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Christian Education / Youth
Programs
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Welcome! We are grateful for the
opportunity to join with you in the Christian education of your
child/children. For our part, we will be here ready to teach,
to sing, to challenge, to laugh, to play, to pray, to help the young
ones of our community come to know God through Christ in a personal
and meaningful way. Our hour together with the children each
Sunday is a privilege and one we hold dear.
Nursery and Toddler
Care: a place where the very youngest among us begin to feel the
warmth and love of being in church school. Infants and
toddlers through age three are encouraged through play and story
time to feel that they are loved and cared for by the church family
and by God.
Pre-K: Here
children four and five years old who are not yet in Kindergarten
learn through play, story, song, and crafts of God’s great love for
them through Jesus. Parental involvement is welcome and
encouraged.
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Church School
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Church School Sunday June 15th
Summer Church School
begins June 22nd for K through 5th grade
Nursery Care for infants through age
4.
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Youth Group
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Back from Toronto!
Watch for Shareholders' Dinner
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EXPLORING FAITH
for children in Kindergarten through 5th
grade. Children meet as a large group
for worship, prayer, singing, offering
and the week's Bible story. Children
are then dismissed to their individual
classes to explore the story further
through activities, crafts, games and
projects.
'Tweens in
Transition - 6th grade - an
extension of Exploring Faith designed
especially for 6th graders, exploring
the Bible and applying it to their
world.
MEDIA AND
MEANING for 7th and 8th graders,
youth learn through questioning issues
facing them in the world as depicted in
films. Discussion and out-of-class
activities are included.
Choirs for Children
of all Ages: Under the direction of
Christian Education Music Directors Lori
Tomko and Kathy Noyes, three different choir
opportunities are available for children.
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Junior Choir is
available for children in Kindergarten
through third grade. Practice is
directly after church school for a
half-hour. Children will have their own
coffee hour snacks in their practice
areas. Middle Choir is for children in
4th through 6th grade and will utilize
various performance arts techniques
including sign language, skits,
instruments and more.
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Teen Choir is for
students in 7th through 8th grades.
This choir will sing gospel and
contemporary Christian music.
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The choirs will
participate in morning worship and in
the children’s worship on selected
Sundays throughout the year.
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Other
Opportunities for Children and Youth:
BIBLE EXPLORERS FOR THIRD
GRADERS Children in
third grade are invited to participate in a special
Bible class designed just for them. Bible Explorers
meet after school on Mondays, from 3:30 to 4:30. Our
goal is to bring each child to an understanding of how
the Bible is organized and how to use the Bible as a
resource in their lives using games, crafts, worship and
computers.
CONFIRMATION Confirmation for ninth graders begins
with an evening retreat in early January with classes
meeting each Sunday from 11:30am to 1:00pm. See Rae for
more information.
YOUTH MINISTRY Youth groups are a time for fun,
fellowship, faith building and outreach to others.
Games, crafts and service projects keep the groups
active and growing in their relationships with one
another and with the church community.
WEDNESDAY’S
PALS, a youth group for children in 4th grade meet the
first and third Wednesdays of each month from 2:50 to
3:50. Our Bible Study focus will be “Who?” and our
mission focus will be children in need.
MID-WEEK PEAK,
a youth group for children in 5th and 6th grades meets
the second and fourth Wednesdays from 2:50 to 3:50pm.
The Bible Study focus is “Who, 2?” and our mission focus
is church shut-ins.
JUNIOR HIGH
FELLOWSHIP, a youth group for young people in 7th and
8th grades meets every Sunday from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Our
Bible Study is “What?” and the mission focus is the Food
Pantry.
SENIOR HIGH
FELLOWSHIP is a youth group for high school aged youth.
Meetings are every Sunday from 7:15 to 8:45. Bible
Study centers on “So What?” and our mission outreach
culminates in a week-long mission trip in June through
YouthWorks! |
