SMITHTOWN DAY 2009 - June 7, 2009

In spite of a very hot day and working directly in the sun directly in front of Walgreen's, 22 of our students and L.I.T.'s along with our student leaders and many parent helpers handed out pencils and flyers promoting VBS and King's Kids Club. They also gave balloons to children along Main Street as well as wearing costumes (Skip, Priscilla, MC Walker and a chicken). One big hit were the puppets who sang songs while a crowd of people watched and enjoyed the music. Joining Kids in Missions were many members of our Evangelism xposion team who set up our Prayer Station and had opportunites to not only pray with many, but to openly share the gospel. It was an awesome day of not only promoting many events, but to be a "light in the darkness" on one of the most difficult mission fields in the world...LONG ISLAND!!!

It was a beautiful day in Smithtown, NY as our Kids in Missions team ministered at our town's Memorial Day Parade. Our students and L.I.T.'s handed out pencils to children along the parade route to help promote of VBS program as well as King's Kids Club which meets on Wednesday evenings. It was an awesome day of ministry! Check out the video we made while we marched!

SIDEWALK SUNDAY SCHOOL - April 26, 2009

We began 2009 with a great opportunity to minister at the SGT Missions Convention. Our students dressed up as clowns and ministered by way of drama, music and puppets.

This occurred at both 8:30 am & 12:15 pm in the Fellowship Center. It was great to see the students so enthusiastic as well as the kids who were watching. The dramas that were done were "You are God" as well as the Chair skit & the Heart skit. This was a great way to begin in ministry for our First Year Students who got a taste of ministry in front of a real crowd!

LASER TAG @ LASER KINGDOM - November 15, 2008

Who says Kids in Missions had to be all about doing outreaches. Sure, they are very important as we know, but on Saturday, November 15th we had a great opportunity to have fun together by...shooting each other. I know it doesn't sound very spiritual but for those of you who were there, you can't say you were bored! We spent a rainy afternoon at Laser Kingdom in Farmingdale to bring closure to yet another great year of Kids in Missions. If you missed out, make sure you sign up next year! I know my son Tyler I know had a great time and maybe some day he will be the MVP of Laser Kingdom!

Thanks for coming everyone and we'll see you in 2009!!

GRADUATION DINNER 2008

Kids in Missions 2008 may have come to a close, but we had a great night celebrating what God did in and through us this past year. It was so great to see all of you there and I can speak for Pat and Andrew in saying it was a privilege to hand you your certificates. Whether you were completing your first year, second year or as a Leader in Training or Student leader, I hope and pray you will always be a light in the darkness. I also hope to see you next year as we begin 2009 classes on March 1st.

Don't forget about Lazer Tag coming up November 15th. Sign up if you haven't done so yet!

GRANDPA LOU WAS KIDNAPPED? or was he?

It was time to start packing for our October 4th outreach at Lighthouse Mission in Patchogue. We had our puppet stage, puppet curtains, our object lessons, our CD's, Shelton the Shark, Loudmouth & Cry Baby and Grandpa Lou...uh...where is Grandpa Lou? He must be in the Felowship Center basement. After looking everywhere, still no Grandpa Lou. Maybe he is in the Auditorium on top of the stage? No, still no Grandpa Lou. Maybe I left him in my garage? No, he's not there. Okay, time to retrace our steps. It appears the last time Grandpa Lou was used was at the Jones Beach outreach. Did we leave him there? No, we couldn't have! Maybe just maybe the Seniors at SCS decided to kidnap him and wanted to leave a ransom note. I hopwe they don't want a million dollars, I only have 5 dollars in my wallet. Then, I discovered that we did minister at another outreach between Jones beach and October 3rd. Did we leave him in Brentwood? Should I call that church to find out? Where could he be? Is he protesting that I haven't been using him?
The Royal Rangers packed up the church trailer the night before for a weekend campout in inghampton, NY. Is it possible we left him in the trailer for over a month and a half? Well, after a few quick phone calls I finally got through to Tim Reed, one of our Royal Ranger commanders. "Tim, this is going to sound like a strange question but...did you see anything else in the trailer when you packed it last night, like Granda Lou?" "It was too dark to tell but we did see a box covered with a blanket in the trailer." It had to be Grandpa Lou!


During our outreach my cell phone vibrated and I let it go straight to voicemail. Later, I listened to the message that simply said that Grandpa Lou was alive, well, breathing and in fact at a campout with our Royal Rangers in Binghampton, NY. My only fear...I hope that don;t leave him by the camp fire. HE WILL MELT!

Grandpa Lou's "Home sweet Home" from August 16th to October 5th. Poor Guy!

LIGHTHOUSE MISSION - October 4, 2008

Our final outreach of 2008 was a great one! In spite of taking a scenic route to McDonalds and forgetting puppets (it is impossible to do a puppet show without puppets!) we were able to minister to the children who were bussed into Lighthouse Mission. They loved the dramas, Cry Baby, Shelton the Shark and games at the end. It looks like we will be ministering at Lighthouse Mission many more times in 2009. Please pray for them as they look for a new building and need to leave their present building this December. Great job guys and gals!