Archive for the ‘kids’ Category

Heads Up

Posted: June 16, 2010 in church life, kids

Howdy. In the spirit of letting my faithful readers in on the good stuff ahead of time: in a few weeks we’ll announce the details for this summer’s “Power Surge”, RPC’s version of Vacation Bible School.  We weren’t planning to have it this year because we weren’t entirely sure if we’d still be in our [...]

Boys Will Be…

Posted: June 11, 2010 in home life, kids

Updating on the Collins boys (the one that’s here and the one on the way)… Miranda went to the baby doctor last week, and (as we expected) they moved her due date up to September 27th.  They told us they may be off by a week (sooner), and Noah was 4 weeks earlier than the [...]

Shout Out

Posted: March 25, 2010 in celebration, kids

I know I don’t mention it often enough, but our workers in ZooStation and Power Up are incredible.  From the teachers, to the runners, to the leaders and organizers, these folks are talented and do an amazing job introducing our kids to the greatest story ever told.  I’m so thankful we have a group of [...]

Halloween Harvest

Posted: October 28, 2009 in fun stuff, kids

RPC’ers, don’t forget the Halloween Harvest Festival this Thursday night in downtown Auburndale.  We’ll have three booths set up for kids [and some adults] to play games and win candy.  We’ll be set up in the parking lot of Pontotoc Plaza, down beside St. Alban’s Church.  We’ll get started setting up around 4:00, and the [...]

Permanently Scarred

Posted: March 28, 2009 in kids

Conversation around our house this morning: Noah: I wan’ go outside and play. Miranda: We can’t go outside right now, we have to eat breakfast first. Noah: But I wanna. Miranda: We can’t, buddy. Noah (stomping off): I am not going to get over this.