Rehearsing for Youth Impact Sunday

Rehearsing on stage in preparation for next week's Youth Impact Sunday (Oct 30, 9:30am)

Beatitudes: ME Attitudes vs BEE Attitudes

Demonstrating ME attitudes

Dropping our ME attitudes and putting on our BEE Attitudes

Living our Beatitudes

-- serious focus, standing in a straight line (shoulder to shoulder), eyes on Miss Jessica, and prepared to work

Because who are we? I'm a Bethelite, of Bethel AME, I go to church to learn about the God in me...

and because Jesus Loves Me, This I Know...

Next Sunday, October 30, there is NO CHILDREN'S WORSHIP because it's YOUTH IMPACT SUNDAY (youth led worship at Bethel...ALL kids in the sanctuary).

Please bring your children to the Fellowship Hall DURING Altar Call (immediately after the sermon ends) for a brief rehearsal. King's Kidz sing just before offering. After they sing, children immediately return to their parents.

KIDS SHOULD WEAR BLACK, YELLOW OR WHITE (Bee colors). They can wear the colors any combination i.e. a yellow dress or black dress, yellow tie, yellow shoes or accessories (just like the Bethel's Praise Team does on Sunday mornings).

Just before going on stage, the children will be given sunglasses and bee antennae headbands to wear (which must be returned).

Practice at home:

• The Bethel Chant and Jesus Loves Me
• Say the word ME (kids put on sunglasses and act inappropriately for singing in church)
• Say the word BEE (kids immediately take off glasses, arms at their sides, and are focused ready to sing)
• Reminder: it doesn't matter what color sunglasses they get on stage...it's not about them, it's about God!
• Reminder: It doesn't matter who is in front of the microphone, or who stands in front or in back, it's about God!
• Parental reminder: at their developmental stages, we don't aim for perfection on stage as it's not a show performance, it's education and ministry. King's Kidz experiences help the children to see themselves as contributing parts of the Bethel community while stimulating parts of their brains that control things like emotional control, memorization, motor functions, elocution, etc. Kids forget lyrics. They wiggle. They cry. They stand still (and nothing else). They follow directions. They sing. Standing before a congregation of a few hundred people is a learning process. We aim for progress, not perfection.

On Sunday

• Dress your children in BLACK, YELLOW OR WHITE (Bee colors)
• Bring your child to the Fellowship Hall during Altar Call (immediately after the sermon) for rehearsal
• The King's Kidz sing just before offering
• Your children will remain with you before and after they sing

After

• Email us your pictures and videos to post on our blog!