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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/1/2008 7:33:53 PM
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nicole6598
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Our kids go out after worship and communion to Children's church (the teacher usually has a theme for that school term) and it runs until the end of church. You go to it til you finish primary school (age 12) then you sit in church with the adults.
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/1/2008 8:41:27 PM
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The variety here is very interesting to me. At our church there is Sunday School (separated by age) at the same time as the regular church services- parents drop their kids off for SS then go (or don't go) to church. I'm pretty sure SS goes until at least...6th grade...but they have an actual teaching curriculum that they follow- its not just babysitting. Even so, I find it a little odd that the kids are rarely in with the rest of the congregation unless parents keep them there. I've been to churches where they dismiss the kids after worship- I always thought that was a neat compromise.
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/1/2008 8:47:22 PM
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At our church everyone is in for the first part of the service (30-40 minutes). There's lots of singing, dancing, flag-waving, praying ......... and also the notices. After that time, the children are invited to go out to their groups, plus the young people up to age 14, and our group of Special Needs adults. If any one in these categories wants to stay in the service, that is totally fine too. That leaves the church quieter and ready for a more reflective time, leading up to the message. There is often also an open time for sharing, either before the message or after it. Mums can take their babies out to the creche room at any time, though there are only helpers there after the children have been invited to go to their groups. It all seems to work really well.
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/1/2008 10:48:57 PM
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lexie
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Our Sunday School isn't divided by age per se but more by the level of the child's understanding. There are three - younger kids, older kids and adults. But the ages of kids are divided. There is a 9 year old in the older kid class, but a 9 year old in the younger kids class. Before it was divided by age and some kids were bored in the younger kids class while others found the lesson over their heads.
Manda - can you explain to me how flag-waving is a part of the service? I have only ever heard the words "flag-waving" but I've never heard what it entails. Thanks!
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/2/2008 1:38:08 AM
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nicole6598
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Lexie I Was going to ask Manda the same thing! We have flag wavers here and I always wonder what they do it for.
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/2/2008 9:01:34 AM
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Manda - can you explain to me how flag-waving is a part of the service? I have only ever heard the words "flag-waving" but I've never heard what it entails. Thanks!
Our flags were made by our craft group some years ago and are very attractive. Some are pretty colours, others have fabric with metallic strands and are quite shiny. Some are striped and floaty, another is blue with a cross an a sword on it. They are of various sizes, some are quite large, some are small and child-size.
The flags are placed near the front, and people are free to come and wave one either as part of a dance, or just standing stil or walking round the congregation. The idea is that it is spontaneous, ie not planned or rehearsed, and people can just come and take one and wave it during a song as they feel led, in response to what they are feeling spiritually at the time. One time an elderly lady limped up to the front, took a flag and danced, and it was very moving - she had had polio as a young woman, and was told she'd never walk or dance again, so it was particularly poignant. She did a simple dance that was humble and gentle, but gave the glory to God. Sometimes it's just one or two, other times there's a small band of people doing the flag-waving. Some stand at the front (to the side), some walk round, and some stand at the back. It provides a nice breeze in the summer months too!
I've never been much of a flag-waver myself, but there have been a couple of times when I have done so. The most recent was just a couple of months ago; we had a visiting speaker who was going to be giving a very challenging and powerful message about getting out of our comfort zones and getting serious for God (I knew this because my dh was leading worship that morning, and I'm in his worship team). There was going to be a time of ministry afterwards where people could come forward and get prayed for. Yet during the first part of the service, I sensed a real spiritual heaviness in the atmosphere and knew that action needed to be taken. So, following the prompting of the Spirit (not that willingly, lol), I went and got a flag, the one with the sword and the cross on it, and started walking round the congregation with it, and singing (and silently praying). It was more like marching. As I got to the back of the church, a guy who had come with the visiting speaker nodded at me in agreement. He told me afterwards that something needed to be done to "lift" the heaviness. I believe that what I did then had a spiritual purpose and a spiritual effect, and prepared the way for the speaker.
To me, a flag-waver is like being a "standard bearer" - one who would go in front of the troops, raise the standard and inspire the troops, as a visible reminder of who they are serving and for whom they are fighting.
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A standard-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem called an ensign or standard, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a formal, visual symbol of a state, prince, military unit, etc.
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/2/2008 1:30:45 PM
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Manda, we have similar flags at our church, but we call them banners. Many of the kids worship with them in the center aisle. Truly beautiful to see kids worshipping with the energy and movement God created them with. 
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/2/2008 3:01:51 PM
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PrincessDonna
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I've never seen or heard of flag waving before, very interesting.
Though I fear what would happen if you gave some kids at my church flags or banners.... 
We do sometimes have to remind our kids that we are there to worship and not play. They get a reminder and then have to come back and sit with us (banner-less) if they use the banner inappropriately again. It's a training thing, just like anything else.
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/2/2008 3:46:04 PM
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I must be a boring churchgoer.....I don't even like to CLAP in church. I don't like clapping along with songs. Feels like summer camp TO ME.
I just like to go in, sit down, sing a hymn, have some stuff, sing another hymn, offering, hymn, get up and leave. (See? Boring. But I *like* it.)
I do not care for 45 or 50 minutes of praise music. I really don't.
I know many, many people including friends of mine who like the exact opposite as me. The differences (or being different) doesn't bother me. I just like what I like. I personally don't feel I am worshiping "less" because I am not clapping, dancing or twirling. BUT THAT'S ME.
(Notice I am being nice about this because I have a differing opinion than some.  I am NOT trying to say anything others do is wrong, just that I like what I like.)
I miss the hymns. We sing about one hymn each Sunday, otherwise it's all praise music. I don't even dislike praise music, I just don't like it as part of my church service (at least not as all the music), and I don't like singing it for 45 minutes.  Remember, ladies, I grew up in hymns-only -- praise music was saved for summer camp so that is what it still reminds me of.
Also, whenever my husband and I have gone to hear bands (secular), say in bars or whatnot, I never clap there or at concerts either. Not a clappy person, I guess. 
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/2/2008 4:10:33 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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We don't have Sunday school for adults, the kids go during the adult service and are actually taught, it's not just babysitting. Parents are supposed to have a time of renewal and a chance to be fed without the distraction of kids and without their kids distracting anyone else. We have about 20-25 minutes of Worship, then the offering and announcements, then the sermon, prayer and a closing worship song.
We are Vineyard, but amazingly we don't have ANY flags. Thank goodness, I find them to be horribly distracting during worship. Dancing I don't mind though, but the flags bug me.
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/2/2008 4:25:09 PM
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I just like to go in, sit down, sing a hymn, have some stuff, sing another hymn, offering, hymn, get up and leave. (See? Boring. But I *like* it.)
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I just like what I like. I personally don't feel I am worshiping "less" because I am not clapping, dancing or twirling. BUT THAT'S ME.
Me, too.
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/2/2008 4:33:01 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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Is "have some stuff" where your sermon is?
How do ya'll churches/pastor teach?
We do a book at a time, broken down by verse or sometimes we will do a series on a certain topic. Last year we did about 6 months on getting to know Jesus and who He was. It was really neat to study specifically about Jesus' life and the events that took place.
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RE: Kicka, part 3 - 7/2/2008 6:06:54 PM
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Ok I believe in the Baptist Distinctive part of their website but they get off on a tangent (my opinion, of course) about KJV being the best translation of the bible. Maybe it is but I will stick with my NIV for two reasons. A very long time ago, I tried reading the KJV translation of the bible and I just couldn't get the gist of it and the meaning of the passages nearly as well as when I switched to the NIV. The second reason is, I would find it very difficult to share key gospel passages with relatives and friends that are not saved. Its just not how the modern world (at least in the U.S.) is speaking and writing these days. Ok there is another debate we could all have till the cows come home!!! KJV verses NIV!!
Our Baptist church uses the NIV. I prefer a word--for-word translation like the NKJV for accuracy (NIV is thought for thought).
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