PVN Stuff

So much of our lives centers on our church and our involvement in some of its many ministries.
The picture above is of the group of women from our church who went to a Beth Moore conference recently.

Awana has started up again this fall, and we had a name tag night for the kids.

Some of the kids went simple on the name tags..

...while some went for the stand-out name tag.

The Awana program has seen a lot of growth these past couple of years.
We're beginning to run out of room for them.

Some of our fearless leaders got involved.

It's always good to have leaders get involved.

And, of course, Miss Sylvia!

PVN Musical 2009

Again this year PVN did a summer kids musical .
This year it had more of a ranch feel.

The kids had to learn a routine where they had to spin and dance and use a bandanna as part of the choreography.

Syndi and Junior were both part of it.
Junior was partnered with Caleb, and
Syndi was partnered with Harrison.

Syndi worked with Junior for weeks at home helping him to get his bandanna movements right.

He was a bit perfectionistic about it and was set that he couldn't do it right.
But in the end he did great.

The kids did very well, and it was a good gospel presentation.

Their teachers do such a marvelous job putting these musicals together and getting our kids coordinated.Some of the kids did solos, and they did wonderfully.

It was a great program!
YEEHAW!

Chey & Victoria

On the very last night of May the first morning of June, we had some wonderful visitors...sisters Chey and Victoria. Chey and Victoria were part of a youth choir from a sister church in Alabama, and several families from Pleasant Valley North hosted the youth overnight in their homes.
We were one of those host families, and we had a fun evening with the girls, playing Pictionary and talking. It was a great time, and a new experience for Chey and Victoria, whom we returned to PVN in the morning for their return trip to Alabama.

Memorial Day 2009

We celebrated Memorial Day with some friends from church - the Blackwelders and the McCurrys.
Jon grilled hamburgers and hot dogs.

We spent time outside talking and playing.

Here ZioB (Martin Blackwelder) and Julia enjoy some time together.

Caleb enjoyed playing badminton.

And Jules enjoyed mooching food from Andrea.

It was a fun afternoon for us all.

PVN Awana 2008-2009 Slideshow

Jon again prepared an Awana slideshow video for the closing ceremony at Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church, this time for the 2008-2009 year. This will give you a peek at what we enjoy each week throughout the school year!

Easter Hunts

Easter, as Pastor Mac likes to say, is "the Super Bowl" for Christians.
Interesting metaphor.
This years was full of Easter egg hunts.

There was a hunt at the Library.

Julia went on her first hunt...

...and Junior helped show her the ropes.

Julia was all about eating the treasures she found.

We had another hunt put on by our church, Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church. You can see Julia was just content to pick up rocks and put them in her basket.

The church hunt took place at the Burk Farm, and Julia roamed the grounds with Daddy.

Stephen rescued an open egg.

The hunt was over in less than a minute, with speedy kids like Junior snapping up the eggs.

Syndi was in a different hunt with older kids.
She's getting so big!

Here she is hanging with Eli and Abbie.

Stephen had fun wading through the grass at the Burk Farm...

...and so did Junior.

The kids had a lot of fun playing after the Bible message.

Junior and Parker hanging out in a house.

At home, the kids decorated their own eggs again this year.
Syndi is ever the artist.

Stephen and Junior are very creative, too.
It's been so fascinating to watch how they are different from one another in their artistic styles.

Thirty farm-fresh, hard-boiled eggs, and they didn't even last us two weeks!
Hope you had a happy Easter!
He Is Risen!

Kidz Blitz 2009

Our church, Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church, recently held the Kidz Blitz program in our sanctuary.

Kids and parents alike went on stage and were involved in the competition. This particular game (shown above) had children using a razor to shave shaving-cream-laden water balloons atop their fathers' heads.
Mom held the balloon on Dad's head while the kids shaved off all the shaving cream. As it worked out, neither balloon popped, leaving the fathers dry...and rather relieved. That is, until some assistants came over and popped the water balloons on the dads' heads!
Hundreds of children from our church, other churches and our local community attended. The kids repeated after the leader, shouting scriptural truths which they were being taught throughout the night. The loudest team won points.

Even the assistants, Tony Carver (L) and Lana Ogle (R), were pulled into the fun by our event coordinator, Donnie Slade (C).

Here they ended up with powdered faces!

They hadn't bargained for that!

Kids did all kind of cool games, unlike your standard kid games. You don't normally see kids hanging from a harness on the stage of the sanctuary.

Kidz Blitz was a great event!

Kids and parents both were excited and eager to see what would happen next.

Kids learned truths from God's Word.

Kids came forward and were saved at the closing invitation.

I'd certainly give it my recommendation!

http://kidzblitz.com/