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pastor's resources for parents and others
Here are some quick links to tools and information for parents and those who minister
to children.
Check out the recent issue of the Vineyard Kids Newsletter Here
Check out the Jesus Storybook Bible, it is a favorite here!
Baby/Child Dedication Information
This Sunday morning ceremony is a public demonstration of parents' faith and commitment to raise a child in Jesus Christ.
At VCFP, we do not baptize infants, as do some denominations and traditions. Instead, we dedicate children to the Lord and call parents to commit themselves to raise them for Christ. We do this based on the model seen in scripture of children being dedicated to the Lord: Samuel in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 1:21-29) and Jesus in the New Testament (Luke 2:21-24).
Baby and child dedications are also a great opportunity to invite the whole church family to join and support parents in this commitment. Baby and child dedications are scheduled on a quarterly basis and parents are invited to contact the church office (650) 327-5727 for the next available date.
Please download the PDFs for more information.
General Dedication and Baptism Information
The Dedication Ceremony
Family Registration Form
Does your family consider VCFP their home church? Please register and help us keep you up to date.
Family Registration Form
Children's Worship Songs
We have assembled a playlist of the ministries' favorite worship songs on iTunes.
Go to VCFP Children's Playlist
You can buy and download songs that Children's Ministries is singing! If you want to sample or purchase
any of the songs below, you will need iTunes (the links open your player).
An article: Reflections about Children's Ministries, Spring 2011
www.vcfp.org/bulletin.html
Here is the quick link to the current VCFP bulletin.
Respite Care
http://www.joniandfriends.org/bay-area/events/
Respite Care is where community churches offer 3-4 hours of fun for children affected by disability and their siblings, allowing parents a few hours of quiet and refreshment. The Joni and Friends Bay Area office walks along-side churches in order to facilitate these much needed events.
Please click on the link and find out location and times. The cost is FREE.
New Creation Home
www.newcreationhome.org
New Creation Home Ministries located in East Palo Alto provides
housing and weekly programs to teen mothers ages 13-22 and their
children. Each week, we offer a bible study and parenting & life
skills classes,
NCH is looking for volunteers to come and watch the kids while
their mothers learn important life skills, learn about God and
build community. Each evening is 90 minutes and you can choose
to serve once a week, once a month, or once a quarter. Classes
are year around, and are held at New Creation Home in East
Palo Alto. For more info feel free to call the VCFP office or email info@vcfp.org
On Monday nights, classes are from 6:30-7:30 and
usually there are 5-7 children.
On Tuesday evenings, classes are from 6:15-7:45
and can range in number of kids from 15-25.
This is a great opportunity for families to serve by taking care
of the children.
with no ongoing commitment required (though its certainly welcome!)
Arms Of Love
www.armsoflove.org
Arms of Love is a Christian ministry that establishes and operates
homes that provide long-term care for orphaned, abandoned, and
abused children in a family environment. The heart of this ministry
is to love each child, to bring healing to their past
and
hope
to their future. Our own VCFP Kim Fisher directs this organization. Vineyard Children's Ministries sponsors Luis, living at the Children's Home in Nicaragua.
Compassion International
www.compassioninternational.com
Compassion International is one of the nation's largest Christian
child sponsorship organizations, working with more than 65
denominations and thousands of indigenous church partners in Africa,
Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Since 1952,
Compassion's revolutionary approach, through one-to-one Christian
child sponsorship, has touched the lives of more than a million
children. Compassion has been recognized for its
financial
integrity with top ratings and recommendations by several
"watchdog" organizations. Vineyard Children's Ministries sponsors Martha in Ethiopia- through Compassion. All the children's
offering goes to their support. You and/or your child can participate
in the support of these children, or you can sponsor a child
yourself through this great organization.
Samaritan's Purse
www.samaritanspurse.com
Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate
situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and
the Good News of God's love. This program on Samaritan's Purse
provides an opportunity for people of all ages to be involved in
a simple, hands-on missions project while focusing on the true
meaning of Christmas -Jesus Christ.
Children's Ministry online
www.childrensministry.com
These folks are passionate about helping make a difference in the
lives of children. They want to help make sure that your kids cultivate
their relationship with Jesus. And they're dedicated to giving
you everything you’ll probably ever need to resource your
ministry to kids.
Their goal is to connect you with people, organizations, ideas,
and resources from every corner of the children’s ministry
universe. If they don’t have what you need, they'll get it
for you.
Plugged In
www.pluggedinonline.com
For Christian perspectives on movies.
Common Sense Media
www.commonsensemedia.org
Common Sense Media rates media that is based on child development
criteria and recommendations from some of the nation's leading
authorities.
Their ON, OFF, and PAUSE buttons act as quick guides to help you
figure out what media is right for your kids by age.
Barna Research
www.barna.org
The ultimate aim of this organization is to partner with Christian
ministries and individuals to be a catalyst in moral and spiritual
transformation in the United States. It accomplishes these outcomes
by providing vision, information, evaluation and resources through
a network of intimate partnerships. You will discover a lot here.
Waiters On Wheels
www.waitersonwheels.com
Great gift for parents with new babies!
DaySpring
www.dayspring.com
Send a free Christian e-greeting!
Christian Books
www.christianbooks.com
Christian books about almost everything.
Tommy Nelson
www.tommynelson.com
The goal at Tommy Nelson is to nurture the faith of every child
through books, videos and entertainment products. They spend all
day every day thinking about children and how they can impact their
lives.
Brio
www.briomag.com
A great Christian website and magazine for teen girls.
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