Church Ribbon Dance Troupe! This is a ministry for the young ladies of Calvary Church who are in grades 4th through 6th. We perform several times through the year, including performances during select Sunday services, praising God with beautiful and respectful music and movement telling Him just how thankful we are to be His. If you are interested, please contact either Alicia Bonnema at 708.670.6198 or Lisa Bonnema at 708.670.6280 for more information.
Biddy Basketball
If your child enjoys playing sports, enroll them in our Biddy Basketball program! Our coaches will teach kids how to play basketball along with good sportsmanship. Practice usually takes place one evening each week and league games are played on Saturday mornings. Both the girls' biddy and junior teams practices on Thursdays. Go here for more information.
Church Camp
Calvary Church works closely with Camp Manitoqua, a Christian camp in nearby Frankfort, IL. You can learn more about Manitoqua here: www.manitoqua.org. Promotion for the summer camps begins in January / February at Calvary. See Tiffany Johnston, KidsLife Ministries Director, for more information or how to receive camp scholarships.
Day Camps for Pre-K to 6th grade
Journey Day Camp (1st - 6th grade)
Ten weeks of summer camp activities! Out-trips, fun lunches, camp celebrations, and outside guests are just a few of the highlights. With a full summer of camp, you will develop lasting friendships as you learn about God and His story and share in the many fun and dynamic experiences of the Day Camp community.
Explorer Camp (Pre-K to 6th grade)
Pick a week, or two or three! Whether you are heading to the Aquatic Center or to the tree climbing tree, a week of Explorer Day Camp will fit in as many classic camp activities as possible. Campfires, dynamic Bible lessons, dirt boarding, a giant slip-n-slide, games, and arts and crafts all help to create a high energy week of fun and community.
Overnight Camp for 2nd to 12th grade
Whether you are sleeping in triple high bunks, conquering team challenges, or hanging out in a tree with your cabin, you will be immersed in an environment that encourages friendship and discovering who you are in Jesus Christ.
Mission Projects
Through community projects, special Sunday offering collections, Operation Christmas Child, and Compassion International's Sponsor a Child, the children at Calvary are actively serving their Lord both inside and outside the church walls! More details will come for upcoming mission projects. Stay tuned!