Save the Date!

Are your kids ready to run?!? The Healthy Kids Running Series kicks off Sunday April 19th at 2pm!
The series has been in our community for years, but this the first season Sparta Church will host the races. We're so excited to use the beautiful property God has given us to  host these races.

The HKRS' goal is to motivate kids to lead a healthy and active lifestyle through a positive introduction to the world of running. There are five races (one a week for 5 weeks). Kids ages 2-14  years old  race age appropriate distances (see  below). At the end of the five weeks series, all kids will receive a medal for participating. In competitive division (ages kindergarten and up), the top finishers will be awarded a trophy as well.

Race Dates: 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/31 at 2pm.
Races begin with the youngest racers first and all races will be completed before 3pm.

Jesus is alive! And we can’t wait to help you celebrate with the kids in your ministry. When Jesus died for our sins, He reconciled us to God, and then when He stepped out of the tomb, He defeated the power of death. This is the reason that we can have joy, no matter what’s going on in our lives. This was all part of God’s rescue plan that began in the Garden.

WEEK 4 - Pentecost/Fruit of the Spirit
We wrap up the month as God’s promised Holy Spirit shows up in tongues of fire, imparting to the believers an ability to speak so that people of all nations could understand them. Peter stood up amid the crowds gathered for the Feast of Weeks and preached such a powerful sermon that 3,000 people were filled with joy and became followers of Jesus, too!
This weeks Bottom Line "God’s Spirit gives you joy."

Hey dads! We have a really great opportunity to connect and grow with your son(s) this May! Join other dads and sons for a Father Son Weekend at Camp Orchard Hill May 15th-17th. Erwin Morales will be coordinating a group from Sparta Church.
For more info and to register click here.

Breakaway Day Camp is our 4 week summer day camp for kids ages 6-12 in our church and community! Each week (register up for as many as your like) is full of activity, energy and a daily Bible lesson. Find out more here.

Thank you to our kids and families who joined us in worship this Resurrection Sunday!
In Psalm 8, David marvels that through the praises of infants and children, our God silences His foes.  When our kids join us in worship, it is not just cute- it's powerful! It was such a joy having our kids join us in worshipping our risen, victorious King!

Psalm 8

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
    in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
    to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
    the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
    which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?
5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels
    and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
    you put everything under their[g] feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
    and the animals of the wild,
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,
    all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!