CHILDREN’S CLASS

Preschool - Grade 6

Classes meet during the Sunday Morning Worship Service.

Children leave just before the sermon and then return for the final songs. The classes last about a half-hour. This allows the children to participate in the worship serivce and receive age-specific encouragement.

For more information, see the Caregiver’s Q & A below.

Registration it not required, but it does help us plan for your arrival.

What about a Nursery?
An unstaffed nursery is available for parents to use. But please know … children of all ages are always welcome in our worship services - even when they add to the cacophany of noise. A church service is not reserved for the perfectly quiet but rather for those who want to hear about God. The noise of a child is the beautiful symphony of our church’s future.

Caregiver’s Q & A

  • Sunday school classes meet in during the worship service. Children stay with their families during the first part of the service, which includes congregational singing and our young persons’s sermon. Just before the sermon, the children leave for their classes.

  • Our classes are for children from preschool to Grade 6.

    We have an unstaffed nursery available for younger children.

    For youth, Grades 7-12, they have a class that meets online during the week. See information on this class.

  • No. The children’s rooms are located within our Coffee Hour Room, which connects to our sanctuary. The rooms are enclosd but have large windows.

  • No. Before the service concludes, our teachers bring the children back to the sanctuary. At then end of our service, we have a couple of songs and, once a month, Communion. We want children to be apart of these worship experiences.

  • Yes. Even though most of our teachers have been in the church for many years, they still have backgorund checks.

  • For children’s classes, we have three goals:
    (1) Make the child feel loved
    (2) Teach them a truth about a God
    (3) Teach them a story from the Bible

    If we only get to (1) but not (2) and (3), that is a win. We can try again next week on (2) and (3). Thus, your child will hear about God and the Bible, but more importantly, we want your child to feel loved.

  • Yes. Please stay with your child until you both feel comfortable with the class.

  • Class time is about a half-hour.

  • Yes. We have an unstaffed nursery that is available to parents. We do not have any church volunteers in the nursery.

  • We find that many parents, especially those who are newer to church, are leery of other people caring for their young children and prefer to care for their own children.

    Some churches are designed to give a parents a “Sunday Break” from parental duties, but that is not us.

  • Yes. Parents should choose the best option for their family. If keeping your child with you throughout the service is your preferred option, do that.