March & April Giving Project: Kids Creating Spaces

Over the next several weeks, the adult service and small groups will be talking through what it means to Create Spaces for new and better disciples of Christ at Northridge. These issues that the church body is grappling with - the great commission, surrendering and listening to God, obeying Him, and stewardship - are so central to the future of Northridge and its work in Rochester that we want the kids in HighPoint and HotSpot to be plugged into the conversation. Between now and Easter (April 24th), these two kids’ services will both participate in a giving project aimed at explaining these issues to the kids at their own level, and asking them to participate in helping to Create Spaces for new families at Northridge.

The theme behind this giving project is Spare Change for Changed Lives, the idea being that everything that we do in terms of giving is ultimately done for the sake of seeing people who are far from God be brought close and adopted into His family. Tangibly, the project will be a coin drive. Each week, starting this coming Sunday (the 20th), the kids will bring in piles of different kinds of coins. Each type of coin will be used to pay for a different element of what it takes to Create Space for a new family and their kids at Northridge:

March 20th: Pennies for Parking The first thing that a new family coming to Northridge encounters is our parking lot and the need to find a space there. David has told us about the discouraging effect that having to hunt for an empty spot has on zoo patrons, much less people who may be apprehensive about checking out church for the first time. For this week, the pennies that the kids bring in will go directly to into the broader Creating Spaces fund, specifically for the purpose of paying for more parking spaces for a new family.

So parents, help your kids gather up their pennies this week. Perhaps you can look ahead, as a family, to come up with some creative ways that your kids can earn extra money to give towards the Kids Creating Spaces program. We'll update you weekly, over the next 4 weeks, so you can plan for Sundays. In the meantime, here is a brief overview of what's ahea

March 27th: Nickels for Newcomers
April 3rd: Dimes for Discipleship
April 17th: Quarters for Community
April 24th: Easter Sunday

As always, thanks for working with us to point your kids to Christ. We are thankful for you!

Jeff
The Giving Guy