As kids return to Highway 252, we are excited to announce the opening of our “Filling Station”. One of our Ministry Plan goals for this year is to “implement age -appropriate incentives to help every child in Hwy 252 develop healthy spiritual habits”. We plan to do this by implementing a point system for the kids to use on a weekly basis. Our desire is for your child to have an exciting incentive to develop habits that we believe will help them grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ.

Here is how it works:

1,000 points - Check in to the Filling Station - Your child can earn points for simply checking in to the Filling Station!

1,000 points - Recite the virtue and definition - Your child can earn 1,000 points for reciting the current month’s virtue and definition every week. If they do it every week, that adds up to at least 4,000 points in one month! On the first week of the month, we will accept the current month’s virtue as well as the last month’s virtue.

1,000 - Look up and mark the memory verse in their Bible - Your child can earn 1,000 points by showing us the month’s memory verse highlighted or underlined in their Bible. On the first week of the month, we will accept the current month’s verse as well as the last month’s verse.

2,000 points - Bring their Bible to Highway 252 - Your child can earn points for showing their own Bible at the Filling Station.

5,000 - Recite the memory verse - We will award your child 5,000 points for reciting the memory verse for the month. On the first week of the month, we will accept the current month’s verse as well as the last month’s verse.

10,000 - Bring a signed GodTime Card - GodTime cards help your child develop a healthy habit of spending time with God. If you sign your child’s completed GodTime Card, they can earn points! GodTime cards are emailed to you weekly, and can also be found at ubcmiami.org/highwayblog. If you do another form of devotional time with your child, let us know and we’ll accept that, too.

10,000 - Bring a first-time visitor - When your child brings a friend for the first time, be sure to stop by the Filling Station with their guest. We will award 10,000 points for first-time visitors!

Our desire is for parents to partner with us by encouraging, reminding and assisting your children with the above items on a weekly basis when they come to Hwy 252. Prizes will be available for the first time on the weekend of January 28/29. As your child’s points accumulate, they can spend them on a variety of prizes on the last weekend of every month (i.e., candy, games, etc.) Some kids will save and some will spend, spend, spend. Help your child realize that some of the more ‘expensive’ prizes will be worth waiting for.

The filling station will be located in Room 212. There will be volunteers there before services, in between services and immediately following the 6:00 PM and 11:00 AM services. See you there!

Bring the whole family to this FREE and FUN community event. Wear a costume and try to win prizes in the costume contest, go trunk to trunk and collect candy, play on the bounce-houses, enjoy carnival snacks, and so much more! Click here to download and print your free raffle ticket (prizes include Heat tickets, Zoo Miami passes, giftcards, and more). Donate a bag with non-perishable food and drop off at the Feed Miami trunk to receive a free raffle ticket.

Looking for a FREE & FUN & FAMILY orientated event this Halloween? Then join us 3-6p on Sunday, October 30, for our annual BLOCK PARTY @ UBC. Carnival games, trunk or treat, costume contests, candy and much more will be set-up in the UBC parking lot. Want a free raffle ticket? Donate a bag with non-perishable food to Block Party and drop in the Feed Miami Van. This is a great opportunity to bring your family and friends to UBC.

Hey families!

Join us on Saturday, August 20th as we drop off the books and backpacks we have collected this summer! Open House Ministries is having their annual Back-to-School Bash and Highway 252 is invited to join the fun! After OHM kids visit each of the carnival booths, they will receive one of the backpacks we collected. Your family can help run a booth, or even join in the carnival games! Let’s partner with this Community Center to help kids in Homestead start the school year off right!

We will meet at UBC at 8:00 am and travel to OHM (1350 SW 4th St. Homestead, Fl 33030). For families going to the beach baptism, a second van will leave UBC at 11:00 am. Donuts will be provided for the earlier crew, but we suggest bringing a sack lunch to eat as we caravan back to UBC at 1:30 pm.

If you have any questions, contact Becky at becky.blanco@ubcmiami.org or 305.448.4425 x.272

Spaces are limited, so please RSVP below to JUMP into this Family Donation Celebration!

City Serve is less than a month away & we have some GREAT opportunities for your family to serve together. Here are the recommended family sites & links to register -

Florida Baptist Children’s Home (for families with young children) - 9:00a – 1:00p • 7748 SW 95th Terrace, Miami, FL 33156 - Light planting and landscaping….family picnic afterward. Bring your shovels and bring a side dish for the picnic.

Open House Ministries (all ages welcome) - 9:00a – 1:00p • 1350 SW 4th Street, Homestead, FL 33030 - Help the children of Open House Ministries kick-off their summer camp program. Volunteers will work alongside local community members to cover the Watering Hole, Registration Station, Crafts Cavern, Recreation Falls and the Bible Study Safari. Volunteers and community members will enjoy a community praise concert, featuring the Open House Ministries children’s choir, a guest choir from North Carolina, and a special guest from UBC. Hot dogs and hamburgers at noon!

Touching Miami With Love (all ages welcome for the summer kick-off) - 9:00a – 1:00p • 711 NW 6th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136 Transportation provided from UBC to TML and back. 1) Mural Projects – to help us create pre-designed interior murals in our new library and our front classroom to help beautify the space. Don’t worry you don’t have to be an artist to help! You just have to be able to use a paint brush. Ages 15+ for the mural painting 2) Summer Kick Off Celebration – to join us for our Summer Celebration. Volunteers help serve snow cones, cotton candy, help with bounce house and kick-off the summer program. Lunch provided on site.

Visit the City Serve site for more information or email missions@ubcmiami.org.

A HUGE thanks to our volunteers, who continue to help Discovery Land, Highway 252, FamJamz, and Family Ministry serve children and their families. If you are a current volunteer, please join us for the 3rd Annual Orange Awards on June 5, 2011 at 6p.

RSVP by emailing alison.bisesi@ubcmiami.org or by filling out the form below. Please indicate whether or not you need childcare in your RSVP.

JOIN US AT KIDS KAMP ‘11!

Kids Kamp is a sleep-away camp @ Camp Owaissa Bauer (Homestead, FL).  3rd graders (completed by 6/2011) will camp out for one night (July 11th-12th) - cost is $65.  4th & 5th graders (completed by 6/2011) will camp out for three nights (July 13th-16th)  - cost is $150.

Kids can expect rockin’ worship, intense games, crazy skits, campfire s’mores and hanging out with friends. Financial assistance is available.

Register for Kids Kamp 2011 (2nd Grade)

Register for Kids Kamp 2011 (3rd Grade)

Register for Kids Kamp 2011 (4th-5th Grade)

Already registered?  Download  a medical release form and turn in along with payment no later than June 26, 2011.

Kids Kamp 2011 (3rd Grade) Medical Release Form

Kids Kamp 2011 (4th-5th Grade) Medical Release Form

Kids Kamp Parent Packets

3rd Grade Kids Kamp Parent Packet

4th-5th Grade Kids Kamp Parent Packet

WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOLUNTEER AT KIDS KAMP?

We have several opportunities for you to sign up for: counselor, kitchen crew, recreation, programming and production. Select the appropriate form below, fill it out, and we’ll be in touch with you soon! Also, make sure to download a medical release form and get it turned in no later than June 26.

Click here if you are interested in being a Kids Kamp Counselor

Click here if you are interested in being a part of the Kitchen Crew, Programming/Production, or Recreation Teams

Kids Kamp 2011 Teen Medical Release Form

Kids Kamp 2011 Adult Medical Release Form

Don’t waste any time and register today! Deadline is June 26th!

If you have any questions feel free to contact addis.torres@ubcmiami.org or 305-448-4425 x 269. See you at Kids Kamp!

Parents, use this postcard to invite another family to UBC this Easter!

Click Here to download and print.