This Sunday, March 27, our community at the Mills Church will celebrate communion at the closing of the worship service. We invite all kids to join their families at the communion table. Kids will return to the service from Kids Community. Parents, this is a great week, especially during Lent, to revisit the reason we celebrate communion, to re-tell the story of Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper and to explain to our kids that each time we partake in communion we remember Christ's death and His sacrifice. Because of Jesus, we see God more clearly and know more intimately what He is like.
The MillsKIDS invite you and anyone you know to join us in collecting Legos for Lent. Any collected Legos will be sent to the Czech Republic to facilitate a kids ministry in a new church plant. This ministry is led by Mills Church missionaries, Mark and Gretchen Potma and their four children. Plastic bins labeled "Legos for Lent" are located near the nursery door and in the foyer.
Grace and peace to you and your family, and I hope you see God today!
Jana Hoober
MillsKIDS Director
March 22, 2011
March 4, 2011
Season of Lent
This Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, marks a new season of time, the season of Lent. For me, celebrating Lent is fairly new. As a child, my church maybe mentioned what Lent was a few times and I remember the Catholic kids coming to school with a curious gray spot on their forehead once a year.
Over that past few years, I have learned so much about the Christian calendar, but not only the calendar, the routines, feasts, celebrations, and fasts that the Lord commanded the Israelites way back in the Old Testament to follow. God brilliantly implemented a yearly rhythm, a rhythm that would continually point his people back to Him. It reminded them of who they were, who God is, and all that He had done for them.
Today, I look forward to Lent. It is a time of solemn remembrance. It is a time of de-cluttering my habits, refocusing my priorities, and eliminating one thing that I particularly enjoy but don’t need. During Lent, I remind myself that God is truly all I need. He is my Source.
To our MillsKIDS families: I encourage you to lead your children in entering in this season of Lent together. If you have never celebrated Lent before, that’s okay! Many of us are new at it. My kids are all teens and we are just starting! Here are some suggestions to get you started:
- Have a conversation this weekend in your family of one thing you could give up together for this span of 40 days leading up to Easter.
- Come together to the special Lent service this Wed, March 9th at noon in the
- For less than $20, I bought a little Lenten devotional, called Devotions for Lent, and a candle with a cross that I found on Amazon.com. Our family is going to begin a dinnertime routine on Wednesday evening of eating by the light of our new cross candle, reading from our Lenten devotional book, and memorizing together one passage of scripture during this season.
- Talk to some other Mills Church families about how they celebrate Lent. There are some great ideas out there and mine are usually not original.
My prayer is that as a family, you grasp this season. Start simply if you have not participated in Lent before and watch and pray for God to show Himself in new and profound ways to you and your kids.
Grace and peace to you and your family!
Jana Hoober
MillsKIDS Director
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