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Events

Slime Time Kids Club & Video

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On Saturday night May 4, 2019 our May Kids Bible Club had the theme “SLIME TIME – or How Can Jesus Help in Sticky Situations”.  It was a fun evening beginning with a slime skit (see video below) followed by a Bible lesson looking at several people in the Bible who had some bad days and the amazing miracles our powerful God did for each of them.  We studied people like Moses, Daniel, Lazarus, Jonah, the disciples and Paul & Silas.

For craft time each of the kids got to make their own slime and after that we had a series of “Minute-to-win-it” games all using different kinds of slime!  We cleaned up and enjoyed a snack before we ended for the evening.  It was a fun time for every one there!

The Pataskala Seventh Day Baptist Church sponsors a monthly Kids Bible Club from 6:30-8:00 on the first Saturday evening of each month for kids ages 3-12.  Our next Kids Bible Club will be held on June 1, 2019 and the theme will be “Treasure in Heaven”. We will be taking a break during the summer and plan to start up again in September.  There will be 3 different Neighborhood Bible Clubs this summer held in Summit Ridge Estates, in Reynoldsburg, and in the playground area outside of the church. Look for more information about those as we get closer to the summer.

Here’s a video of the opening skit. Thanks Christopher Van Horn and Pastor Robert Van Horn for being such good sports about being slimed!

Here are some additional pictures of the fun throughout the evening:

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Events, Sermon Audio

Resurrection Celebration 2019

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resurrectionWe have so much to celebrate! The sacrificial death and powerful resurrection of God’s Son, Jesus, was the focal point for our church service on Sabbath Day, April 20, 2019.  Scriptures were read throughout the service from Luke 23:26-46, John 20:1-10, and John 20:24-29. We also had special music, favorite hymns, worship dance, drama monlogue of Thomas the disciple, communion, foot washing, and a sermon teaching on the proofs of the resurrection.  Thanks to all who joined in sharing this special service! Enjoy the pictures below: 

Emma & Ava Van Horn dancing to “Scars”
Special music “Faultless”
Monologue with Thomas
Here’s the church bulletin for the day
Watch the Lamb!
A portion of today’s scripture
Robert Van Horn sermon on “Proofs”

 

Events

April Kids Bible Club Fun

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Our April Kids Bible Club held on April 6, 2019.  The theme for the evening was “Let Your Light Shine” and we talked about how light is stronger than dark and Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:16 when he told people not to hide their light, but to let it shine so “others can see your good deeds and glorify God.”

We started off the evening with some glow sticks, the song “God Made Me Shine” and a short skit. The skit was about a monster under a little girl’s bed who was scared of the dark and the little girl shared with him that he didn’t ever need to be afraid because Jesus was with him.

After the opening, the group of 16 kids separated into two groups (older & younger) for their Bible lesson and craft.  The younger group talked about different kinds of lights and how Jesus said he was the light of the world.  The craft for the younger group was a water bottle lightning bug with a couple glow sticks inside!

The older group read several Bible verses that talked about light, did a science demonstration with a lit candle covered with a glass jar, and covered a flameless tea candle for their craft.

For game time, the kids all came together and enjoyed some balloon punch balls with “Jesus is the Light of the World” printed on them. We played a relay making baskets in the large trash cans with the punch balls and then took a break for a snack.

It was a great evening! Our next Kids Bible Club will be the first Saturday night of the month on May 4, 2019 from 6:30-8:00pm.  All children 3-12 are invited! The theme for May is “Slime Time – or how can Jesus help us in sticky situations!”

 

Here are some pictures from the evening:

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Events

Meet our Summer Dedicated Service Workers

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Our church has been selected by the SDB Women’s Board to receive an SCSC (Summer Christian Service Corps) dedicated service team this summer.

Our SCSC team is Vanessa Ormsby from the Toronto SDB Church and Collin Green from the Milton SDB Church. Both have completed a year of college. This is Vanessa’s first year in SCSC and Collin’s second. Last summer Collin served at the First Hopkinton SDB Church in Rhode Island.

Susie Fox will be the Project Director with primary responsibility for the team while they are here. The other members of our church’s SCSC committee helping with the project are Pastor Robert Van Horn and Marissa Patterson (who was in SCSC herself for 5 years when she was in college).

The SCSC team will begin their summer with an extensive training session with the other SCSC teams at Camp Harley Sutton in western New York from June 12-20, 2019.  Project Director, Susie Fox, will attend 4 days of the training session as well June 12-15th.  Collin and Vanessa will arrive in Columbus on Thursday, June 20, 2019 and be here until July 25, 2019 when they leave for SCSC evaluation which will be held in Lancaster, PA.

Our church’s SCSC Committee has made the following plan for the SCSC team while they are here.  Primarily they will be doing a fair booth at the Pataskala Fun Fair, counselors at Camp Joy , promoting & leading 3 different Neighborhood Bible Clubs, volunteer workers at Didomi, and helping with several other things around the church.

Week 1– Neighborhood Bible Club at Rona, 2 days at Didomi, prepare booth for Pataskala before fireworks on 6/29

Week 2 – Counselors at Junior Camp Joy

Week 3 – Neighborhood Bible Club in Reynoldsburg, 2 days at Didomi, help with church yard work

Week 4 – Neighborhood Bible Club at church playground, 2 days at Didomi, do July Children’s Church

 

 

 

 

 

 

Events

Elias Patterson Baby Dedication

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A baby dedication service was held during the worship service on Sabbath March 9, 2019 for Elias Alexander Patterson, son of Jamie and Marissa Patterson (and sister to Cora).  Pastor Robert Van Horn (and proud grandfather) led the time of dedication which included special music, a covenant of dedication by the parents and confirmation of support by the many family members present and also the church family. Earlier in the service Pastor Robert had read Children Learn What They Live and this sentiment was captured in the covenant by Marissa and Jamie Patterson.

As part of the dedication service Elias’ older sister Cora and cousin Josiah Van Horn enacted the story of when Mary and Joseph brought their baby son Jesus to the temple to dedicate him found in Luke 2:22-24.

Following the service was a time of celebration and fellowship enjoying a beautiful cake made by Elias’ mom (see Cora’s Confections). Congratulations to all the proud parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins!

VIEW THE VIDEO OF THE WORSHIP SERVICE HERE

Here are some additional pictures:

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Events

Kindness Superheros at March Kids Club

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event pictureThe theme for our monthly Kids Bible Club on March 2, 2019 was “Be A Kindness Superhero”. Attendance was a little less than expected, but the twelve kids (and 9 adults) who were there had a lot of fun learning about kindness with a superhero theme! We started out singing “Jesus is my Superhero” and a fun skit starring Christoper Van Horn and Dean Fox.  Following the opening, we divided into two groups based on ages for a Bible lesson and craft project. mar kids club 3

The younger group learned about the kindness shown in the Bible story of The Good Samaritan and then made superhero masks.  The older group discussed kindness based on four Bible passages ( Luke 6:31, Colossians 3:12, Ephesians 4:32, Galatians 5:22) and then used florescent highlighters to color superhero doorknob hangers).mar kids club 1

Then the whole group came together again to play “KIND”, a variation on Bingo. Each person had a card filled with various acts of Kindness and non-readers were matched up with partners who could read. Whenever someone had a match to what was called out, they placed a Hershey’s Hug playing piece on that square.  This continued until someone got 4 in a row, taking breaks occasionally to sample the candy playing pieces.mar kids club 9

Next was snack and we played another game of “KIND” during snack time. Then the group went back to the sanctuary to sing “Jesus is my Superhero” song again, have a closing prayer and pass out invitations for next month’s Kid Bible Club on April 6, 2019. Next month’s theme will be “Let Your Light Shine” (i.e. think glow sticks!).

mar kids club 10All kids ages 3-12 are invited to this monthly Kids Bible Club held the first Saturday night of each month, 6:30-8:00pm, at the Pataskala Seventh Day Baptist Church.

Thanks to all the adults, parents, and grandparents who helped make this a fun night!  Here are some more pictures:

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Events, News

Fun at February Kids Bible Club

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invite picture“Jesus Loves You SNOW Much!” was the theme for the Kids Bible Club held the evening of February 2, 2019.  The Bible lesson for the evening was about how God created the world and everything in it — including snowflakes!  We learned that like snowflakes, God created us each different and beautiful.febkids8

The Kids Bible Club is held from 6:30-8:00 pm monthly on the first Saturday night of the month.  Unfortunately our SNOW theme was cancelled last month due to winter weather!  So we enjoyed the snow based crafts and games just as much this month.

febkids10After the introduction all together with a “Miss Snowflake Pageant” skit and singing the action song “God’s Love is Big” the group separated into older and younger classes for the Bible lesson and crafts.  The younger group made pictures using snowflake stamps and paint while the older class painted snowflake suncatchers.

Next everyone joined together again for a trio of febkids7“snowball” (cotton balls!) games: a relay carrying snowballs on spoons, seeing who could blow the snowball the closest to the edge of the table without going off, and an indoor snowball fight!

After a break for snacks, we joined back in the church sanctuary for our closing!  It was a great evening and everyone had a lot of fun!  (A big thank you to all the adults who helped out!)

All kids ages 3-12 are invited to our next Kids Bible Club event on Saturday March 2, 2019 at 6:30-8:00 pm with the theme “Be a KINDNESS Super Hero”.

MORE PICTURES HERE:

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Events, News

2019 Church Officers Elected

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2019 officers

The 2019 church officers were elected at the Annual Business Meeting held on Sunday, January 27, 2019 as follows:

President: Darwin Van Horn

Vice President: Christopher Van Horn

Clerk: Susie Fox

Treasurer: Chip Thorngate

Corporate Agent: Jamie Patterson

Sabbath School Superintendent: Robert & Lana Van Horn

Assistant SS Superintendent: Kym Goodson (not pictured)

(Also not pictured, Trustees Becky Van Horn & Dean Fox were re-elected for 3 year terms and Johnny Long was elected to fill the remaining Trustee term for Mark Pest.)

Some other items also included in the January 27 business meeting were approving a 2019 budget, agreeing to request an SCSC team for this summer, appointment of a Pastoral Search Committee due to Pastor Robert’s announcement to retire this fall, choosing recipients for the quarterly mission offerings, and a deciding to sponsor a banner for the local Licking Heights High School field.

Events, News

Kids Bible Club on February 2, 2019

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After being cancelled due to snow in January, we are really looking forward to our monthly Kids Bible Club on Saturday night, Feb 2, 2019 from 6:30-8:00pm.  We will have lots of fun around a snow theme of “Jesus Loves You SNOW Much!”.  Plans for the evening include songs, a skit, crafts, Bible story, games, refreshments and lots of fun!

All kids ages 3-12 are invited and transportation is available if needed.  Give the church a call at 740-927-0574 to request a ride or if you have any questions.

(If you miss this month, you can join us next month for Kids Bible Club on Saturday, March 2, 2019. Kids Bible Club is held on the first Saturday evening of each month from 6:30-8:00pm.)