Use these to celebrate at the end of the service to accompany a favorite song. Celebrate with the Arts Arts Festival 2001 Provide an opportunity to celebrate the New Year with the artistic gifts of children in your congregation. Invite children to compose stories, poems, prayers and essays comparing the church in the book of Acts to the church in the present and to tell how the church may be different in the future. Include original art illustrating the writings as well as music, dance and drama to enhance the event. Compile letters to God written by the children of your congregation.
Younger children can dictate their letters to adults.
Be sure to ask children to illustrate their letters. Publish the letters bound in booklet form. Distribute the booklets as gifts to members and visitors on the day of your celebration. Celebrate with Outreach Millennial Mission Trip Observe the gifts God has given you by sharing with others. Take children on a local mission trip to help at a food pantry, soup kitchen or homelessshelter.