Dear CCP Families,
PRESCHOOL SUNDAY - This coming Sunday, 3/2, is Preschool Sunday at Christ Church. PLEASE bring your child to sing! We need every voice! Meet us in the Disciple room at 8:40am to “warm up” our voices. The service last an hour or less. If you have other obligations, you may slip out after the children sing, but we hope you will stay to worship and celebrate. We would like to really pack the sanctuary with preschool families!!
CAMP - We still have spaces for your Ladybug, Duck or Whale to join our June “Enchanted Sea” summer camp. The application was in your cubbie last week, but if you need another one, please ask. First come, first served. We will need all campers to be signed up by the end of March so we can order the correct number of supplies.
CONFERENCES - Thanks for signing up for a conference with your child’s teachers on March 12 & 13. Each year preschool is open for fall conferences and closed for spring conferences. (It is very difficult to get enough substitutes to cover all the classes in the spring.) Feel free to team up with a friend and use our playground to watch each other’s children while one parent goes in to conference.
TUITION - is due March 1 and considered late on March 5 at noon. Thanks for paying your fees on time.
ASH WEDNESDAY - is Wed, March 5. Pastor Lee will have ashes under the bell tower if you’d like ashes in the morning as you come into preschool. There is also a mid-day worship service at 12:15 on Wed, 3/5, in the sanctuary. You are invited to attend. The service will be over by 1:00 so you can pick up your older preschooler from lunch bunch.
YOUR SUPPORT - Please remember that there is an easy way to support CCP without it coming directly from your wallet! Link your VIC card to CCP (#3558) when shopping at Harris Teeter. Thanks for taking a moment to make your shopping count for CCP!! (We don’t see anything you buy, but we receive a check at the end of each quarter if we have enough total purchases.) We need every contribution as we are trying to replace the surfacing on the upper playground because it is worn and has become a tripping hazard around the edges. Thank you!!
A CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE MOMENT - From Dr. Becky Bailey's Managing Emotional Mayhem, p. 41..."If a child signals sadness, anger or embarrassment, an attuned adult can pick up on this communication and coach the child through her discomfort to an integrated state. The child will learn emotions are a bridge between problem and solution, reducing the likelihood of a reactive or impulsive response."
Emotions serve a vital purpose! We need to feel them, accept them, and then they will dissipate. They are the bridge between problem and solution. Here's the secret....we don't want to get stuck on the feelings bridge, hanging on to our suffering and rehashing our problem. Instead we want to identify and name the feeling. Then relax and re-frame the problem. Then we can more easily choose a solution!
Can you believe that March begins on Saturday?? I hope you have a great weekend!
Wishing you well,
Debbie