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July 2008 - Posts

  • Time to Order!

    Fall is quickly approaching, and many of you will be starting up your clubs again, or for the first time!  How exciting!  We at Kids 4 Truth have been preparing for the new year as well, adding support staff, purchasing inventory, etc.  We hope you'll find that some of our improvements are a big help to you.

    In order to be invoiced through our on-line store, the Kids 4 Truth staff will need to add your account to the invoicing group.  Please contact clubs@kids4truth.com if you'd like to have this option added to your account.

    As note earlier this year, many of our items are now being shipped from different locations across the country.  You will need to keep this in mind as you place orders.  Here's a quick refresh of what has changed since last fall, and some standard shipping timeframes for UPS Ground (our default shipping option).

    • Books, Entrance Exams, Songbooks, Banners, Shirts, Totes, Bible Covers, Award Certificates - Kansas City Warehouses
    • Standards, Patches, Misc. Items, Tracts, Award Pins, Parallel Documents - TN Office
    • T-Shirts, Posters, Postcards - SC Warehouse

    - From Kansas City Area

    • 1 Day - IA, KS, portions of MO, NE, OK, IL
    • 2 Day - Most of the Midwest and Southeast
    • 3 Day - New England, West Coast, Florida
    • 4 Day - AK, HI

    - From TN Office

    • 1 Day - TN, KY, portions of OH, NC, AL, GA, VA
    • 2 Day - Southeast, Midwest, FL, PA
    • 3 Day - New England, Northern Midwest, CO, NM, most of TX
    • 4 Day - AZ, portions of ME, WY, MN, PR, AK
    • 5 Day - Pacific Northwest, West Coast
    • 6 Day - HI, portions of OR, CA, ID

    - From SC Warehouse

    • 1 Day - SC, portions of NC, AL, GA, VA, TN
    • 2 Day - Rest of the Southeast, Ohio Valley, FL, PA
    • 3 Day - New England, Midwest, CO, TX
    • 4 Day - AZ, NM, Dakotas, PR, AK
    • 5 Day - Pacific Northwest, West Coast
    • 6 Day - HI, portions of OR, CA, ID

    As we approach the fall, many churches will all be placing orders at the same time.  The earlier you get your order in, the earlier we can get it to you.  Please allow at least 2-3 weeks before your club begins for your order to arrive.  The goal of the Kids 4 Truth staff is to ship orders 24-48 hours after the order is placed; however, during the busy fall ordering season, we cannot guarantee this.  Orders will be shipped on a first come-first served basis.  Also, please remember that banners take up to two weeks to be shipped, and shirts take up to four weeks.

    As always, please feel free to contact us anytime you have questions.  We are here to serve you.

  • Director's StartUp Manuals

    Are you ready to begin a club and don't know where to start?  We recommend that you begin by going through one of the Director's StartUp Manuals (http://equipu.kids4truth.com/files/folders/director_start_up_manuals/default.aspx).  Kids 4 Truth has kept the curriculum as flexible as possible so that churches can choose how they want to use the program and not have to fit our mold.  Ministries have different preferences on teaching (learning) methods.  We have addressed this by writing two different Director's StartUp Manuals to use when setting up a program:

    • Director's StartUp Manual: Traditional Club/Individual Study = for churches who like the "traditional club approach" where children work through the TruthBook on their own pace.
    • Director's StartUp Manual: Focused Group Study = for churches who prefer to keep children learning on the same pace within the same unit (question/answer).

    The teaching (learning) method you choose to use is not limited by the service in which you plan to use the curriculum.  Either method will work in almost any setting.  Therefore, neither of these methods are tied to one particular type of service.  It is also important to note that churches do not need to feel tied down to just one method as some clubs choose to use both methods.  For example:

    • Some use the Traditional Club/Individual Study for their older children while they use the Focused Group Study for younger children who do not read well and/or need more help.
    • Some use the Traditional Club/Individual Study for their regular church children and the Focused Group Study for children from unchurched homes.

    Need help setting up a program for your church?  Please do not hesitate to contact our office at: clubs@kids4truth.com or 866-754-4272.  We will be happy to help you customize a program that is unique to your ministry's individual needs.

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