Infants - Age 2
Age 3 to Kindergarten
Grades 1 - 5, 9:45 am
Grades 1 - 5, 11:00 am
Grades 6 - 12, 11:00 am

Age 3 to Kindergarten

General Information

Early Childhood Ministry
Sunday Morning
Age 3 to Kindergarten

Coordinator: Rebekah Courson

8:30 a.m. Childcare Room: A-107
Children’s Ministries offers Sunday Childcare for ages 3 and 4 during the 8:30 a.m. worship service.

Coordinator: Barbara Patterson

9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Class Room: A-237/239
The class will be using the Presbyterian curriculum Celebrate, which uses learning centers and play as the basis of learning about God’s love and Jesus’ model of Christian discipleship. Parents of the 3’s to K’s will rotate to assist the Coordinator in moving the children through their learning centers.

10:45 - 11:30 a.m. Extended Hour Room: A-237/239
During the worship hour children join the class for the Extended Hour. At which time the children are guided into activities that support the Bible story to be told in Children and Worship.

11:30 - 12 Noon Children and Worship Room: A-236
Coordinator: Nancy Cannon
Children will be engaged in a worship service designed especially for our smallest worshipers.

“Children and Worship” Worship for Children

This worship experience, designed for children, is based on the books Young Children and Worship by Sonja Stewart and Jerome Berryman and Following Jesus by Sonja Stewart. The program is patterned after the order of worship found in most Reformed and Presbyterian churches - we gather in God’s name, we proclaim God’s Word, we give thanks to God, and go out into God’s world. It also emphasizes the church year from Advent through Pentecost. A worship context is used instead of an educational
concept. Children learn that worship transforms ordinary time and space into sacred
time and space.

As children enter the peaceful worship center they learn to focus on stories of God. They learn that this is a place where we talk to God and listen to God and where others are gathered to do the same. Children experience the Bible stories through hands-on three dimensional materials. Thoughtful wondering questions, expressing awe and amazement lead into prayers of thanksgiving and praise. Responses through artwork, poetry, and songs are often expressions of being in God’s presence and hearing God’s Word.