Kidpassionate Ministries

New Baby!

2010-07-09T09:28:00.002-06:00

Wednesday, our little one came into the world. She is doing really well, as is Mommy.

Here are some details!

Name: Eliya Ann Foshee
Time: 7/7/10 @ 2:17 pm
Weight: 8 lb 4 oz
Length: 21 1/2 inches

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God is good!

Pastor Dave

- Post From My iPhone

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T13:00:00.001-06:00

Have a great day all you Moms out there!

-- an iPhone post

It's been awhile. And now for something completely different.

2010-05-05T13:55:00.003-06:00

It's been awhile since I posted. We have been busy (isn't everyone?). So today I thought I would post something.

We are coming up on our last few weeks of Father's House. It will be sad to see it go for the summer but it will give us a much needed breather. Producing that kind of quality and energy for 9 months is hard! But oh so worth it! The kids seem to really enjoy it.

We will be re-launching our website soon. The logo is getting close to being finalized. I can't wait to reveal it! So I guess you could say that the reason no new things have been on the website lately is that I been working to re-build it and re-theme it. So I guess, until then, it is under construction.

But then again, aren't we always under construction ourselves???!?

EggMazing Grace!!

2010-03-21T21:43:00.003-06:00

This is the promo for this year's Easter event!! You will not want to miss this!

No Preservatives, Nothing Added

2010-01-25T12:20:00.002-07:00

So. Today the fast is officially over. I really felt compelled to end the fast with Communion. Somehow that seemed theologically appropriate. Celebrating a renewal before God with a ritual that ushers in His Kingdom and reminds of it.

What a dichotomy of ideas and textures! The hard act of the breaking of Christ's body and the wonderful new flavors of bread not savored for 21 days. The painful loss of blood and the sweetness and tartness of the fruit of the vine rekindled and renewed through abstention.

I have been thinking to what end did this fast accomplish. I have been reading both the Fasting book and The Daniel Fast book by Susan Gregory. One more than the other speaks of what we get from the fast. There are still tones of success in both of them. This touts of magic wand theology. Our God is not a magic wand God. He is a God that does have our best in His plans, but that does not mean that by fasting we are ushered into an ability to have God wave His magic wand over our problems and afflictions to have God solve them.

However, this fast has taught me what I have been missing by not having certain disciplines in my life that should have already been producing fruit in my life. One of my goals that I believe should be a part of every fast is that of adding something spiritual to our lives when we are withholding something physical from our lives. I personally found that doing these during the time that I would have normally had that thing that I am withholding helps me truly appreciate God in an added way.

For me, I wanted to have a better prayer life. I wanted to commune with God in a more intimate way in order to have a deeper relationship with Him. I turned to the Psalms where God spoke to me as I went through them. Most of what I gleaned was not that of special insight or Godly revelation. Instead it was a methodical approach to reading and understanding how and what David was going through as he wrote them. The pain he endured. The feeling of separation from God. Yet, David recurrently praising God in the middle of the hurt he endured. He truly leaned on God. But it really wasn't a crutch type of leaning. It was total dependence on God.

How incredible! One thing that I learned through David's psalms and Susan Gregory's devotions was that it was through being prepared, having an ongoing relationship with God that is growing and deepening, that he and we are able to persevere. It is not so much that we run to God when we need Him, but rather by having an ongoing relationship with God we are able to be so close to Him that those times do not shake our foundation. Instead, they strengthen our foundation, because we have already become one with the Father (God). In our weakness, He is strong. Our strength comes from Him.

When we do feel closer to God, it is not because of what we got. I believe it is because of what we gave.

Sweet Leaf?

2010-01-04T14:55:00.002-07:00

I was looking at a Daniel Fast website and found an interesting link. I was going to have a lunch appointment with someone and was wondering what I could eat if I did go have lunch with them. So I googled it.

It seems that a few restaurants do support the Daniel Fast but it isn't easy. On the same webpage was something called Stevia. I looked it up and it is a sweetener that is okay to have on the Daniel Fast. Also, it is diabetic okay which is cool because my Dad is type 2 diabetic.

Anyway here is the link to it: http://www.sweetleaf.com/

Oh, and just in case you were wondering here are the restaurants that have some okay food:

http://danielsfastcookbook.com/9.html

Hope this helps someone out!

The Daniel Fast

2010-01-02T21:45:00.003-07:00

I was looking up some information on the Daniel Fast and came across this site.

I signed up and got an email with a list of foods that are "allowed" and "disallowed." It really helped me.

Many times I have seen people talking about fasting in order to receive some financial boon or for some super special end. I think we all know that God is not a "magic wand" God. So, instead, why don't we focus on fasting as a way to grow closer to God and His will. Let it be ANOTHER discipline that helps you remove things from your life that remove you from God.

For me, fasting is about Sovereignty. God is to be first in my life. Not my needs, not even my physical ones. I was reminded just tonight about Elijah that had to run for his life from a King that wanted him dead. God told him to go to a special place that would keep him safe. Elijah asked what he would eat. And God said, I will provide you with food.

God, you are my King. It is by your hand that I am able to do anything. Let me be reminded.

Practice Wednesday Night!

2009-12-22T11:28:00.003-07:00

Hello!

I thought I would give a little more information about practice tomorrow night.

We are thinking about having the kids sing outside as carolers for the Christmas Eve Service. What do you think about that? Let me know by taking the poll to the right--->>

Practice is tomorrow night at 7 pm. It will be over at 7:40.

Dress for tomorrow night is what carolers would wear. They can wear nice clothes as long as they also wear warm clothes with warm hats, gloves, scarves, etc.

The Christmas Eve Service starts at 4:30 on Thursday the 24th. We would like to have the kids here at 4:00 pm to "warm" up and get ready to sing. They will sing from 4:10 or so to 4:35 pm. After that they will come back in to sit with their parents.

If you have any questions, give me a call!

Christmas eve rehearsal

2009-12-21T15:26:00.001-07:00

Don't forget to wear your caroling clothes! We might be outside singing! See you Wednesday night at 7 pm for practice!

Pastor Dave

-- an iPhone post

Get Ready for June 30th, 2010!

2009-12-06T14:23:00.002-07:00

Here is our newest news. Pastor Dave, Ms. Alissa and Audrey are going to have another addition to our family!!

December Godtime is Up!

2009-12-02T17:48:00.001-07:00

Just thought I would post a quick note to let you know that if you go to "Downloads," you will find the weekly family devotionals for December ready for your family enjoyment and edification!

Enjoy! Edify!

Sweet!

Tonight!

2009-12-02T17:32:00.002-07:00

Hello!

Tonight we will be starting to practice the songs for Christmas Eve. It should be a hoot!

We will also be having a small lesson that continues our talk about holiness and making godly choices. Sweet!

See you soon!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T06:07:00.000-07:00

Count your many blessings name them one by one . . .

-- an iPhone post

Back2Basics Tonight!

2009-11-18T13:38:00.002-07:00

Tonight we are going to have a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner here at the church at 5:45 pm.

This means that we will have Back2Basics as soon as the dinner is over. I am thinking that it will be a little after 7 pm. We are expecting almost 300 people!! That is awesome!

After the dinner and our tummies are full, we will be covering the "tug of war."

This is the conflict we, as Christians feel between what we should do and what actually choose to do. So I guess this lesson is about choices. And, who is it that helps us with our choices? What does that Bible mean when it says convict? What is conviction? Guiding? What are the roles of the Holy Spirit?

Part of the lesson will come from Genesis and the choices that Adam and Eve made. Also, Galatians 5:17. And finally, Exodus 19:6, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Cor. 6:9-11. These will be the leap from the idea of the roles of the Holy Spirit and our choices to what God has provided for us so that we can talk aobut how God cares about how we live day in and day out.

Next week there is no Wednesday night services.

Saved By Grace Games

2009-11-12T16:47:00.001-07:00

Last night, we played the games that the kids had made the week before. We were covering what it means to be saved (accepting Jesus as your Savior) and what it means to be lost (not living consistently like you have Jesus as your Savior). 

It was pretty interesting to see the games that the kids came up with. They could use three cones, 6 balls and/or 5 hula hoops for their games. I think the kids had a good time during their "free" play. : ]

Lord's Prayer Skits- Five Groups!!

2009-11-11T17:21:00.008-07:00

Three weeks ago, the kid's were learning the Lord's Prayer. I wanted to make it interesting so this is what they had to do:

They had to take 30 minutes and come up with a skit, from scratch, that had all the words from the Lord's Prayer in it. They couldn't be in order and the story was supposed to make sense.

The following posts are the result. : ]

Lord's Prayer Skit Group 1 from Pastor Dave on Vimeo.

Lord's Prayer Skit Group 2 from Pastor Dave on Vimeo.

Lord's Prayer Skit Group 3 from Pastor Dave on Vimeo.

Lord's Prayer Skit Group 4 from Pastor Dave on Vimeo.

Lord's Prayer Skit Group 5 from Pastor Dave on Vimeo.

2009-10-05T18:40:00.003-06:00

Two Wednesday nights ago the kids were learning a verse that I really like. We were learning John 15:14. Here is the audio file of them yelling it out!

New Stuff!

2009-10-05T17:29:00.003-06:00

Yesterday was awesome!

We started our new kid's service (New Families Welcome!) called Father's House. It was fast-paced! It was hip. It was a lot of drama and music and fun! I loved it.

Our actors did an awesome job! Danika ran media for us and did an awesome job too!

I will have to post some pictures soon.

Then we went straight into Deeper. Deeper is a way for kids to learn even deeper stuff about each other and our God. It is small group oriented with a corporate worship time for Kindergarten through Fifth grades. I loved to see the modeling of the 5th graders for our Kindergartners. And it was also cool that our 5th graders can learn from our Kindergartners. Then, they split back up into small groups and "break it down."

Good stuff.

I was talking to someone today and we were talking about how much fun it was and also the sweat we put into it. It made me think about an old Karate instructor I use to have when I was in college. He always wanted to put a sign up that said "You sweat in here so you don't bleed out there!" I always liked that. This ties in, just hang on. I was thinking how we practice and give our VERY best so that we can learn about God and be prepared out in the world to really show others who our God is. We don't have to bleed out there. Jesus already did that for us.

Pretty cool, huh?

Just Teasin'!

2009-09-19T15:18:00.003-06:00

Here is the first video for helping everyone understand where to go to find out the latest and greatest stuff going on in Children's Ministries at Eagle Church of the Nazarene!

So make sure you check out www.kidpassionateministries.com! It has a lot of new content! There is even some special content for those that are volunteer ministers in the church! Contact me to get a passcode!

Last Question

2009-08-29T17:37:00.004-06:00

When you love others, you're quick to forgive.

Who is a person you need to forgive?

Interesting enough, these were dominated by brother and sisters that needed to be forgiven. Although one did put:

One other one that made me think of about how I treat my child was the one that simply said, "my Dad."

I don't know who that child was or what needed to be forgiven, but have prayed that that there is healing and forgiveness there.

Kid's are awesome aren't they?

Question Three

2009-08-29T17:27:00.004-06:00

Who is a person that, with God's help, you can begin to love who you haven't been very nice to in the past?

Some highlights:

Brother

Sister

Brothers and sisters

Lots of friends listed

Here is one of them:

In case you can't read it, it says something along the lines of "I think God can help me love the people who aren't being nice to me like someone who can be difficult to my sister."

Question Two

2009-08-29T17:18:00.004-06:00

Who is someone you need to spend more time with?

Some highlights are:

My friend (6)

My brother (6)

My sister (5)

God (2)

My mom (4)

My dad (7)

One of the God one's said this, "God. I need to spend more time with him praying and reading the Bible."

They were supposed to then pray for what each page said to pray for.

The Love of Jesus and One Thing

2009-08-29T17:05:00.004-06:00

Last Sunday I asked the 3-5th graders to write on post-it notes and answer the four questions that I am about to post. Their responses to each question will be in each post. I hope you find them as interesting as I did.

Just to highlight a few:

Forgive people

Sit with them and talk with them about God

Be their friend

Play with them

Make the feel better

Read the Bible to them

Listen to your parents

When someone is by yourself, you sit

If someone didn't have a home, you give them one

-- an iPhone post

Art Is Yummy

2009-08-23T17:51:00.001-06:00

I had a meeting at Rembrandt's this week and the lady behind the bar was awesome. She fashioned this drink It was both well done on the outside while being tasty on the inside.

Oh, and the meeting was fun too!

-- an iPhone post

Paul and the Underground Church Day Four!

2009-08-16T00:47:00.001-06:00

Here is the latest video about our incredible summer adventure! Check it out!