East Hill Weekday Children's Ministry

It's that time again! We would love for you and your family to come out and join us at East Hill in our parking lot for another family movie night. We will have free popcorn and soda for all who attend. Bring a lawn chair, invite a few friends, and get ready for a fun evening together. We will see you there! If you have any other questions, feel free to email us at [email protected] or you can call our church office at (850) 224-9911.

Summer is almost over,
so let’s end it with a splash!
Come out and join us on August 5th from 6-8PM at the East Hill field!
There will be a large water slide, splash pad, hamburgers & hot dogs, and fun with the whole family.
Don’t forget to bring your bathing suits, towels, and lawn chairs for seating.
We hope you will join us for this evening of family fun and field events!
Please email [email protected] or [email protected] to RSVP or if you have any questions.

The start of SDC 2022 “Peace by Piece” is right around the corner! In the meantime, take a look at what will be going on across the parking lot! East Hill Baptist Church is hosting a VBS that you should absolutely check out. Contact Carrie Lajeunesse at [email protected] with any questions!

We will be opening SDC registration again Tuesday, April 12th at 12:00pm!

With that said, many of our groups are full. Please complete the registration for your child(ren) with the expectation that they will most likely be on a waitlist. As we gain staff for SDC, our hope is that the capacity for each group will grow.

Thank you for your understanding and support of East Hill Children’s Ministries! 💚

Now Hiring for 2022 Summer Day Camp!!! Like working with kids? Have a passion for sharing the word of Christ? Available to work June 6th-August 5th? Apply Today!

Instructors: Word, Praise, Arts & Crafts, Gym, Expressions, and Outdoor Games

Group Leaders: Servcies the following different graders, VPK/Prek 4 through 8th Grade

Other: Lifeguards, Runners (Food Service & Cleaning)

Send an email to [email protected] to set up an interview!

SPREAD THE WORD!!!!

Chapter VII of the Civil Rights Act provides a hiring exception, which allows us to require religious qualifications in order
to be considered for or offered a position in this church ministry. We hire professing Christians who are active and
committed to a local Christian church and/or campus ministry. Employees must be willing to teach Christian
principles as approved by the Program Administration of East Hill Baptist Church. Employees may be called upon
to give their testimony describing their decision to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. All employees will
be expected to display an appropriate attitude for working in a Christian environment and a willingness to
minister to the children and fellow staff. We believe in working as team and unified body of Christ. All employees
are expected to be respectful, punctual, and full of the spirit when they come to work.

We are very honored and excited to have received so many registration forms these last two weeks! With that said, groups are beginning to reach their capacity quickly. We are temporarily closing down our registration system to allow time to adequately enroll and respond to each family. We will update our website as soon as we are able to open registration again. Thank you for your understanding and support of East Hill Children’s Ministries!

Happy day! 💚 Registration is now open for our 2022 Summer Day Camp: Peace by Piece! Please visit our website for more information and registration instructions. We are so excited!! 🤩

East Hill Baptist Preschool and our Before and After School programs will be closed tomorrow, August 16th due to Tropical Storm Fred. Per our Parent Handbook, we will always follow the Leon County Schools closures regarding weather and emergency situations. We will miss you all! Thank you for your understanding, and please stay safe!

Summer is almost over, so let’s end it with a splash! Come out and join us on August 6 from 5:30-8PM at the East Hill field for water slides, hamburgers & hot dogs, and fun with the whole family. Don’t forget to bring your bathing suits, towels, and an extra lawn chair for seating. We hope you will join us for this evening of family fun and field events!

**This free event is being hosted by East Hill Baptist Church.

Happy day! Our Before and After School registration is now open! Please check out those forms and additional registration information on our website: easthillweekday.com. We are thankful for you all, and we are looking forward to an awesome school year! 🤩

Happy day! Our Before and After School registration is now open! Please check out those forms and additional registration information on our website: easthillweekday.com. We are thankful for you all, and we are looking forward to an awesome school year!

Happy day! Our Before and After School registration is now open! Please check out those forms and additional registration information on our website: easthillweekday.com. We are thankful for you all, and we are looking forward to an awesome school year! 🤩

Dear Parents,
I want to apologize, once again, for the rollercoaster ride you all have been subjected to over the past week as we have navigated how to handle this current COVID situation most wisely and appropriately. I appreciate the overwhelming amount of kindness and support that many of you have shown and am so thankful for your patience and grace as we make hard decisions regarding how to move forward in the coming weeks.

** As we are receiving more information from DOH, we are constantly keeping in mind the weight of our responsibility to love and serve every family in our program well with respect for your health and safety. **

As information regarding new positive cases has continued to trickle in, we have now seen at least 1 positive case in every group in our camp with the exception of our Son Guppies and Group 2. With this information, I firmly believe it would be unwise and irresponsible to be too hasty in our efforts to reopen. Because of this, I have decided it is in our best interest to be closed for Week 4 of camp. I am terribly sorry that this closure is pushing into another week, but I am confident this move will give us the best hope to finish our last four weeks of camp without interruption.

If you have already submitted a payment for Week 4, please send us an email to advise whether we can roll your payment into a future week, or if you would prefer a refund. PLEASE MAKE MENTION OF WHICH WEEK IS BEING ADDRESSED.

We will return to camp for Week 5 (July 12-16).

Thank you so much, and God Bless!

We are currently calling all parents, but in case you have not received a call yet, please see the following important information:

We have been advised to close Summer Day Camp this week of June 28th – July 2nd due to an increased number of COVID-19 cases in the building.

The families with direct exposure have already been notified.

We are so sorry for this inconvenience, but our main concern is safety of our children, families, staff, and community.

Please send an email to [email protected] to receive a refund or a credit to your account. We will re-open on Tuesday, July 6th.

Kenny Nelson
Director
East Hill Weekday Ministry

2021 East Hill SDC Memory Verse: Week 2 (Psalm 31:24)

Get excited for another stellar week at camp! Campers will discover what it is to go on a Journey of Courage during Super Hero Week!

Get a head start on memorizing this weeks memory verse!

2021 East Hill SDC Memory Verse: Week 2 (Psalm 31:24) Psalm 31:24 is Week 2 Memory Verse for Super Hero Week at East Hill Summer Day Camp. The summer is surrounded on the theme, "THE HELM: God Directs the Way". ...

Week 1 Memory Verse (2021)

We had an amazing first week of camp! Make sure to check out our Week 1 Memory Verse!
https://youtu.be/LRH_-3HTPw4

Week 1 Memory Verse (2021) 2021 Week 1 Memory Verse for East Hill Summer Day Camp. Proverbs 16:9. Performed by Brandon Myrick

FROM MRS. WHITNEY:

Today marks my official “SAD LAST DAY” at East Hill Weekday Children’s Ministry. It’s both bittersweet and incredibly exciting. Looking back on the last 8 years, it has been a journey of growth, discovery, and absolute blessings. Though I will miss everyone terribly, I am so excited for the next chapter for the programs!

I have been able to grow into a stronger woman of faith while always maintaining the spirit of a child. It’s a conundrum, though I always felt that was what made my job so much fun! Through this journey, God has used the programs amazing Parents, Children, and Staff to help mold me into the person I am today. I could not feel more blessed and thankful for being able to be part of their journeys… even if only for a little while.

To the Parent….
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me part of your village and family. Thank you for trusting the program and myself with your greatest gifts, your children. For every of the thousands of families over the years, you all have made such an impact in my life in one way or another. You have become dear friends, mentors, challengers, and encouragers. I’ll miss answering the door and surprised faces that I remember you year after year. I’ll miss answering the phone and helping with a thousand questions. I’ll miss our chats as we wait for your kids to slowly make their way through the building. I’ll miss the challenges faced in how I could better serve your family. Through your own journeys, I have learned how I will strive to raise my future children. I cannot thank you enough!

To the Children and Campers…
You are the reason I was driven to get up each day and strive to make the programs succeed! I might have impacted your life, but I promise you all have brought insurmountable joy into mine. Though there were moments that were not easy, they only challenged me to grow even more. It has been a true blessing to see you grow year-after-year into the young men and women you became and will become. I will miss leading you in Assemblies, doing skits, seeing you worship & dance in Chapel, having you run to the office with problems, begging when it’s pool time, helping you when you were sad or having a hard day, and even hearing the legos crash in the hallways. Thank you for years full of joy, attitude, tears, hugs, singing, enthusiasm, energy, pure kindness, and countless memories. Never forget to “Cast Your Burdens”, “See your prayer pose”, be a cool camper, give a high five fly by, do some “Devotion in Motion”, and let the SON shine!

To all the Staff past and present…
You have brought such an impact into my life. I have loved every minute (even the hard ones) working with you. You have become some of my dearest friends and resources outside of the program. My soul was filled when I easy able to mentor and assist you on your own journey. I love seeing the potential in you and watch it grow over the years. You challenged me to be a better leader, person, and employer. You all always rose to every challenge and circumstance with passion for serving children. I’ll miss seeing you take ownership of the programs and sharing your gifts with thousands of kids. I am blessed that God brought your path with mine here at East Hill!

To the Past Directors and Administration…
I hope I continued the legacy you left behind. I hope I did you justice by upholding traditions, bringing back forgotten traditions, and creating some additional. Through an unknown collaboration from childhood, teenage, and adult experiences, you impacted many choices I made.

To East Hill…
Thank you for trusting me. Thank you for allowing me to design with my creativity, grow in business development, serve countless families, and giving me the freedom to fly with God directing the way!

I deeply and truly LOVED my job and has brought me so much happiness... even in the hardest challenges. God molded me through each day at the Preschool, Before & After School, and Summer Day Camp. East Hill is “Where the SON always shines”, and I pray it always continues too.

All the love and joy,

Mrs. Whitney

We are so thankful for everyone who made our first day of camp such a fun time! Thank you for your continued support.

**Attention Parents**
**MASK UPDATE**

Following with the decision of Leon County Schools on June 11th, at the direction and guidance of the Florida Department of Health, who have ceased requiring masks to be worn through the Summer and next school year, we will no longer be requiring masks to to be worn at East Hill Summer Day Camp.

This is effective immediately, June 12th, for all campers and staff. Masks will be OPTIONAL. We respect all parents who decide to send their child with a mask.

We will still have all other safety precautions continued to be in place:
-screening
-hand sanitizer
-extra cleaning
-exterior pick up and drop off
-no parents or visitors in the building.

We understand and respect the decision of any parents who decides to pull their child for summer due to masks optional. There will be no penalty for that decision.

We look forward to seeing everyone’s smiling faces on Monday!

Great day in ending training with CPR/AED/First Aid for our SDC and Preschool staff!

Thank you so much CPR Tally for always doing an amazing job certifying and training our staff!

We are blessed to have so many incredible families joining us this year! Summer is approaching fast and we can't wait! While we are in the process of finalizing our numbers, we still have room for Campers who have completed 5th Grade this year. Please register today to secure their spot!

*****FREE EVENT*****
School may not be out, but come get a head start this Friday night!

WHAT: Drive-In Movie
MOVIE: “Raya the Last Dragon”
TIME: 8:30pm
WHERE: East Hill Baptist Church Parking Lot

THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 4th ‼️ Starting at 8:30pm, we will be hosting another outdoor movie night! 🎥 This movie showing of “Raya and the Last Dragon” will not be “Drive-In” themed in order to accommodate for more people, so we do encourage each person to bring a lawn chair to sit in and park in the lower or upper parking lots here on campus due to the middle lot being roped off for seating. There will be popcorn 🍿, soda 🥤, and boiled peanuts 🥜 ALL FREE! We hope to see you there!

2021 Registration is now CLOSED. We still have availability for completed 4th & 5th Graders. We are accepting Waitlist.

If the situation changes, we will open enrollment back up.

To All Preschool, Before & After School, and Summer Day Camp Parents...

Now Hiring for 2021 Summer Day Camp!!! Like working with kids? Have a passion for sharing the word of Christ? Available to work June 14th-August 6th? Apply Today!

Instructors: Word, Praise, Arts & Crafts, Gym, Expressions, and Outdoor Games

Group Leaders: Servcies the following different graders, VPK/Prek 4 through 8th Grade

Other: Lifeguards, Food Service, and Cleaners

Apply at http://www.easthillweekday.com/employment.php

SPREAD THE WORD!!!!

After Thursday, April 29th, 2021 Registration will be temporarily CLOSED. This allows us to assess enrollment for the different weeks. Please submit registration by April 29th to secure a spot!!!

We plan to open back up registration for available weeks and groups on Friday, May 7th.

East Hill Weekday Children's Ministry Council is thrilled to announce, Mr. Kenny Nelson, as the new Director of East Hill Weekday!

All Programs are CLOSED for Good Friday, April 2nd.

We will reopen on Monday, April 5th with All Day Rec for school age and normal operations for Preschool.

Happy Early Easter to all our amazing and wonderful families! We are blessed to share Christ’s love with the kids and their families!

Parents... Today is the last day to Pre-Register for 2021 Summer Day Camp! Make sure to register via email by today to have $50 Registration Fee waived!!!

Check out www.easthillweekday.com for more details!

All are welcome! Invite friends and family! Come and join us!

It's that time again for another Family Drive-In Movie Night right here at East Hill! Free popcorn, soda, and movie showing right out in our parking lot. Make sure to bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and get ready for a family fun night. Invite your family and friends to come along!

*Weather permitting - You just never know with Florida!

Come and join us for another amazing East Hill Summer Day Camp!

REGISTRATION PACKETS NOW AVAILABLE!

June 14th-August 6th
$150/Child
Weekdays, 7:30am-6pm
Completed VPK/PreK4 - 8th Grade

Registration begins March 24th!

Swimming, Word, Praise, Expressions, Gym, Outdoor Games, Art, Gameroom, Opening Celebration, Special Events, Assembly, AMPED, and so much more!!!

Parents of Leon County School students or future students, put your input in with the survey options.

The LCS Academic Calendar is an important part of our academic, professional and personal lives. For that reason, we would greatly appreciate the community’s assistance in the decision-making process for the 2021-2022 and the 2022-2023 school-year calendars.

Please consider reviewing the calendar options and completing the LCS Academic Calendar Survey at this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LCScalendar21
by 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 3.

ATTENTION PARENTS who’s child(ten) attended Preschool, Before & After School, and Summer Day Camp in 2020:

For your 2020 Tax Statement, please email the front office, [email protected], to request one. In the email, please state your child’s name and program they attended. Please allow 48 business hours to receive your statement back via email.

If you have any questions, please call or email us.