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Family FUN! New Life Easter Party
Celebrate God's gift of new life with the Pioneer Clubs Easter Party. This kit contains everything you need to host a fun Easter party for your club members and their families. Customizable invitations, poster, leader appreciation cards, and much more...plus a complete lesson plan...all on a CD! Plus, you'll get a 24-pack craft. Additional craft 24-packs are available. Available in U.S. only.
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NEW! Promoting Your Pioneer Clubs Program
Creatively promote your club with Promoting Your Pioneer Clubs Program! Revised and better than ever-this great resource includes a CD with reproducible resources to tell others in your church and community about your Pioneer Clubs program. Designed to be used throughout the entire club year, it contains tools and ideas for church, community, parents, club members, leaders, Pals and camp.
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Clip Art CD
Looking for the perfect image to promote your Pioneer Clubs game night or another special event? Well, your search got a little easier with the new Pioneer Clubs Clip Art CD! This great resource is loaded with over 1,200 Pioneer Clubs-specific images to use for every occasion.
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Parties and Special Events
Improved and Updated
Plan fun celebrations for your club with this great resource. Includes details, decorations, activities, refreshments, and devotions, as well as ideas for holiday parties, overnights, award ceremonies, missions activities, and service projects.
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Welcome!
All Aboard for a Road Trip!
 Pioneer Clubs Sunday (February 17) is just around the corner. This year's theme, "Road Trip: Traveling the road that leads to life," is the perfect analogy of what Pioneer Clubs becomes in the lives of club members-a journey as they grow in their faith.
As a Pioneer Clubs leader, consider yourself the chauffeur for this fun-filled ride-one that just happens to have eternal significance. So how's your trip so far? What highlights have you seen on your journey?
At my club, the outreach to unchurched families continues to be strong and keeps growing stronger. Our attendance is delightfully consistent, which tells us parents value Pioneer Clubs in their children's lives. Beyond that, record attendance by parents at special events further underscores how they feel about club.
Last week, I was reminded that the road children travel can be filled with some bumpy moments-especially as they enter adolescence. A parent shared with me the challenges her daughter was dealing with, such as peer pressure and self-image. Because this parent opened up, I as a leader was able to adapt an upcoming unit to hopefully make the journey smoother for her daughter and others in my club.
I'm confident this isn't the first time club leaders and parents, out of mutual concern and love for a child, have worked together. This month I encourage you to look for ways to help your church at large see the impact and value of Pioneer Clubs. Share stories similar to mine. Get the word out. Fill the "bus" with more kids and adults, and bring them along on an amazing Pioneer Clubs road trip. Click here for ideas to celebrate your club.
Blessings to you this Pioneer Clubs Sunday!
Judy Bryson
President, Pioneer Clubs®
P.S. Are all the people on your Pioneer Clubs leadership team signed up for this newsletter? If not, encourage them to go to www.pioneerclubs.org today to subscribe.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures
Share the exciting activities your club is doing this year by sending your best photos to us at newsletter@pioneerclubs.org. In your email include your name, the name of your church, a phone number where we can contact you for more details if necessary, and a brief description of what's happening in the photo. Who knows-your club photo could end up on our annual calendar or on the Pioneer Clubs website! If we post your photo in the next issue of the Leadership eNewsletter, we'll send you a copy of the newly revised Parties and Special Events book. |
Leadership Essentials
Two
Valuable Leader Resources—Now Updated
Promoting Your Pioneer Clubs Program and Parties and Special Events revised and updated.
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What's Up at Pioneer Clubs?
If you have photos of club members in action, please send them to newsletter@pioneerclubs.org. Include a brief description of the event or activity, your church's name and your contact information.
Making a Memory
 The first- and second-grade Pioneer Clubs members at Bethany Baptist Church in Clinton Township, MI, gave their creativity free rein when they created personal scrapbooks for their Pioneer Clubs awards. Club leader Chris Clauson made pages out of cardstock with a preprinted heading for each award. She then purchased inexpensive vinyl folders with brads and a plastic cover sheet for each page. By May, club members will have a completed scrapbook and a cherished memory of their club year. |
News You Can Use
Virginia
C. Patterson College and CILT Scholarship Program
Now is the time to apply for college or Camp Cherith Campers in Leadership Training scholarship.
Kids
for Kids Hike
Mark your calendar for the springtime Kids for Kids Hike: Saturday, April 26! |
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Mini-Olympics
 Beat cabin-fever and give club members a welcome opportunity to burn off some extra energy with this fun (and inexpensive) special event.
Preparation
You may want to invite Pioneer Clubs groups from other churches in your area. Or have all the age...
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Downloadable Clip Art
This month the free download is the Pioneer Clubs Sunday logo. Also available are the club crests and the Pioneer Clubs logo.
Coming early February-the new Pioneer Clubs Clip Art CD ($24.99 U.S./$32.99 Canada). You get:
- more than 1,200 Pioneer Clubs images
- colorful club member and leader year-end certificates
- high resolution images of the club crests and Pioneer Clubs logo
To order, click here. |
Downloadable Tool
Now is the time to get parents thinking about summer camp-especially Pioneer Clubs Camp Cherith. This month's downloadable flyer answers many of the important questions parents have about a summer camp experience for their child and specifically about the unique features of Camp Cherith.
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Games: Classic Games
What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?
The "fox" stands on the goal line. Players line up on the opposite goal line and begin moving slowly toward the fox. As they move, they respectfully ask in unison, "What time is it, Mr. Fox?" The fox will answer various times such as "6 o'clock" or "8 o'clock." Players must move that many steps toward the fox. They may not...
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