Children

Sunday Morning Children’s Programs (infants through 4th grade)

Our little ones are cared for by nurturing adults and youth who provide a warm and comforting experience. You will be asked to sign in when you drop off and pick up your child. Submitting a Children’s Ministry registration form will give us additional information about your child and enable us to better care for him or her.

9:00 a.m.

• Infant through 2 year olds cared for in the nursery.
• 2 year-olds through Kindergarteners participate In a hands-On Bible curriculum that focuses on objects children can touch and manipulate to make a lasting impression.
  • Bring your child to the age specific classroom and check-in prior to worship.
• 1^st graders – 4^th graders participate in Journey of Faith, a rotation model Sunday School.  Children experience the same thematic lesson in five unique interactive settings over the course of five weeks. This multi-layered approach allows children of different interests and learning styles to better understand the stories.  Lessons include workshops such as computer, video, drama, art, storytelling, games and cooking.
  • Parents sign child’s name on the grade specific clipboard in first floor Atrium prior to the worship service.
  • Children attend the beginning of worship with their family and following Words for Children, they are dismissed to meet their Shepherd in Fellowship Hall who will lead them to the appropriate workshop.

10:45* a.m.

• Infants – 3 years cared for in our nursery.
• 3 year-olds (by Sept. 1 of current school year)-2^nd graders participate in Godly Play where they learn theology through parable, sacred story, silence and liturgical action using Montessori-based curriculum which appeals to their natural curiosity and creativity allowing them to connect to God.
  • Bring your children directly to the Godly Play area prior to worship.
• 3^rd graders and older are invited to join us in the sanctuary for 10:45 worship.

Children are promoted to their new class level in September.
*No 10:45 Sunday School during summer months (June, July, August)