Movie Night

Friday, August 7th at 7pm is our family movie night sponsored by Graceland Kids. We'll meet at the Scott's house, 28316 Arroyo Court, Castaic CA, 91384. Bring your swim stuff cause we'll swim for a while before the movie starts.

This is going to be a great time for the whole family. Lots of fun and lots of fellowship! Bring your favorite movie snacks and a lawn chair too, and of course, invite a friend!!!!!!!

See you there!

The Amazing Race 2009

Camp Cedar Crest was bursting at the seams at this year's 3rd-6th grade summer camp. There were nearly 400 campers and almost 100 group leaders and staff altogether! The theme "The Amazing Race" was based on 1 Corinthians 9:24. Ask any camper and they should be able to quote the verse complete with hand motions.

Over the 5 days and 4 nights, we took part in crazy team competitions, dynamic worship and inspiring messages delivered by Pastor Jason Graves. Our Graceland Kids were challenged to live for God and join the Amazing Race. Take a look at the slideshow! We posted some of the highlights of the trip.

Join us this Saturday, July 11th from noon-4pm at Pastor Rachel's house for Camp Rewind. This will be a great time to enjoy some pool time but also share our favorite stories from camp and give some testimonies about what God did over the 5 days. See you there! 20928 Alaminos Drive, Saugus, 91350 RSVP: 296-1080.

Bible Memory Challenge 2009

It's on, the 10 week summer time challenge to memorize the 66 books of the Bible or 10 Bible verses! For the books of the Bible, you have to be able to recite all 66 books in order without prompting. Sounds simple enough right?!

If you want more of a challenge, memorize one verse each week, come to church and tell us, keep remembering each verse each week and by the end of 10 weeks, you'll have learned 10 memory verses!

The prize is lunch together with Pastor Rachel and another prize that is yet to be revealed. Shhh! It's a secret prize!

Get memorizing! The challenge only lasts from June 28th-August 30th!

Easter Egg Hunt

We partnered with L.A. County Parks and Recreation, as well as Royal Oaks Church to host the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Dr. Richard Rioux Park in Stevenson Ranch.  Thanks to the generous donations of our congregation both in supplying eggs for the hunt and volunteers who helped throughout the day, we had a great time!  We loved meeting people in the community and sharing a blustery Spring day together.  If you missed out on the event this year, there's always next year!  There were way too many pictures to post here, but we've included a few so you can get a taste of the day...

Change is here!

So it's time to make some changes!  Come check out what is new at Graceland Kids' Church.  We look a little different.  We're doing church a little different.  We are thinking differently about our ministry to the kids of Living Grace.  You can expect many of the same things we already offer but just done a little differently.  Got you curious?  We meet at 10am on Sundays at Oak Hills Elementary School.  Follow the signs.  We'll be here...

Winter Camp 2009 for 3rd -6th Graders

Winter Camp 2009 was crazy and fun-filled from the very start. The kids (and adults) arrived on January 9^th and were welcomed by the elements; wind, ice, slippery surfaces, and freezing temperatures.

Within the first few hours the events at Camp Cedar Crest had everyone wondering if this was such a smart idea! Not really but they had a pretty rough start. First, Josh fell into an icy stream and Pastor Tim didn’t think twice before reaching to save him. As Suzanne joined the effort to save Josh she teetered on the edge and almost fell in as well. Unfortunately, Pastor Tim dislocated his arm during the attempted rescue. But good news... Caleb saved the day by catching Suzanne just in time! Yes, Josh did eventually escape from the icy stream.

With the weekend off and running, everyone was eager to see what else was in store for them. The camp focus this year was to challenge kids to be examples in their love, deeds, speech and purity. Camp speaker, Tyler Johnson is the youth pastor from Media City Church in Burbank. He really drove home the message that it doesn’t matter how young you are; it’s never too soon to start living for Jesus and to be examples to a world that desperately needs Him. It was a blessing to see the kids soaking up God’s word.

As you can imagine, everyone was exhausted on January 11th when they returned from this event-filled weekend. But hey, 97 campers, 45 group leaders (and staff), wind, ice, and everything that comes with it, is a recipe for FUN and not very much rest. Thank you to everyone who participated this last weekend in worship, fellowship, growth, and play.

*Don't miss the pictures in our slide show