Kids 4 Jesus Kids Club is a dynamic, fun and formative program for boys and girls in grades K-5th to learn about their faith, make new friends and grow in their leadership skills.
Friday nights from 6:00PM to 7:30 in the Nancy Bossidy Recreation Center (St Mary Gym). As always, you are free to stay or drop your child off.
Upcoming Dates:
Winter:
January 14th
January 28th
(February 11th) New date coming as this is St Marys new Father Daughter Dance
February 25th
March 11th
March 25th
Spring:
April 8th
April 22nd
May 13th
May 27th
June 2nd
June 17th
Summer: TBD
Below is a breakdown of the goals and objectives of the semester and an explaination of the content material and structure…
Goals & Objectives:
This semester is all about FORGIVENESS which is defined as, Letting go of hard feelings when you or someone else makes a mistake. We will be quizzing the kids on this to reinforce so make sure to quiz them at home to help us out!
The saint we are learning about this month, model of loyalty, is St Maria Goretti.
Each week we will talk about a different aspect of FORGIVENESS:
Forgiveness with God (Jan 14th)
Forgiveness at Home (Jan 28th)
Forgiveness at School (Feb 11th)
Forgiveness with Friends (Feb 25th)
Forgiveness Recap (Mar 11th)
Apostolic Project (March 25th)
We will send a recap of the meeting so that you know what we spoke about and what commitment or mission we have given your kids for the next meeting.
Material:
Each child will have the following:
Prayer Book & Color Books - Use this prayer book for daily prayers and to follow the saints that we will be talking about each semester. It is important that the children keep track of their prayer book and bing it to every meeting. This will be part of their commitment each meeting! The prayer books cost $5 so if you misplace it, you can purchase another one for $5 (just let us know so we can order them)
Commitment Card - As we address Forgiveness each week (With God, Home, School etc) we will challenge the kids to make a commitment to put the virtue into practice. They will each have a commitment card where they will keep track of their commitment and they need to bring this to each meeting as well.
Teams and Points:
Kids love being part of a team and striving to help their team win. This year we will divide the kids up into teams by gender. We will have 2 to 3 teams of girls and 2 - 3 teams of boys. Throughout the semester they will be able to gain points for their teams by:
Fulfilling their commitment/Mission of the week
Bringing their Prayer Book & Commitment Card to the meeting
Winning games as a team on meeting nights
Answering catechism and questions about the saint we are learning about
Good behavior during the meetings
There will be prizes at the end of the semester for the teams with the most points!
Here are the Teams for the Winter Semester (If you dont find your name, just let me know!)
Girls Team 1
Rosie
Maggie
Julia
Claire
Gianna
Mariella
Girls Team 2
Juliette
Jane
Hanna
Brianna
Caroline
Chloe
Boys Team 1
Anthony
Goerge
Luca
Jameson
Christopher
Boys Team 2
Michael
Brenner
Lucas
William
Christian
Structure:
Each meeting will have the following components:
Big group games
Snack
Learning about the saint of the semester
Craft/Dynamic Activity/Sports
Virtue Talk
Virtue Activity
Prayer (Throughout the semester we will be learning or brushing up on our prayers - they are all listed in their prayer book)