Community Connection

“Family Time” is now Community Connection! While the name has changed, the focus has not: these activities, offered by our Children’s Education Director, are designed to help families remain connected to their faith, community and each other.

Each week, a new activity is introduced during Sunday worship and then posted below. Also, don’t forget to follow Community Connection on Facebook and Instagram.

Labor Day in the Garden
Jennifer Gantwerker Jennifer Gantwerker

Labor Day in the Garden

Many consider Labor Day, which we’ll be celebrating tomorrow, the unofficial end of summer. It’s hard to see it that way in Arizona, where we’ll be enjoying temperatures above 100° well into September. But a benefit to this extended summer is an extended planting season!

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Find Common Ground
Jennifer Gantwerker Jennifer Gantwerker

Find Common Ground

Continuing our series of activities to help you get to know each other better, we’d like to add one that game-ifies the process of finding common ground. It’s called Commonalities.

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All About Me Bags
Jennifer Gantwerker Jennifer Gantwerker

All About Me Bags

Today we welcome two new members into the church, and we can’t wait to get to know them better! Really, though, it’s always fun to get to know people better, even those we know well, and the All About Me bag is a great way to do it.

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Wheel…of…Questions!
Jennifer Gantwerker Jennifer Gantwerker

Wheel…of…Questions!

It’s the beginning of the school year, and for many families, things are becoming (or are about to become) a lot more hectic. During times like this, maintaining family rituals like sitting down together for dinner becomes even more important. And to help you avoid these dinners being awkward and silent, we’d like to offer you the Wheel of Questions!

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Weird Contest Week
Jennifer Gantwerker Jennifer Gantwerker

Weird Contest Week

You know we love sharing the strange and interesting “holidays” (using the loosest meaning of that word) we discover. Well, today kicks off a real banger: it’s Weird Contest Week.

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