Nov. 26-30, 2007 Knowing Jesus, Growing in Faith, Serving God’s Children
Dear Preschool parents (Tues/Thurs), www.zioncrusaders.org
I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We have so much to be thankful for! Make sure to bundle your kids this week—the temperature may be in the 40’s, but the wind will make it feel much less!

This week in Jesus Time we learn about when the angel visits Mary, found in Luke 1:26-33, 46-55. We learn that god gave Mary the Good News message that soon Jesus, the Savior, would be born. That Good News message is for us too: God sent Jesus to be our Savior. If your child is in daycare--We will have chapel on Wednesday at 8:30AM, led by our Pastor Lockie. Our chapel offerings this month go to Rapid City’s Meals on Wheels.
We are working really hard on our songs and finger plays for our Christmas service, “Angel, Angel.” We have practice everyday now with every class. This usually takes up about 30-40 minutes of our school day. Our Christmas service will be on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7PM.
We will begin getting ready for Christmas. We will be painting the windows in our room with holly leaves and we will make paper Advent wreaths to bring home on Thursday. We will also have Library on Tuesday. Please help your child to bring their book back in order to get a new one. We will have Music on Thursday.

The December book orders are due this week, so that I can make sure that they are here before we leave for break. We do a book exchange during a Christmas party and the book orders are a great place to find quality books at little prices! Our Christmas party will be on Thursday, Dec. 20 (our last class day of the year!)

If you are interested, the church will be Christmas caroling to our shut-ins on Sunday, Dec. 2. There will be a soup lunch after the 10:45 AM service and then they will break into groups and go spread Christmas cheer!

The first Advent service will be on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at both 10AM and 7PM. Please come join us and prepare your hearts for Jesus’ coming.

Mark your calendars now! The Preschool-Kindergarten Christmas Service will be on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7PM. We will be doing an adaptation of the book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear,” called “Angel, Angel.” Remember to bring those cameras!

The Kids’ Craft Camp will be on Saturday, Dec. 8. There will be more information on this in the coming week.

I pray God’s richest blessings on your week. Please feel free to call my anytime with questions or concerns.
Zion 342-5749; home 716-7689; cell 391-9046

Hope Genzlinger