Sundays for Children
The Sunday School teachers and a few other special guests offer weekly messages to children at the beginning of worship each Sunday. Families are invited to begin 10 a.m. worship in the Sanctuary. Following the Children’s Message, children are guided to Sunday School for ages 6 months through 7th grade. Parents with infants are welcome to worship in the Sanctuary or in the Prayer Ground in the Narthex. You are invited to look around and greet a child and their family each Sunday. We celebrate the joyful and life-filled presence beloved children bring to our community each week.
Sunday School for the Fall
As our family ministry grows, we see a need for more age-appropriate and developmentally relevant spaces for children, especially the older elementary/incoming youth. Our plan starting in the fall is to have 3 groups for Sunday School following the children’s message in worship:
– Nursery Care for 6 months through toddler
– Younger Elementary for Kinder-3rd graders
– New Sunday School group for 4th-7th graders
Jamie Jones and Cady Senior will be providing Nursery Care for 6 months through toddler, using the Cokesbury’s Deep Blue curriculum with additional youth who will come in to assist as needed.
Dot Plukas and Sandra Jones will be leading the Younger Elementary group for Kinder through 3rd grade, using the Big Faith curriculum which provides fun and hands-on theologically sound resources for faith building with young children.
Adam Guerrero and parent volunteers will be leading the new Sunday School group for our 4th through 7th graders. They will be using Illustrated Ministry’s Mini Revolutions curriculum, which follows the Lectionary Year and will match the Scripture/theme we have in worship each Sunday. We are excited for Sunday School!
If you are interested in helping or serving as a volunteer, please contact Jamie for more information.
Children and Family Resources:
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Faith in Action: Faith in Action is a day when the children and youth work together to perform a gracious act of community service. View more and see past service projects
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Families United Against Racism: Resources and opportunities to learn about and stand against racism as a family.
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