Welcome to the Parent Portal for the Safari Kids Children's Ministry
at First Alliance Church of Port Charlotte
We hope this page will help you make the most of our curriculum and stay informed about events & activities.
Don't forget to follow our Facebook page as well - follow the link at the bottom of this page!
Don't forget to follow our Facebook page as well - follow the link at the bottom of this page!
Watering Hole Sunday Curriculum - Review and practice at home!
Each month, our Sunday lessons are previewed in our newsletter. To see this month's newsletter and find out what lessons your children will be covering this month, please click on the NEWSLETTER icon at the bottom of this page. Below are some additional resources for kids in the Watering Hole (K-5th) to help you reinforce the lessons at home. Please help your kids memorize our new verse before our next Bible Blitz day on April 14th!
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Watering Hole activity sheets for March - Download at home!
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Little Explorers Sunday Curriculum
In general, the Little Explorers (ages 2 - PreK) follow along the same stories as Watering Hole so that kids of different ages in the same family are all learning the same thing, on their age level! However, some complex stories are broken up into 2 Sundays for our little ones, and when the Watering Hole kids stop and review several lessons on Bible Blitz days, the Little Explorers usually review a specific story. Click on our newsletter to see what their lessons will be each Sunday in February. Meanwhile, here are some extra resources to help your "little explorer" review the lessons from Sundays!
Little Explorer activity sheets for March - download and enjoy at home!
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Keep scrolling for kid-related ACTIVITIES & EVENTS!
Chick-fil-A Run for the Kids - March 30th
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Ms. Kelli and Ms. Tracy are challenging families to join us on March 30th as we run for kids! Proceeds from this race benefit Crossroads Hope Academy & WinShape Camp Port Charlotte, so it's a great reason to run! Click on the image for more information in the Facebook event, or GO HERE to register now!
If you can't run, but would like to help out, we need volunteers to help along the route, stationed at various points. (Teens and adults are welcome!) Send Ms. Tracy & Ms. Kelli a message using the contact form below if you can help! |
What's happening in June?
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After much prayer and discussion, we have decided not to host a Vacation Bible School this summer. Please know that this was not an easy decision, and we continue to covet your prayers - and your assistance - as we plan for this summer! Please contact us if you are willing to help organize some alternative fun activities during June! For July, we encourage you to sign your child up for one of our camps! See information for those events further down on this page. |
June FAQ's
What are these other activities for June?
Great question - help us answer it! We would like to plan a variety of activities or events that let the kids here at First Alliance deepen their friendships and have fun. It might be a lock-in, a water day, a sports clinic in our gym, an arts & crafts afternoon...so many possibilities! We'd like to offer them at a variety of times so that kids have the opportunity to go to one regardless of their parent/guardian's schedule (i.e. a morning activity, an afternoon play date, an evening event). Interested in helping organize one? Use the contact form below!
Wasn't VBS an outreach event? Now what will you do for outreach?
Actually, we didn't consider VBS to be an outreach event. Most of the kids who came were either from our church, or other local churches. We didn't mind that - we plan and participate in other outreach events and activities, like WinShape, Good News Club, park days, etc.! We are hoping God will raise up a leader to help plan a sports-based activity (or something similar) in June that can draw in neighborhood kids, and we KNOW that we'll reach many kids who don't know the gospel during the week of WinShape.
What if I can't afford WinShape or Word of Life, or if my kids aren't old enough for these events?
Again, we hope to plan several fun events in June that will span a range of ages and will be free or low cost. We are also excited to announce that WinShape is now open to kids who are currently in Kindergarten this year! If cost is an issue, we offer fundraising and scholarship opportunities for both summer camps - see the Kickoff Week section above for the WinShape scholarship applications. Please, don't let cost stop you. Talk to us! (Use the contact form below.)
I loved the opportunity to volunteer during VBS for myself and/or my teenager. What do we do this summer?
So glad you asked! We would love your help and your youth's help with any of our June activities. Do they/you have a special talent? Contact us and let's see if we can help them/you use that special talent for a unique activity or event. Also, WinShape camp allows any youth who have completed at least 9th grade to volunteer. It's an awesome opportunity - lots of service hours - a variety of ways to help! Click the button below for the volunteer link to WinShape!
What are these other activities for June?
Great question - help us answer it! We would like to plan a variety of activities or events that let the kids here at First Alliance deepen their friendships and have fun. It might be a lock-in, a water day, a sports clinic in our gym, an arts & crafts afternoon...so many possibilities! We'd like to offer them at a variety of times so that kids have the opportunity to go to one regardless of their parent/guardian's schedule (i.e. a morning activity, an afternoon play date, an evening event). Interested in helping organize one? Use the contact form below!
Wasn't VBS an outreach event? Now what will you do for outreach?
Actually, we didn't consider VBS to be an outreach event. Most of the kids who came were either from our church, or other local churches. We didn't mind that - we plan and participate in other outreach events and activities, like WinShape, Good News Club, park days, etc.! We are hoping God will raise up a leader to help plan a sports-based activity (or something similar) in June that can draw in neighborhood kids, and we KNOW that we'll reach many kids who don't know the gospel during the week of WinShape.
What if I can't afford WinShape or Word of Life, or if my kids aren't old enough for these events?
Again, we hope to plan several fun events in June that will span a range of ages and will be free or low cost. We are also excited to announce that WinShape is now open to kids who are currently in Kindergarten this year! If cost is an issue, we offer fundraising and scholarship opportunities for both summer camps - see the Kickoff Week section above for the WinShape scholarship applications. Please, don't let cost stop you. Talk to us! (Use the contact form below.)
I loved the opportunity to volunteer during VBS for myself and/or my teenager. What do we do this summer?
So glad you asked! We would love your help and your youth's help with any of our June activities. Do they/you have a special talent? Contact us and let's see if we can help them/you use that special talent for a unique activity or event. Also, WinShape camp allows any youth who have completed at least 9th grade to volunteer. It's an awesome opportunity - lots of service hours - a variety of ways to help! Click the button below for the volunteer link to WinShape!
Summer Camp 2019 Opportunities - Register NOW
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Winshape Camp Port Charlotte: July 1-5
First Alliance works with 4 other local churches and our Chick-fil-A operators to bring this amazing camp to Port Charlotte. Click on the image to find out more about the week, or visit our WinShape Facebook page HERE. This year, the grade level has extended down to Kindergarten! Registration begins in March, and there is already a wait list for Kindergarten, but all other grades are open. Needs-based scholarships are offered through our leadership team and you can download that application by clicking on the "Needs Based Scholarship" file icon. For this summer, Ms. Kelli and Ms. Tracy are also offering a $50 off scholarship to regular attenders and members at First Alliance. You can also download that application by clicking on the "First Alliance Scholarship" file icon. Please use this scholarship to help pay for camp! | ||||
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Word of Life Camp: July 7-12
This year, junior weeks of camps (elementary aged kids) are only offered in July. We realize WinShape & Word of Life will be back-to-back for us, but for various reasons, it's the best scenario for this year. We will be offering fundraising opportunities and scholarship help for both camps, so do not let cost influence your decision to send your child to camp! We bring kids who have completed 2nd - 5th grade (yes, completed 5th graders go with us, not the youth). Click on the image to find out more about this awesome camp! We will begin accepting sign-ups on March 3rd. You can download the form to the left (on a mobile device? It's under the Word of Life icon). This year, your early bird discount ($30 off) is good if you pay your deposit by April 6th - but we will MATCH that discount with another $30 off if you pay your deposit and sign up by March 31st! Download the sign up form or pick one up in our check-in room! | ||
Already turned in your sign-up sheet for Word of Life? Click HERE for our WOL Parent Page.
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New Safari Kids Ministry System - SLLRP!
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The 1st - 5th grades just finished a challenge to earn a hot chocolate to SLURP down by following the SLLRP rules. Our next challenge is coming soon!
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Beginning February 10th, we introduced a brand new system in Safari Kids that will help our children be better prepared to receive the lesson God has for them. This system is called SLLRP (pronounced slurp). Each letter in SLLRP stands for a different “I Can” statement that helps children take ownership of their time and behavior at church each week.
Our hope and prayer is that you’ll join us in talking about these expectations with your children at home as we talk about them at church. Psalm 42:1-2 (NIrV) says, “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” We want kids to thirst for God just like the psalmist, and when they SLLRP it up, it allows them to soak up everything God wants to teach them! Take a moment and scroll through each "I Can" statement, and let us know if you have questions! |
