Soooooooooooooo excited for this week!!

Staff meeting tonight to hear personally from our leader Pastor Troy as he shares with us as we head into the last 12 days before Easter. If you are passionate about serving and ALL IN to the vision of FRC, you need to be at these meetings. If you just starting serving and you are just starting to get connected, it's a little soon for you but in a month or two, we won't be able to hold you back! 7:00 pm (6:45 to sign in main lobby) tonight in the main aud.

EASTER RALLY is 2 days away and we need volunteers for check in, the Dive for activities, tech and Discovery cove. We have crafts and egg games and movies, etc.

I ordered 1000 eggs yesterday on top of the 1000 we already had!!! The stage is going to be FILLED with Easter eggs on Easter weekend AND they will all have something in them AND SOME WILL HAVE BIGGGGGGGGGG PRIZES TOO!!!

We have the EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA with live concert, Easter play, worship, etc. and the coolest Easter lesson too AFTER breakfast with the bunnies!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!

We have LIVE bunnies COMING and I heard the EASTER BUNNY himself will be there to visit (hmmmmneed someone for that). We need a PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIDEO volunteer too.

Cant wait to see who is willing to do what to let these kids share in the EASTER STORY!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Blessed to Serve,
Debbie Sands
Childrens Ministry Director

I KIDS about to launch!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat's up you guys!!! So excited (imagine that) to share with you about all the great things God is rockin in FRC Kids. Yesterday we shot the FIRST EVER episode of I-Kids and it ROCKED!!! It's hard not to cry (sniff) over the amazing opportunity this brings us to reach little hearts all over the world! So many kids will have the chance to begin their walk, spend some real cool time with their parents, learn about important stuff like honesty and compassion while laughing and playing games. Sounds like a winner to me! We will stream live via the internet EVERY (yikes) Saturday at 4:00 pm LIVE on the (did I say Live? YES LIVE) on the main FRC site, I think, isn't that funny, I really have no clue, HA! Stay tuned, Once Pastor T approves, loves, mutilates, tweeks (how do you spell that) or scratches the whole idea (ugh), WE WILL BE ON! Can't wait to hear what YOU think about it! First LIVE show scheduled to stream on EASTER SATURDAY at 4:00 pm EST, that is April 11th, yes the very same weekend we are doing a zillion services! Gotta CHANGE THE WORLD, Believing in you...



Blessed to Serve,
Debbie Sands
Childrens Ministry Director

Beach Baptism This Sunday!

Hello FRC Kids Team!

This weekend is going to be another fun one! Be sure to wear your beach attire as we encourage our kids to pack their beach bags and join us on the Ft. Lauderdale Beach from 2:00 - 4:00 PM for BBQ and Baptism! We will have an FRC Kids tent and table on the beach and will be giving away sand pails with goodies to the first 100 kids to visit us there. Come out and be with us as we connect with kids and parents during this fun time of fellowship! Remember your sunscreen!

Episode 14: Fall Tip Off

Welcome back, FRC Kids Volunteers! This is our latest Podcast which will recap our Fall Tip Off held this last Tuesday night at our Cooper City Campus. For those of you who attended this fun and inspirational night, this will serve as a reminder of the things we learned and important news we shared. For those who were not in attendance there is an important assignment just for you, so tuned in and catch up!

See you all this weekend for an incredible time of worshiping our God together! Blessings to you all!


Charlotte Allison
Children’s Pastor

Episode 13: Looking Forward to the Fall Season

Join us this week for a special edition of our FRC Kids Podcast. Our "guest" speaker is our very own Bethany Marcusson who serves as our Discovery Cove Coordinator. Listen as she gives us great insight about how to effectively connect with kindergarten and 1st grade children at FRC Kids. There is also important news about upcoming fall events, so be sure to tune in! See you all this weekend!


Charlotte Allison
Children’s Pastor

FRC Kids Podcast Episode 12: Extreme Week

WE’RE BACK! Can you believe it’s already mid-July! Fall will be here sooner than we know, and we did not want any more time to go by before we updated you on the most exciting event of the summer … EXTREME WEEK ’08! Tune in and hear all the exciting deals, and then be sure to click here to sign up to volunteer! This is a wonderful opportunity to hang with our kids for longer than the hour we get them on the weekend. PLUS, be sure to sign up your own kids OR invite those kids in your area to come and experience the fun! Extreme Week is a great front door to our church, so remember the power of an invite! Click here to volunteer or register a child!

Leave us a comment to let us know what you think, and then be sure to subscribe to our FRC Kids Blog to be notified of our latest updates! We’ll see you all this weekend!

Charlotte Allison
Children’s Pastor

My ORANGE Experience #5-b

THIS IS PART TWO OF KAARINA ALTMAN'S ORANGE CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE!

My most memorable moment….Francis Chan. I think he had the whole arena in tears. He has such a heart for God and is seriously concerned for the lost. Since I am rambling on (and other have touched on him already), will try and make this short…

• He really helped me to “see” God for all his glory. He asked questions like…Is it the Holy Spirit or just a marketing scheme?
• He challenged me as a volunteer to KNOW it is God and not something we have manipulated.
• He reminded me that it is not my responsibility to save the lost but that Jesus commands us to teach like Him and trust that the Holy Spirit draws the lost to Himself.
• He encouraged us, you and me, as volunteers to set an example-to shoot for the Biblical standard and not the American standard.

There was this guy, Donald Miller….what a wacko (in a good way). I think I connected with him because he too shared how he didn’t really “feel” like a leader. He was all over the road and it was hard to take notes but he gave us 5 Keys to leadership…See if some of these sound like FRC and our ministry over in Children’s-it’s cool how God works!

• Influence
• Environment/teamwork -> taking ownership
• Unity (people and family)
• Ambition- think BIG…huge and absurd
• Speak something into nothing

Oh, so much to say….

Andy Stanley

• If you create irresistible environment, people will come….
• When you capture the tension, you get peoples attention….
• What is spiritual growth? What are you trying to accomplish?

Louie Giglio

• The church is not poised to take the lead in culture
• Let’s just be the Church of Jesus Christ because it will endure forever. Nothing will stand in its way!
• Transcendent-> relevant to Jesus not culture

Sue Miller

• When we serve as Christ followers, we are to serve wholeheartedly; not as unto men, but as if we are serving the Lord Christ Himself.

Craig Jutila

• Those around you will determine the level of your success
• I have the power in me to make someone better then they are when I release them to do what they do.
• 80/20 Rule

I’m gonna be done, coz I could go on for another 4 pages….

Please talk to me about the conference and what ORANGE really means. I can’t wait to share all that I have gained from this unforgettable experience..

Thanks God : )

and…..

FRC, thanks for investing in me; releasing me to do what I do…
Charlotte, thanks for creating an irresistible environment…
Jackie, thanks for seeing in me what I didn’t…
Holy Sprit, thanks for using me to help draw the lost…
Jesus, thanks for being transcendent…

Kaarina Altman, Lagoon Coodinator, Volunteer Admin. Assitant