BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260420T062946Z UID:10-1040983@go2hrcc.org DTSTART:20260902T233000Z DTEND:20260903T010000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260420T010936 DESCRIPTION:At the core of most fruit are the seeds that make that fruit wh at it is. The seeds are planted and\nnurtured\, and the plant grows that b ares the fruit. Core is about planting seeds of the gospel in\nthe hearts of children so that they grow into the people God created them to be. C.O. R.E!\nstands for four seeds that we hope to instill in the lives of the ki ds who come through this\nprogram:\n\nC – Christ\n“Jesus grew in wisdo m and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.” Luke 2:52 (N LT)\nFirst things first\, it always starts with our savior Jesus. The scri pture says that\nJesus grew into the man who saved the world\, which is an important reminder for\neveryone at C.O.R.E! – becoming like Jesus take s work. It took work for Jesus himself!\nAs the kids come to C.O.R.E! they will learn about the life Jesus lead and what God\nhopes for all of his c hildren. They will learn that they can rely on the Holy Spirit to help\nth em make good choices that honor God and that they have been given the grac e to\nlive a life that looks like Jesus’ life. Bible lessons will be an integral part of the C.O.R.E!\ncurriculum\, but kids will be able to do mo re than hear about God’s love for them\, they\nwill have the opportunity to show that love to others.\n\n \n\nO – Outreach\n“And the King wil l say\, ‘I tell you the truth\, when you did it to one of the least of t hese my brothers and sisters\, you were doing it to me!" Matthew 25:40 (NL T)\nAt C.O.R.E! kids will be participating in outreach or community servic e projects\nregularly. We believe that God works through all of his people \, big or smaller\, or\nsmaller. There are lots of things that kids can do to show the love of Jesus to their\ncommunity\, in their schools\, or chu rch. The evenings that we dedicate the program to\noutreach will involve t hings like prepping and packaging gifts to deliver to shut-ins\,\nnursing homes\, or homeless shelters. One night we will pack shoes boxes for Opera tion\nChristmas Child\, which donates Christmas presents to kids all over the world. We\npartner with local foster homes to find opportunities to ha ve our kids serve other kids.\nThere are simple things that we believe wil l help plant the seed of service and outreach\ninto the hearts of the chil dren who attend C.O.R.E!\n\n \n\nR – Relationships\n“So now I am givi ng you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you\, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John 13:34-35 (NLT)\nBuilding one another up in love is one of the seeds C.O.R.E! hopes to plant in the\nhearts of the kids who come to the program. The Bible often is addressed to a group of\ npeople\, not individuals. While we will teach the children that Jesus lov es them\nindividually\, and that they are able to have a personal relation ship with God the Father\,\nthe Son\, and the Holy Spirit\, they will also learn that they were created to be in\nrelationships. There are three imp ortant relationships that we will seek to cultivate: a\nrelationship with Jesus\, with adult mentors\, with their peers. Statistics show that people \nleading their friends to Jesus is one of the most effective ways that an yone comes to\nknow Christ\, and that includes kids sharing with kids. Our hope is to encourage kids to\nbe emboldened to talk to their friends abou t their relationship with Jesus. This\nencouragement will be reiterated by their adult mentor/small group leader. Studies also\nshow that children w ith multiple positive role models in their life\, outside of their home\,\ nbecome more successful and well-rounded adults. C.O.R.E! will seek to pro vide positive\nChristian role-models for the kids in the program.\n\n \n\ nE – Everyone!\n“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son\, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but ha ve eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)\nJesus loves everyone\, and so do we! There are so many passages of scripture\nthat talk about how at the foot o f the cross the things that divide us are no longer\nimportant. At C.O.R.E ! every child is welcome and so we will be actively creating\nprograms tha t are enjoyable and inviting for different types of children. We know that \nthere are different types of learning\, and so that will shape our teach ing times. We know\nthat some kids love active games and some kids like qu iet artistic activities\, so we will\ndo our best to offer a variety of op tions. We know that kids are coming with differing\nlevels of ability\, wh ether that is physical or emotional or cognitive\, we will take all of\nth ose factors into account and while every week may not be suited for all th e children in\nthe room\, our intention is to offer a diversity of activit ies and teaching strategies so that\neveryone feels welcome\, safe\, and l oved. This is also one of the reasons C.O.R.E! will\nalways be a free prog ram.\n LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T010936 LOCATION:Gymnasium\; 2531 Hobson Rd\, Downers Grove\, IL 60516 SUMMARY:C.O.R.E URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.go2hrcc.org/events/c-o-r-e/2026-09-02 ATTACH;FILENAME=Events-SiteNews-%283%29.png;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dq5pw pg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2023/09/24/16/58/07/16611d25-91d7-496a-a4c8-f55cbf f863b4/Events-SiteNews-%25283%2529.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR