Cairn Connects – Fun Online Camp Activities for April 6 – 10
It’s another week of great activities from our Synod Camp for kids who are staying home! Check out the attached schedule and sign in for a great week at Camp Cairn.
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A Palm Sunday Chapodcast for Families
Families with children, join Crash and Zucchini for a special Chapodcast celebrating the joyful parade of Palm Sunday. Gather together your coats, a green wavy thing, and some paper and a marker and then open the attached video link to hear the wonder-filled story, sing out your loud Hosannas, and offer your prayers to God with all of your worries and thanksgiving.
(more…)A Smorgasbord of Unrelated (But Really Great) Resources
I’ve been collecting a number of links to great websites/blogs/articles over the past couple of weeks that I think represent some of the best we can be doing, following or gaining insight from as we practice social distancing and stay home in our efforts to flatten the curve. I had hoped I could weave them into an article along the way, but for one reason or another, they never quite fit the article themes I was working on. I don’t want them to be lost in the shuffle, so I’m posting them all here in the hope that one or two might also resonant with you.
(more…)Cairn Connects – Online Camp Activities Everyday
Camp Cairn is our amazing synod camp tucked in the woods of the Muskokas, sitting on Echo Lake. Knowing that families are looking for things to do while we’re social isolating, camp staff are generously providing a full schedule of camp activities everyday of the week. These activities are for all kids, whether Camp Cairn campers or kids wondering what church camping looks like. Check out the attached schedule and sign in for a great day at Camp Cairn.
(more…)Nassagaweya PC Chapodcast – Friday
Thank you to Reuben, Katherine, Ben and Dan for gifting us all with your Camp at Home week of fun and caring chapel services. It has been wonderful to be included in your re-making of a cancelled church event into an online experience for families at home. Thank you so much!
(more…)Nassagaweya PC Chapodcast – Thursday
Oops, I posted this Chapodcast on Tuesday by mistake, and it really should have been posted this Thursday. I’ve corrected the Tuesday post, and Thursday’s video is now in its rightful place in the weekly line-up. If you viewed this Chapodcast earlier this week, you will need to head back to Tuesday’s post to see a new chapel today. If not, enjoy today’s Chapodcast. I’m sorry for the mix-up. As with everyone, I’m learning more about technology these days than I ever thought I’d need to.
(more…)Nassagaweya PC Chapodcast – Wednesday
Welcome back to our morning Chapodcast from Nassagaweya PC, where we get to dance and sing and enjoy the wonderful reminder to “Be Still.”
(more…)Nassagaweya PC Chapodcast – Tuesday
“You are not alone!” This is the great message that Nassagaweya PC brings us today, because God is always with us. We’re grateful for this wonderful message from Dan, Ben and Reuben today. Thank you!
(more…)Nassagaweya PC Chapodcast – Monday
I am so excited to bring you this video clip from Rev. Reuben St. Louis from Nassagaweya Presbyterian Church. Last week their church was expecting to host a Kintail At Our Church week at their church for the children of their community to enjoy and experience the delight of Christian camping at their church. With the closure of our churches Reuben and his two sons decided to host camp chapel over the internet. Their Chapodcast includes singing, praying and bible reading in a wonderful camp way.
(more…)Talking With Your Children About COVID-19
The kids have questions…and lots of them!
Why are we off school? Why can’t we play with our friends, or see grandma and grandpa? Why is church cancelled, and why are we stuck with nothing fun to do?
What is the Coronavirus and/or COVID-19? Why are so many people dying?
Why are my parents so obsessed with the news, the internet and the telephone?
What does God have to do with what’s going on? Does God have something to do with what’s going on?
This is new, uncharted territory for most of us, and we wonder how we are to answer our children’s many questions the best way we can. There is no perfect answer to “What do we say to the kids?” but there are some good guidelines to help us discern what is best for our family.
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