CCC's GEMS

Fall 2011

2011-09-20T18:55:00.000-07:00

GEMS – Cadets – Kingdom Kids

Fall 2011 Schedule

September

7 Club Night

14 Family Service

21 Club Night

28 Family Service Project – College Care Packages

October

5 Club Night

12 Club Night

19 BREAK

26 BREAK

November

2 Club Night

9 Family Service Project – Operation Christmas Child

16 Club Night

23 BREAK

30 Club Night

December

7 CelebrationNight (Including the Cadet Pinewood Derby Race)

14 FamilyService Project – Shepherd Weekend Bags

21 BREAK

28 BREAK

Camping Dates:

October 7 – 8 CadetCampout

October14-15 GEMS– Camp In – Christ Community Church

Spring Schedule 2011

2010-12-31T14:45:00.000-08:00

GEMS – Cadets - Kingdom Kids

Spring 2011 Schedule

January

5 Club Night

12 Break (possible service opportunity off site)

19 Club Night

26 Family Service Project – (Family Game Night)

February

2 Club Night

13 Family Service Project

16 Club Night

23 Family Service Project

March*

2 Club Night

9 Family Service Project

16 Club Night

23 Family Service Project

30 Club Night

April

6 Break

13 Family Service Project

20 Club Night

27 Club Night

May*

4 GEMS Celebration Night

Additional dates:

Cadets:

*March 19

*May 6-8 TBD

Bowl-a-thon Spring Camp out Rocket launch, and a winter outing

Registration for 2010 - 11

2010-08-27T13:31:00.000-07:00

Dear friends and family of GEMS, Cadets and Kingdom Kids,
It was great to see many of you at the Information Open House. I'm excited to be together again for another year. We are gearing up to begin on Wednesday, September 8th. In order to prepare we would like to hear from all of you. Please contact me if you are interested in participating this year, so that we can get your children registered and be ready for them the first night. To ensure we have supplies for your child by the first night of club we need to hear from you by the 29th of August. Also, let me know if you are unable to participate this year.

The schedule for September 8th:

5:45 - 6:30   Pitch-In dinner (if your schedule allows please join us)

6:30 - 8:00   Kingdom Kids (co-ed 4 and 5 year olds) - Nursery/Preschool Wing
                   GEMS (girls in 1st through 8th grade) - Commons
                   Cadets (boys in 1st through 6th grade) - Sunroom

Thank you,
Irene Vanderlaan

Registration form [link]

Fall 2010

2010-08-04T18:45:00.000-07:00

The new GEMS season is getting ready to begin! Here are some important dates:

August 15th - Volunteer luncheon

August 18th - Open House 6:30 - 8 pm
You are invited to come and learn more about GEMS. This will include membership forms, sign-up, events, club nights, camp in, fundraising and family service events. Friends are always welcome.
Information on Cadets (Club for Boys) and Kingdom Kids (co-ed 4s and 5s) is available the same evening.

September 8 - First Club Night 6:30 - 8pm

Wednesday Meetings - March and April

2010-03-22T18:47:00.001-07:00

For the next three Wednesdays our church has special services: a Prayer service at 6:00 followed by a shared meal at 6:30 (everyone brings a main dish or dessert to share). Because of these services, our Club Night this week will begin at 7:00 and end at 8:00, and next week we will begin our service project at 7:00. For next week's service project we ask each family to bring a dozen cookies. At 7:00 we will have a time of prayer for our first responders, then we will have a cookie exchange, and afterword each family will have a dozen cookies to take to a local fire station (we will have a list for you to chose from). The third Wednesday that the church has a Prayer service (3/31) we will not be meeting. We will not be having our typical pitch ins at 5:45 for the next three weeks, but you are welcome to attend the prayer service and/or shared meal that follows. Attached is our church's newsletter in case you want to know more about the Prayer and Fasting services.

Just to recap (for the next three weeks of special services):
Wednesday 3/17 - 6:00 Prayer and Fasting Service
                               6:30 Shared Meal (bring main dish or dessert to share)
                               7:00-8:00 Club Night for Kingdom Kids, GEMS and Cadets

Wednesday 3/24 -   6:00 Prayer and Fasting Service
                                6:30 Shared Meal (bring main dish or dessert to share)
                                7:00 Service Project - Prayer and families deliver cookies to areas fire stations etc. (bring a dozen cookies for exchange)

Wednesday 3/31      6:00 Prayer and Fasting Service
                                6:30 Shared Meal (bring main dish or dessert to share)
                                        No Kingdom Kids, GEMS, or Cadets

As a reminder:
Wednesday 4/7    Spring Break - No Pitch In or Club

Wednesday 4/14     Back to regular time
                                    5:45-6:30 Pitch In
                                    6:30-8:00 Club Night

Serving at the Ronald McDonald House of Indianapolis

2010-01-21T13:26:00.001-08:00

The Ronald McDonald House provides a home-away-from-home for families of children who are being treated in area hospitals, primarily Riley Hospital for Children. You have the opportunity to bless these families by serving a meal for 30 - 50 houseguests on Saturday, February 27th from 6:00 - 7:00 PM. We will also need to plan for set up and clean up. This is a family event: children must attend with a least one parent present for the entire evening. Only the first 30 people (adults and children) will be able to attend this event so sign up at the sign in table as soon as possible. An additional date for serving may be added if there is enough interest.

How can you serve?
1) sign up to go serve the meal on February 27th
2) sign up to provide a meal item or paper product

If you are unable to attend, please consider supporting this project by providing a meal item or paper product listed on the items needed sheet at the sign in table or contact Sheri.

GEMS Spring Schedule

2010-01-12T14:57:00.000-08:00

Wednesdays:

January, 06 Club Night
January, 13 Service Project
January, 20 Club Night
January, 27 Service Project

February, 03 Club Night
February, 10 Service Project
February, 17 Club Night
February, 24 No meeting (Service Project will be at the Ronald McDonald House
on Saturday night February 27)

March, 03 Club Night
March, 10 Service Project
March, 17 Club Night
March, 24 Service Project
March, 31 No meeting

April, 07 No meeting
April, 14 Club Night
April, 21 Club Night
April, 28 Service Project

May To be announced

Other dates:

GEMS
Mother-Daughter Tea Saturday, April 24

Calendar Updates for Nov and Dec

2009-11-12T19:05:00.000-08:00

Nov 18 Club Night

Kingdom Kids - Jesus Forgave Others
Awareness level - Sparkle Party
Discovery level - Shine Party

Nov 25 No Club

Happy Thanksgiving

Dec 2 Club Night

Kingdom kids - Jesus is the Savior
Awareness level - Lesson 5
Discovery level - Prayer Badge

Dec 9 Celebration Night

Dec 16 Service Project Night

Shepard Community - at Church
All levels participate

Dec 23 No Club Tonight

Dec 30 No Club Tonight

October Activities

2009-10-09T14:45:00.001-07:00

Oct 14 Club Night
Kingdom Kids - God is Jesus’ Father
Awareness level - Sparkle Party
Discovery level - Cooking Badge

Oct 16-17 CAMP IN

Oct 21 Service Project* 6:30-8:00
Meals and Mixes

Oct 28 Service Project* 6:30-8:00
Meals and Mixes

*Please sign up on October 7 for one or both of these service projects so we can prepare ahead of time. We are doing similar projects both nights due to fall breaks, so you don’t need to attend both but are welcome to do so.

Service Project - September 30th

2009-09-30T12:28:00.001-07:00

Pitch - in -5:45 - 6:30
Service Project - 6:30 - 8:00
We will be participating in a number of projects at the church that will serve the ministries of Christ Community Church, and making hearts for military troops serving overseas. We will meet from 6:30-8:00, please sign in when you arrive. We encourage you to come and serve as a family. If you need to drop off your children, please be sure to sign them in and out at the church.
If your schedule allows, please join us for our weekly pitch-in dinner at the church from 5:45-6:30.

Club Night - Sept. 23

2009-09-21T14:10:00.000-07:00

6:30pm – sign in your daughters
8:00pm – pick up

***5:45 – 6:30 pm Join us for a family pitch in dinner. Bring a dish to share. Available every Wednesday night.

Uniform: light colored top, dark colored bottoms.
No clothing with characters or words. No spaghetti straps or bare midriffs.

Service Project - September 16th

2009-09-15T18:22:00.000-07:00

We will have our first of several service projects and will be serving the community by helping to clean up Lawrence Inlow Park. We will meet from 6:30 to 8:00 at the park, which is located on 131st street, about 1/2 mile east of Hazel Dell.
Here is a link to the location on Google Maps:

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=6310+E.+131st+Street,+Carmel,+IN&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=39.97985,-86.063161&spn=0.050314,0.132093&z=14&iwloc=A

The evening will include a family devotional, activities, and picking up litter in the park. We encourage you to come and serve as a family. If you need to drop off your children, please be sure to sign them in and out at the park.

We will hold our weekly pitch-in dinner at the church from 5:45-6:30, before we meet at the park.

FYI: In the event of rain this service project will be canceled, though we will still have the pitch-in dinner at the church. The decision to meet or not will be made by noon on Wednesday. If we decide to cancel we will notify everyone by email, and it will be posted here.

First Club Meeting:

2009-08-13T14:00:00.000-07:00

Sept 9th (Club begins in September and runs through May)
6:30pm – sign in your daughters
8:00pm – pick up

***5:45 – 6:30 pm Join us for a family pitch in dinner. Bring a dish to share. Available every Wednesday night.

So that we may order curriculum and have it in hand for the first meeting, Registrations due by August 30th.

Uniform: light colored top, dark colored bottoms.
No clothing with characters or words. No spaghetti straps or bare midriffs.

Informational Meeting

2009-07-28T15:40:00.000-07:00

For Girls in 1st - 6th grade!

August 12th at 7:00pm
At: Christ Community Church, 4770 East 131st Street, Carmel, IN

G.E.M.S. – Girls Everywhere Meeting
the Savior.

Mission – help bring girls into a living dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ.

AIM – “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.” Micah 6:8

Experience – making friends, getting to know Jesus, participate in worship, music, studying God’s word, making crafts that encourage others, service projects and having fun with games.

Come hear about all the great things we have planned for GEMS. And, don’t forget to bring your friends on August 12th!

Cadets (Club for Boys) information is available but will not be presented.