Rock-a-Thon
The Rock-a-Thon has become a Jr. High Sunday School tradition at CHPC, drawing youth into the idea of the church's mission to aid 'the least of these'. Our Mashambanzou page describes the clinic in Zimbabwe that this fund-rasier assists, as well as basic details about the event. It occurs on the Saturday closest to World AIDS day (Dec 1). The documents linked below give more details.
Basically, this is a 12-hour Sunday School event. The kids get sponsors from their friends, families, and the congregation, and rock in the rocking chairs the whole time, except for 10-minute breaks every hour. We have presentations on Zimbabwe, AIDS, poverty, the clinic, and the biblical basis for the church's mission to provide help. We do take some time to play some jeopardy-style games, a few little card games and other mixers during breaks, later in the evening ,we'll show movies, share some pizza, and, if the kids are well enough behaved, allow for a game of sardines near the end, toward the morning. We keep food in a separate room, and parcel it out during breaks. No isolating technologies, such as phones or personal music players are allowed. Bringing music to share is OK, but generally, we have a plan for what we're talking about or paying attention to at any point in time. This plan develops gradually as the big day approaches . . .
Since we're serving food, and these kids are in our custody over night, we need parental permission slips with information regarding allergies, medications, and dietary needs.
Since we're trying to raise funds, we have sponsor sheets (basic info is there to aid the youth in explaining the event).
All of this documentation only needs to be brought in on the day of the Rock-a-Thon, but we do need to make sure everyone has a rocker, so as soon as you know you have a Jr. High kid who wants to rock, send an email to Pastor Susan.
Basically, this is a 12-hour Sunday School event. The kids get sponsors from their friends, families, and the congregation, and rock in the rocking chairs the whole time, except for 10-minute breaks every hour. We have presentations on Zimbabwe, AIDS, poverty, the clinic, and the biblical basis for the church's mission to provide help. We do take some time to play some jeopardy-style games, a few little card games and other mixers during breaks, later in the evening ,we'll show movies, share some pizza, and, if the kids are well enough behaved, allow for a game of sardines near the end, toward the morning. We keep food in a separate room, and parcel it out during breaks. No isolating technologies, such as phones or personal music players are allowed. Bringing music to share is OK, but generally, we have a plan for what we're talking about or paying attention to at any point in time. This plan develops gradually as the big day approaches . . .
Since we're serving food, and these kids are in our custody over night, we need parental permission slips with information regarding allergies, medications, and dietary needs.
Since we're trying to raise funds, we have sponsor sheets (basic info is there to aid the youth in explaining the event).
All of this documentation only needs to be brought in on the day of the Rock-a-Thon, but we do need to make sure everyone has a rocker, so as soon as you know you have a Jr. High kid who wants to rock, send an email to Pastor Susan.