Special Guest Speaker for Kids

Sunday, February 25, is the 4th Sunday of the month. Normally on this week we have the school age kids in the service with their parents, but this week we have a special guest speaker. His name is David Slone and he is the founder of MAD(Making a Difference). (www.madministry.org) David will be sharing with the kids about serving "the least of these" as he talks about his ministry to orphans in Brazil. David tells his stories while making balloon animals and doing other creative activities with the kids in the gym. It should be a really fun day. The 3 and 4 year olds will also be in the gym for a portion of the activities.

During David's presentation he will be telling the children of different ways that they can share God's love with the orphan children in Brazil. Each child will be given a list of items that David takes with him when he travels and hands out to the children that he meets. (ie. toothebrushes, soap, etc.) If your family would like to participate in collecting some of these items, we will have a box at church the following 2 Sunday's to gather anything that you would like to donate. We are hoping that this is going to be a good step in opening our kids eyes to the world around us and how God calls us to love and serve and take care of others. Because Cool River focuses on serving globally in Vietnam, we will soon be gearing up towards getting families involved in being a part of the preparation for our summer Venture Vietnam trip.