Faith Formation for Children

Sunday School is offered September – May at 9:45 a.m.
*View the 2024-25 Christian Education Booklet for details about educational opportunities for all ages!

Classes offered for Children

• Nurseries (Second Floor): Infant, Toddler, and 2’s
  The nursery is open and available for infants and toddlers during both morning worship services and Sunday school. During the Sunday school hour, volunteer teachers lead the children in a special, age-appropriate class. Nursery staff and volunteers are under the nursery coordinator’s supervision.

• Children, Worship, & Wonder (CWW, Children’s Worship Center, Third Floor): Pre-K through 1st Grade
  Young children need a special environment where they can meet and worship God. Following the Children’s Time during the 11:00 a.m. worship service, children (ages pre-k through 1st grade) are excused to the Children’s Worship Center. They learn the stories of our faith and worship God in a setting and style geared toward their needs and stages of development. Biblical stories are told in the context of a worship experience that includes singing, response time, and “the feast.” We hope this will nurture their innate sense of wonder as they develop a sense of awe and reverence for worship.

• Preschool (Second Floor): 3’s and 4’s Sunday School
  Our 3- and 4-year-old children will enjoy learning about God’s Word through many different learning styles. Teachers work with children using age-appropriate lessons and play through art, music, and storytelling. This class will use curriculum which walks through key Old Testament and New Testament Bible stories each year.

• The River (Third Floor): K through 3rd Grade
  Younger elementary aged children will enjoy our Workshop Rotation Model Sunday School called The River, a name the children chose themselves. Using the Spark Rotation curriculum, kindergarten through third graders will spend four weeks on a Bible story, and visit different workshops each week in order to experience the same story from different perspectives. The workshops include “MArts” (Music & Arts), “God’s Table” (Cooking), “Holy Word, Holy Motion” (Bible Storytelling through games and drama), and “Holy Explosion” (Science).

• 4th and 5th Grade Faith in Action (Third Floor): 4th & 5th Grade
  Each week during Sunday school, 4th & 5th graders will gather together to learn about God’s Word for their lives. Each semester they will have the opportunity to put God’s Words to action as they work together on a special mission project. This class uses a curriculum that journeys through key Old Testament and New Testament Bible stories.

• Kids’ Fellowship (Sundays 5:00-6:30 p.m., Fellowship Hall): 4-year-olds through 5th Grade
  During the program year, Kids’ Fellowship begins with dinner provided by families for children ages 4 years old (by Sept. 1) through fifth grade. After dinner, the children divide by age and progress through an engaging evening of recreation, art, and music. Children will have the opportunity to run and play, experience Bible stories through Story and Stretch, and enjoy the opportunity to make music through a special music experience.
  As part of the Sunday Night Kids’ Fellowship, the Music Experience (formally known as Children’s Choir) will gather upstairs in the Children’s Choir Suite in two separate groups at two separate times—divided by age. Music will focus on FUN, using voices, instruments and movement while preparing a Christmas Pageant to be presented in December and special music for a Sunday worship service in the spring.

Vacation Bible School (ages 4K – 5th grade)

• 2025 Morning VBS: “Fish Tales”
  • July 21-24, 8:30 a.m.–12 noon
  • Members and friends (Pre-K – 5th grade) are invited to join us for Morning Vacation Bible School July 21 24, as we explore stories from scripture. We’ll learn about Jonah’s story, and how God used a giant fish to turn him around. We’ll hear about the call of the disciples by the lakeshore, how Jesus fed a multitude, and a special breakfast on the beach. This creative and engaging week will have children and volunteers singing, dancing, creating, and learning together.
    Register Morning VBS participants AND volunteers HERE!
  • After Care Camps, 12:00–4:00 p.m.
  • We have coordinated with area children’s sports and arts organizations to provide afternoon “mini camps” here at the church for families interested in afternoon care. We hope this will allow more children to participate in the free Morning VBS, while providing engaging and educational opportunities for the VBS afternoons. Spaces are limited, and there is an associated fee for this afternoon care.
    Learn more and sign up soon if interested HERE!
    Note: Pre-K is not included in After Care Camps. We hope preschool families will take advantage of the church preschool summer day camps for their afternoon care.

• Child of God with the Rev. Elizabeth Link
  • Join Rev. Elizabeth Link for Child of God, a podcast for children and families. Each episode shares a story about God’s people and the ways we are a part of God’s family. The episodes are brief, but meaningful, and you can catch them while traveling in your car, while doing chores, or getting ready for bedtime, naptime, or to start your day! You may subscribe and listen to Child of God with the Rev. Elizabeth Link through your favorite podcast platform or by visiting our Podcasts page. Check out the introductory episode below!