Faith Presbyterian Church of Valley Village

5000 Colfax Avenue • Valley Village • CA • 91601 • (818)766-8103 • Fax: (818)766-2987

Sunday School at Faith Pres

"These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."
-Deuteronomy 6: 6-7 (NIV)

The spiritual education of our children is very important to us. Sunday school is made available to all ages, and children are very involved in the worship services. Highlights of the Christian education program include The Christmas Pageant, The Community Easter Egg Hunt, and the Rally Day Worship Service.

Parenting Seminar

Faith Presbyterian Church of Valley Village presents a Parenting Seminar on Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. till noon.

Panel of experts: Dr. Nancy Dow, Annalou Weir, Ashley Greathead, and Faun Johnson.

RSVP to Shari Bates at 818-766-8103.

Faith Pres Girls Are PJ's Forever

Bulletinn Board for Easter

Shari Lynn Bates, Director of Christian Education reports:
Jill McNulty and I took eleven girls up to Annalou Weir's Lake Arrowhead home, on February 20, for a Girls Retreat. We had nine 3rd to 6th grade girls and two high school girls, Madeline Drake and Gaby Robles, who were excellent counselors.

The focus of the retreat was to encourage our girls to have a deeper relationship with Jesus. We discussed how to have an effective walk with the Lord. The four key elements we discussed were: Prayer, Study, Worship, and Small Group. Each girl was given a year long Youth Devotional. We followed a curriculum written by Dawnielle Materre called "PJ's 4-Ever". We had three break-out sessions that focused on Psalm 139:1, 16 & 17 - How God sees us, 1 Samuel 16:7 - How the world sees us, and Matthew 7:6 - Hold on to what is Precious.

The girls were treated to a "High Tea", manicures by Gaby Robles, and made special P.J. bracelets. Of course they also enjoyed plenty of snow play.

On Sunday morning, Annalou gave a beautiful communion and we had a special ceremony, where P.J. certificates were awarded. The kindness, generosity, and hospitality of Annalou and Jill were the best gifts of all.

Please take the time to ask one of our Sunday school girls what "P.J.” means, and what the oath they took meant. What a joy it is to serve at Faith Presbyterian Church.

In His Love,
Shari

iFollow

The Jr./Sr. High School Youth Fellowship

David Derus reports:
This month saw the beginning of a new group at Faith Presbyterian Church. We have been blessed with an abundance of students of all ages.

Earlier this month the Junior and Senior High started their own group which they have named iFollow. We all follow something or someone in life. It is the students’ hope that this can be a place where they will come to learn how to follow Jesus more closely.

In our first evening, we sang worship music, ate together, and talked about the parable of the Sower and how to be good soil. We also constructed marshmallow launchers. It was all a huge success. The dozen students had a wonderful time playing, learning, and worshiping together.

(The new Junior/Senior High School Youth Group, iFollow, meets every Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Contact Shari Bates or Dave Derus for more information.)

Register for “Mommy & Me”

Christ centered “Mommy & Me” classes for ages 18 months - 3 years.

Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.,
Starts now (12 weeks), ends June 10.

Cost: $180 per 12 week session.

Taught by Annalou Weir, experienced and much loved Mommy & Me teacher, with over 40 years of experience.

Please call Shari at the church office (818) 766-8103 if you have any questions.

Pre-Register

Pre-register online: Send email with subject "mommy & me", include your name, phone number and/or cell-phone number, your email address to: Faith Pres

Or stop by the church office and register in person.

We Spread the Son-Shine in Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School

By Shari Lynn Bates

Our theme for Vacation Bible School was "Spreading the Sonshine," and our key verse for the week was Mark 15:16 "Go everywhere in the world and tell the good news to everyone."

We learned Bible stories from 2nd Kings 4:1 - 17, and how the woman who had very little trusted God to meet her needs. From Luke 21:1 - 4, we learned about the woman who gave all she had to God. We learned from Luke 10:25 - 37 that our neighbor is anyone who needs our help, and from Acts 9:36 - 42 that when we help others we are being a witness for Jesus. Acts 16:22 - 34 taught us how Paul and Silas shared about Jesus with their words and their actions.

The kids memorized daily verses and the week’s verse and recited them in chapel each morning.

We had Bella Briscoe (from Bel Air Pres) lead us each morning in worship songs and dance moves. We had news reporting skits that brought each morning’s lesson into present day. We had Joanne Gallagher retell each Bible Story with passion and props. Our daily crafts were created by Catie Merrill to tie into the Bible lesson each day, and Jane Poole did an excellent job of leading the craft team.

Hans and Mathias Leier created fun and, most of the time, water friendly games, again that tied into the day’s Bible Lesson.

A special thanks to all those who helped make the program successful.