tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89415258015444088442012-01-23T11:05:26.737-08:00God's Exceptional Miracles The disability Ministry of Bear Creek Church in Medford, ORBCC'S DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10096195138129063976noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125blogspot/HPCshttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotationtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8941525801544408844.post-41474046027097233742011-10-07T16:38:00.000-07:002011-11-05T09:40:37.206-07:002011-11-05T09:40:37.206-07:00

Bear Creek Church is hosting another respite morning on Saturday November 19th from 9am-12noon. This event is open to the public and free of charge.The morning will include music, games, crafts, snacks and movies. We also will have a quiet room set aside for those who need a place away from all the stimulation. Unless otherwise arranged each of your children will be paired up with a volunteer (a

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We are hosting another respite morning on May 14th from 9am-12noon; check-in begins at 8:45am.The morning will include music, games, crafts, snacks and movies. We also will have a quiet room set aside for those who need a place away from all the stimulation. Unless otherwise arranged each of your children will be paired up with a volunteer (a “buddy” )to assist them through the activities of the

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We are hosting another respite day on February 12th from 9am-12noon; check-in begins at 8:45am.The morning will include music, games, crafts, snacks and movies. We also will have a quiet room set aside for those who need a place away from all the stimulation. Unless otherwise arranged each of your children will be paired up with a volunteer (a “buddy” )to assist them through the activities of the

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Registration is now open for our Oct. 23 respite morning.When: October 23rd 9am-12pm – Check in starts at 8:45am.Where: St. Mary’s School, the meeting place of Bear Creek Church. 816 Black Oak DR, Medford, ORWho: Children with disabilities and their siblings ages 0-14.The morning will include music, games, crafts, snacks and movies. We also will have a quiet room set aside for

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We're excited to announce that we have scheduled some respite mornings for the next school year.The first is Oct 23More info and applications will be up soon.

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The spring session of the TOPSoccer team hosted by Bear Creek Church is here.March 30th – May 25thTuesday evenings 6:15-7:45pmTo register and for further information please contact Tom Eastwold at tdmleastwold@msn.com

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Joni and Friends family retreats are week long camps that are for families that have one or more members with a disability, the children are paired up with STM's (short term missionaries) who volunteer(and pay!) to work along side your family, helping the children through the various activities of the day, while the parents/caregivers have various workshops and pampering to attend. The evenings

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from Bear Creek Church.We are pleased to announce that Bear Creek Church is busy planning a second respite day event and we hope that your kids will be able to join us. Save the date:Saturday, Feb 13Ages 0-1210 till 1 PM (check in at 9:45)St. Mary's School grounds(drop off in the gym)As we wanted to give you parents a chance to have a meal "date", we are planning lunch this time. The kids will

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Share your talent at the 7th annual Celebration and Talent Show November 20, 2000 from 7pm to 8:30pm.Whether you are an expert or just beginning, we want to celebrate the talent god has given you.This talent show is for everyone!!All abilities are encouraged to participate. Children, adults, parents, and grandparents are welcome!We will also share how God blessed the Chapter in 2009 and we will

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G.E.MS / BCC is going to be sponsoring a TOPSoccer program in the Rouge Valley. .STARTING Tuesday Oct. 27, 06:45 to 07:45 and every Tuesday there after until Dec, 15, (excluding Nov. 24, Thanksgiving week). We will be playing soccer at Abraham Lincoln Elementary.We are excited about having another opportunity to serve your families. Your children will have a blast playing soccer with us.

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We are very pleased with how it turned out. Being our first one we were not totally sure on how it would end up, but it ended up being such a wonderful day.We were able to bless 13 children from 8 families and they all seem to enjoy themselves as did the volunteers from Church that worked with them.The team is meeting to do some further fine tuning and planning but I think we’ll defiantly get

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Parents, would you like a few hours to get some rest, maybe get some shopping done, or to just breath?We would like to help you.Bear Creek Church's disability ministry is hosting a respite day for your children. They will be individually cared for by volunteers and have a morning of fun, including music, games, crafts and more. We will also have a separate room available for your children that

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The disability ministry team is pleased to announce that Bear Creek Church will be holding its first respite day on Oct 10 in the A.M.We are still in the beginning planning stages so we may not have many answers yet,but mark your calendars and stay tuned to this site as in the next few weeks we will be updating it with more news, details and the application to fill out for your children to attend

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The Southern Oregon chapter of Joni & Friends is hosting a Square Dance and Barbecue on Thursday, Aug 20th.All ages and abilities are welcome. This is the 7th Annual Square Dance and Barbecue where you will have a fun evening of good food and great fellowship.Location:Rogue Valley Square Dance Center3377 Tablerock RoadCentral PointPlease RSVP by August 17.BCCSDM@gmail.comorolstad1@juno.com (this

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A 8 member team from Church headed down to CA to serve at the 2nd Joni & Friends Family retreat in Scotts Vally, CA. July 19th-24th.I was privileged to attend this one. It was my first time attending a J&F retreat, it is an absolutely amazing experience.the 2nd team (minus 1) waiting for the families to arrive.

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A 11 member team from Church headed down to CA to serve at a Joni & Friends Family retreat June 7th-12th.From the stories they've told they had an absolutely wonderful time.

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On Sunday Feb 8th we held our second DA Sunday. This time we held the CFWIF for the adults while the children, preK-4th, went together to a group Sunday school that was organized and led by a couple on our DM team.They did a fabulous job of pulling materials together to make a kids level disability awareness lesson. Focusing on how everyone has an ability and we need everyone to work together

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On Sunday, February 1st, we held Come Feel What I Feel(CFWIF), which is an interactive workshop designed to bring awareness of the difficulties that surround various disabilities.We set up 7 of the available 12 stations, due to time and room constants we couldn't do them all. Our preK - 4th grade Sunday school classes(over 45 kids) split into smaller groups and rotated through the various

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Hello, thank you for your interest in volunteering in our disability ministry, please take a few moments to read the requirementsBuddies in Sunday schoolBeing a buddy in Sunday school can be very rewarding, it involves meeting up with your assigned child when children are dismissed to Sunday school and you will remain with that child until they are picked up by a parent. During the class you will

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Bear Creek Church is a family friendly Church and children of any age are welcome to stay in the entire service. We also have a Nursery available the entire morning and we offer Sunday School for children through the 4th grade. 5th grade and above stay in the service with their parents.Our service starts at 9:30am with everyone together for worship and then the children are dismissed at the start

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On Sunday mornings, Bear Creek Church meets at 9:00 and 10:30 in the gym at St. Mary's School.816 Black Oak Drive in Medford, Oregon.We are a family friendly Church and children are always welcome to remain in for the entire service, the first service does not have anything for the children except for nursery, however for the 2nd service we have Sunday school clases for all ages.Sunday School Our

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Our disability ministry started in 2008. And it pretty much all due to my Church's senior pastor, Dale Meador's daughter Anne. Anne had served for several summers at Joni & Friends family retreat, this was and still is her passion. In the summer of '08 Pastor Dale, even though he didn't particularly want to go himself, signed up so that his daughter could go again. But, that camp changed him and

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