DCDC Registration Now Open for Summer Connections 2011 Program

• Kids Connections 2011
• Teen Connections 2011

Register at the DCDC office on our Creighton Campus or call 804-643-6174 for more information.

You will be able to choose 1 week, 2 weeks, or the entire summer. Customize your child's or teen's summer experience.

Kids Connections Camps will include:

• Sports
• Money & Finances
• Arts
• Spiritual Formation
• Technology
• Enrichment
• Entrepreneurship
• Structured Play
• and more!

Teen Connections Camps will include:

• Sports
• Money & Finances
• Arts
• Spiritual Formation
• Technology
• Enrichment
• Job Readiness
• Role Modeling
• Entrepreneurship
• and more!

SPBC Cub Scouts Pack 572

Cub Scout Pack 572 invites all boys in grades 1-5 to consider becoming Cub Scouts for activities, friendship and fun.

Adults are also a huge part of Cub Scouts, and we welcome those parents who want to get involved.
If you have a son who wants to join Pack 572, or if you have any questions or would like to join, please check out our blog http://boyscoutsspbc.blogspot.com/


Volunteers Needed!!

Cub Scouts Pack 572 needs volunteers for the following: We are looking volunteers for the following positions.

Assistant Cubmaster, Den Leaders, Committee Chair, Secretary, Public Relations, Leadership Recruitment, Advancement Coordinator ,Scouting for Food Chair, Outings Chair, Pinewood Derby Chair, Friends of Scouting Chair, Popcorn Chair, Recruitment Chair, Blue and Gold Dinner Chair. If you'd like to volunteer for any of these positions, please contact Mike Maxey at (boyscoutsspbc@gmail.com)

SPBC Girl Scouts Daisy-Tea Party!

As a reminder, the daisies (those who signed up at our last meeting) will be meeting at the Fairfield Public Library for our upcoming meeting on April 27 instead of St. Paul’s. The Brownies will meet at St. Paul’s as normal. 

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Location: Main Meeting Room at the Fairfield Area Public Library, 1001 N Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA 23223. The main number at the library is (804) 290-9300

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Dress Code: We are asking that the girls dress up for this event. 

Feel free to contact me if you have questions or if your plans have changed and you are unable to attend the event.

Shannon Jones

Thank you to everyone that participated in the 2011 Easter Eggstravaganza.

The key to our success rests in people like you, who embody the spirit of God by saying, “Yes I can, and so can you!”

Thanks for your inspiring dedication and tremendous example to The Saint Paul ‘s family.
We serviced approximately 525 plus  children on Easter Sunday at the Creighton Road Campus.  In addition, we had  60 plus children at the Belt Boulevard Campus on Saturday and  40 plus at the Elm St Campus on Sunday.

We distributed over 9600 eggs to a total  of 626 plus children in this years Easter Eggstravaganza.

Special thanks to all of the groups that participated:
 Deaconate
Refiners
LOZ
Kisura
Girl Scouts
Cub Scouts
Facilities
Media
Culinary
Parents and Friends

Puzzle Pieces

Are you a parent of a child with special needs (autism, cerebral palsy, ADHD, Down’s syndrome, etc)?
Is your child between the ages of 2-20 yrs of age?

If so, your family here at Saint Paul’s Baptist Church would like to help as we help our children grow in Christ.

If you are interested in your child participating in Zion Zone on 2nd Sundays during the 10:00 am or 12:00 pm service, please contact Puzzle Pieces, Special Needs Ministry.

Remember, it’s O.K.

We’re all special in some way.

Contact Information:
lionsofzion@myspbc.org
(804) 643-4000 ext 5743

SPBC Baseball Program

The Saint Paul’s Baptist Church Baseball Program is recruiting boys and girls ages 5-12 (at all campuses) for the upcoming season for the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League.

You may register onsite in the Education Wing at the Creighton Campus after the 8AM and 10AM services.
Coaches, Umpires, and Team Moms are also needed.

If interested and for more information, please call Glenn Anderson at (804) 543-9097 or email him at andmo.publishing@hotmail.com.

Readers Are Leaders (RAL)

The Learning Lions Year Round Reading Program

Program goals:

• To reinforce and encourage reading as a foundation for all learning and promote the joy of reading for all children ages 0 -12. 
• To encourage daily reading with a parent. 
• To connect the home, school, and church as providers for children to explore exciting children’s literature.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Child and parent partnership

• Parents or guardians must monitor students reading daily.
• Parents or guardians are required to assist children with completing and signing their reading logs weekly. 
• We encourage a minimum of 15 minutes of daily reading, however more is accepted. 
• Reading logs are turned in at the end of each month. They may be turned in at Zion’s Zone or at all three Church offices. 
• Children reading the most monthly will be recognized quarterly with special incentives.

 

What It Means To Be a Lion of Zion

What it Means – To our Servants and Parents

In the past year there has been no recusal from the complete move to Life Stage ministry for our children.  We are now Lions of Zion, infant to 10 years of age. 

 A Place for Children on the Grow!  We are growing to celebrate Christ, growing to connect to him in his word, growing to contribute our gifts and growing to care for others.

This year Lions of Zion focused on recruiting new servant leaders while retaining our experienced leaders, reaching the parents while raising the quantity and quality of opportunities for our children to connect to Jesus Christ.

Recruiting new servant leadership is happening largely through streamlining our training process which begins with our Teachers Training Small Group held each first Sunday.  This threshold launches servant leaders into a wide array of opportunities excited and equipped.  This is followed by peer coaching and intermitted training.

Retaining experienced leaders is essential to our healthy growth.  In reorganizing we recognized the different forms of our leadership.  What was a ministry became a zone with the necessary infrastructure to support duplication of small groups.  We identified Zone and C4 Leadership.  This added support to our high capacity leaders and created opportunities to recognize emerging leaders.

Reaching parents is the natural balance to ministering to our children.  We identified three key areas we our now developing Married Parents, Single Parents and GPAs (Grandparents Parenting Again).  As we build these there has been a great deal of excitement and we expect to see this growth!

Raising the quantity and quality of small group opportunities for our children has been a success.  We have done this by partnering with community organization who share our vision in developing Christian children.  Some of these partnerships include First Tee, Upward, the Scouts and many others.  We have also raised the quantity of small group opportunities by considering previously unmet needs like caring for those 6 months to 24 months old.  We now have a small group of excited parents just for this gentle age.

Lions of Zion Highlights

The 1^st Youth Empowerment Financial Series Small Group was formed and allowed children for 12 week’s to discover God’s Secret of Handling Money through Crown Financial. (Team Leader Ms. Laverne Benton)

• We received a $7,000.00 grant from the Community Foundation for our Saturday Reading Small Group. The Saturday Reading Small Group, offering students the opportunity to enhance both reading and social skills each Saturday morning. (Team Leader: Ms. Taneisha Brown & Ms. Mattie Boarman)
• Girls in Action and Royal Ambassadors Small Group raised some $2300.00 for the Richmond Children’s Hospital, placed second in the Wachovia Marathon Run, Partnered with First Tee Golf of Richmond free of charge to over 30 students. (Zone Leader: Mrs. P. Priscilla Goldsborough)
• Zion Zone (Children’s Church) offered spiritual teachings weekly for over 3000 children (Zone Leader: Mrs. Delisa Davis and Mrs. Tomona Johnson)
• Established Zion Zone on our South Campus -Children’s Church. (Zone Leader: Mereal Hughes)
• Thursday Night Encounter (Bible Study) Small Group, allowed children to learn about the bible and provided a setting for children to connect, celebrate, contribute and care. This bible study small group is created with Jesus in mind. (Zone Leader: Min. Darlene Williamson)
•  Lions of Zion Life Stage partnered with Ray of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and offered free Basketball tickets for students who were striving in school.
• Girl Scouts Latasha Trimiew received the distinguished Gold Award for Girl Scouts, this is the first in the history of Saint Paul’s Baptist Church (Group Leader: Jean Trimiew & Julinda Lewis).  We have done much but much more must be done to reach the children in our church and our community for Jesus Christ.  Now we challenge you to join us as we continue to become a place for children on the grow.  Contribute your gift to God by blessing our children!

Lions of Zion @ Myspbc

The St. Paul’s Baptist Church Lions of Zion is for those committed to the development, growth, and spiritual teaching of the youth at SPBC. It’s open to the adults, teens, and children who help make the Lions of Zion a village for children on the grow.