A Change...

Tomorrow is the last Sunday I will be serving at Community Christian Fellowship. It's the day of the Annual Church Family picnic. It's promotion Sunday.

I have been a part of Community nearly since its inception in September 1999. We came to Community in January 2000. In June that year, I began serving as the children's ministry director there.

When I started at Community, we were meeting in a nearby Fire Hall. We were a small but growing church. There were just about 25 children total if they all showed up. We were a family. My children were very young, in fact, Angela hadn't even been born yet. Adam was only an infant and Jessica was about 8.

In children's ministry, we had parties. We met "Miss Daisy" and "Uncle Hershel". We played camera tag at the Discovery Zone. We held VBS at the park or another church, and held easter egg hunts at a family's backyard since we did not have our own church "home".

Then we moved to the new building. It seemed so huge. We had so much space and room to run around. We hosted Terrific Tuesdays. Wacky Water day was a huge hit, until we discovered that we ran the well dry. We went on field trips to Skyline Caverns and Luray Zoo. And who could forget Double Dare?

We held Kids Crusades with Ronnie Caldwell and The Crazy Science Professor..... Dr K Oss came for visits. Children's ministry was growing like wildfire. Sunday morning was filled with robot dancing and crazy stunts.

There were great VBS memories too. Champions for Jesus, Polar Expedition, KidzTown Mysteries 1 and 2, Fiesta, Sonforce Kids, and then Rome and the Underground Church. Kids came to Community from miles around to hear the good news of Jesus Christ.

Prime Time, KFC, KidzTown, CritterLand, Kidztown Jr, Planet 45, KIDS Church, Blessings and Kidztown Friends. The Master's Inn and Centrikid. So many kids. So many events. So many memories. So much joy.

Tomorrow ends a very long chapter in my life. For nearly 10 years, I have treasured every moment. These families and children forever hold a piece of my heart in theirs. I will really miss this family.