CHERYCE BERG, DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES
I have the best job: to peek in our many children’s classrooms and hear God and his Word being proclaimed, worshiped and celebrated!
The Lord has entrusted us with approximately 450 children participating in programs run by 215 Kids’ Harbor volunteers this past year. Wow! I am joined in shepherding them by an incredible staff consisting of Angie Schroeder, Jenn Miller, Karin Tuurie, Liz Stahler, Sarah Herr and Sarah Tews, as well as the valuable superintendents who give their updates below. If you make your way downstairs, you’ll immediately notice a newer, brighter welcome center (called the Harbor Hub), fresh floors and paint, a Bible timeline, and our favorite: a salt-water aquarium with fish named by kids! You may see our three new missions maps on the walls, missionary baseball cards, or a table of outreach ideas. Ask a child about Family Open Gym times or Crew
8
CO L L E G E C H U R C H 2 02 2 ANNUAL R E PO RT
Adventure Days. Hear from a volunteer about Lunch and Learn trainings, relationships built with fellow teachers, or the variety of resources available to them. Talk to a parent about our fall parenting seminar called “Show Them Jesus” or the books we’ve distributed to help with their primary role in discipleship. However, thankfully it isn’t about us or what we can do; what is most important is God at work to share the good news of salvation through Christ with kids and their families. He has provided all these things and they are for the purpose of bringing kids to a saving knowledge and love of Jesus. “For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, ‘Let
