Open invitation to impact

Each Sunday Parents are trusting us as a church to keep their children safe, happy, and learning for an hour and 10 minutes. What a privilege that is!

We have an open invitation to impact these children.

We need to GUARD that God given opportunity and continue our rapport with parents.

Ben and I are so grateful that our team gets it. You all are so excellent at remembering the small and repetitive details that keep our children safe.

2. Impact with  INTENT Through training

 a.      Guard the opportunity to plant a seed (safety/ distractions)

Here's a few highlight reminders about safety in FLM:

-Our numero uno policy- No child is ever alone with a volunteer. This means an adult 18+ and another volunteer must be present anytime children are present.

-Check in safety  Check for security badge numbers, names, and Lil Rippers stamps to match. This world is getting scarier and just because people are moms and dads doesn't make them safe. Those numbers need to match before a child leaves your care.

-Bathroom procedures- brush up on your very important bathroom procedures and other policies in the volunteer packet posted on our secure volunteer site!

All in all, God gave us a great opportunity, parents are in trusting us, and children are counting on us to not only show them their first impression of our Savior but to keep them in a safe environment while we do so.

Thank you all for being so efficient in our efforts for safety at Coastline!
Ashley and Ben Kingdon

//Side Note
-Spring Blockbuster is coming at you this week! Yeah!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!
We are so excited to kick off 2014 with such an excellent, giving, and humble team for Family Life Ministries!

As a staff our year goal is "Go Higher". We are going to take every hour on Sunday, every extra event, every hug, video game,  cry, dirty diaper… as an opportunity to love more, give more, and impact the children God has placed under our care in this coming year!

Will you take the challenge to be on purpose and Go Higher with us in 2014?
We are expecting great things!

Check out your e-mails today for an updated version of the Winter schedule attached as a PDF. The schedule also has a couple important notes for January you need to be aware of as we are expecting our little girl due Feb. 9th!

Thank you all for your continued commitment to our Coastline kids and families through this Winter Blockbuster. We love you!
Ashley & Ben Kingdon

RTT :: Real Time Training::

So we need new volunteers but how do we train them?

We started a new 10 step plan to becoming a new volunteer!
One of the steps concerns their first Sunday in a service. That volunteer will participate in RTT (Real Time Training) We will have a great descriptive list to go over with them in class the first time they serve so they can be trained in real time as they learn from YOU the volunteer, your example, and a list of details to fast tract them to being awesome like you
 Keep an eye out for new volunteers who are learning in RTT their first Sunday and show them your support!

Impact with ::INTENT:: through training

Here's a training reminder for our veteran volunteers!
Experience Sunday with the kids.
Engage in the activities and the game. Listen intently to the stories. Let loose in the worship time by learning the songs and motions. Ask a child something about them selves during free time. As the kids watch you experience the service they will experience God through you!
Make an intentional impact this week!

::Early Childhood:
Don't forget, if you call a parent back text the number and class name to the media person. After the parent arrives text the media person again letting them know the parent came.

We love you!
Ashley & Ben Kingdon