I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children live in the truth. 3 John 4
What a year this has been! I can’t say I have seen one quite like it in the 23 years I have served here at Rolling Hills! There have been big changes in leadership and the necessity to downsize our staff, we reworked the curriculum, and we began asking ourselves the hard question of how effective is our ministry during the summer months, especially since that is the time when kids transition into new age groups.
Thank you for trusting us with your children as we navigated through all this.
As we have questioned
what is best for the kids during the summer months, we came to the conclusion that
meeting each Sunday with the same leaders and group of friends is foundational to children’s ministry throughout the entire year, not just when school is in session. We chose to apply the concept of month-on, month-off leaders throughout the TreeHouse to provide continuity and to have once-a-month and parent helpers filling in the gap when necessary. Some leaders have served the entire school year and are now taking some well deserved time off, and some month-on, month-off leaders are unable to finish due to personal reasons.
This means we are now experiencing a short fall of volunteer staff.
We need your help. In order for us to properly care for and teach your children, parents are needed to fill in the gaps. Being a once-a-month helper for July, August and September would help tremendously.
Again it is a privilege to partner with you in seeing our children live and think like Jesus.
Pastor Gary
gary.strudler@rollinghills.org