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Young
Children’s Ministry
Infants-2 years.
1st Floor Nursery. Coordinator: Sarah Stacy.
Curriculum: Each week the children have a
combination of a Bible verse, story, dramatic play, art,
music and a snack. This time is interactive and joyful!
As young children play, they are learning cooperation,
self-worth, responsibility, and trust. Children grow
spiritually! Rally Day theme—”Let’s Go To Church!”
Pre-school
Ages 3, 4, and 5 years.
Room 240. Teacher: Jan Pressman.
Curriculum: “Godprint.” The children will discover
God’s touch that changes lives. Because preschoolers are
instinctively creative, they respond with awe and wonder
to all that God has made in the lesson "God's Wonderful
World.”
Kindergarten
and Grade 1
Room 336. Teachers: Valire Copeland, Roberta
London, Judy Menk. Curriculum: "Godly Play." The
children are given the opportunity to learn the stories
of the Bible in an open classroom that emphasizes awe,
wonder, and the holy. Respect for one another is
essential as children imagine God's love for each one of
them.
Grades 2 and
3
Room 338. Teachers: Carol Hoehn, Nancy Magee.
Curriculum: "Godly Play." The children are given
the opportunity to learn the stories of the Bible in an
open classroom that emphasizes awe, wonder, and the
holy. Respect for one another is essential as children
imagine God's love for each one of them.
Grades 4 and
5
Room 335. Teachers: Linda Benedict, Kay
Shissler. Curriculum: Children’s Bible lessons in
the “Seasons of the Spirit” lectionary-based curriculum.
On Rally Day, the lesson “Freed to Be” helps children
find the meaning of what the church is. Jesus and Paul
call us to embrace both the cost and promise of living
in a faith community such as the church.
Baby
Lapsit
Baby Lapsit is for
infants through 18 months, from 10 to 10:30 am in the
first floor Nursery Suite. Coordinator: Laura Ristau.
Babies and their caregivers learn rhymes and songs while
fellowshipping with others.
Extended Session
For children and families who attend 11 am worship,
children are encouraged to participate as fully as they
are able during the first part of worship. About 20
minutes into the service, children are invited to come
forward for the Children's Sermon. Following the
Children's Sermon, Extended Session classes are provided
for: 3 & 4 year olds in Room 240 and kindergarten
through third graders in Room 217 and 224. Please
note that this is a change from last year. Fourth
and fifth graders will stay in worship with their
families. Activity clipboards will be available, or your
child might want to bring his or her favorite book.
Following worship, please pick up your children promptly
in the rooms noted above.
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