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Share the Love Valentine's Day Party!
This kit contains everything you need to host a fun Valentine's Day party for your club members and their families. Customizable invitations, poster, Valentines for your leaders, guest handouts, Valentine quiz...plus a complete lesson plan...all on a CD! Plus you'll get one 12-pack of a special Valentine craft! Additional craft 12-packs also available. Order enough for every guest to have one! Available in the U.S. only.
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Parties and Special Events
Improved and Updated! Details, decorations, activities, refreshments and devotions for club celebrations. Holiday parties, overnights, award ceremonies, missions activities, and service projects are also included.
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Basic Training Presentation
January is a great time for a mid-year boost. Pioneer Clubs offers basic training you can do yourself! This CD contains the same PowerPoint presentation our trainers offer at local training workshops. Encourage your leaders with the knowledge that their job is important to the ministry of your church!
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Games Galore
This great resource has more than 290 games for your club. Collection includes Classic, Hiking, International, Get Acquainted, Relay, Races, Musical, Nature, Camping, Outdoor, Holiday, Indoor, Wheels, and Noncompetitive games. Includes games for even the youngest members!
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Expanding the Pioneer Clubs Family
 This month, in addition to our Pioneer program readers, I'd like to personally welcome hundreds of new readers to the Leadership eNewsletter! Our new readers include all those coordinators and leaders who run two of our other programs—the Discovery program (the small-church solution) and the NEW Exploring program (club in a large-group format).
We know these coordinators and leaders will greatly benefit from the tips and tools included in this eNewsletter on how to run an excellent club program. Click here for more details on all our programs, including our summer camping ministry. At Pioneer Clubs, we're dedicated to helping churches run a vital, flourishing children's ministry. Honoring that commitment means we listen to churches and their specific needs-because every church is unique! And that's why we now offer three club programs-Pioneer, Discovery and Exploring. One of these options is the perfect fit for your church! As a result, our Pioneer Clubs family is growing as more and more churches start a midweek club program and help children learn to put Christ in every aspect of life.
The cornerstone of Pioneer Clubs' ministry—enabling children to enter into a personal relationship with Christ and to know his Word-will be experienced in many ways in 2008 at your club. Children will learn that God is there to help them every day, they'll make new friends, they'll have fun, and some will learn for the first time why Christ came.
A wonderful, exciting year is before us at Pioneer Clubs. Let's enjoy every moment of this amazing journey with our club members in the months ahead. Blessings!  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. |
| Leadership Essentials:
Making Your Club a Success
Pioneer Clubs Sunday
Mark your calendar for February 17, 2008, and shine the spotlight on all God is doing at your church through Pioneer Clubs!
Make your Valentine's Day club meeting memorable with this easy-to-do party.
With a little forethought and creativity, you can continually say "thanks" to your adult volunteers. Check out these six tips.
Start off 2008 right with this handy checklist. |
| News You Can Use
NEW Monthly Giving Club
Join the new "Cheerful Givers Club," especially for those who want to support Pioneer Clubs' ministry regularly. Read more about how you can be part of this exciting opportunity.
Virginia C. Patterson Scholarship Program
Now is the time to apply for a college or Camp Cherith Campers in Leadership Training scholarship.
Camp Cherith
Share the news about Camp Cherith—the summer camping ministry of Pioneer Clubs. It's a great place for club members to build on what's happening at your club.
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What's Up at Club?
Star of Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia, PA, celebrated 20 years of running Pioneer Clubs for the boys and girls in their church and community. Pictured above are the girls at a special event to commemorate the milestone.
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. |
| Special Event Idea
Indoor Snow Party
Decorations
Make paper snowflakes to hang from the ceiling. Reserve several snowflakes and write Scripture verses on them to use for devotions. Decorate the walls with paper snowmen. Club members can make these decorations as part of the party.
Activities
DevotionalDivide into small groups. Pass out the paper snowflakes that have Scripture verses on them. Let one person read the verse and the others tell what it says about God and...
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| Downloadable Clip Art
Get creative this year for Pioneer Clubs Sunday! Click on the Pioneer Clubs Sunday 2008 logo and use it to publicize the event in your church.
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| Free Downloadable Tool:
Pioneer Clubs Sunday bulletin insert
This month, click here to find a Pioneer Clubs Sunday bulletin insert you can use to promote club in your church. This insert is a peek at what you'll see in the newly updated Promoting Your Pioneer Clubs Program book coming out in early 2008. For additional downloadable tools, visit the Leader Resource Center (password: kids) and click on the newsletter icon. |
Games: Valentine's Day Games
Rainbow Puzzles
 Each team has a large piece of colored cardboard (or heavy paper)-a different color for each team. Select Valentine's Day colors such as red, pink and white. Add more colors if you have more than three teams. Have club members cut their cardboard into 10-12 connecting...
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