
Christian
Education Ministries
We are all on a life-long
journey of growth.

Nursery
Our Christian education begins in the nursery. We
believe our youngest children learn about life through the love and care we
extend to them. Our staffed nursery seeks to provide a nurturing environment
with stimulating activities for our youngest children.
Sunday
School - through grade 4
Special age-appropriate activities are
provided for pre-school age children each week during the Sunday School hour and
during worship services. While we encourage parents to help their children
experience worship services, we realize that it's often difficult for them.
When students reach first grade, they begin attending Workshop Rotation Sunday School in our children's ministry center called "Creation Station." Kids
spend several weeks experiencing Old and New Testament stories in ways designed
to involve the various ways we learn - by hearing, by working with our hands, by
thinking creatively, by making things, by singing, and so on. Each week is a
different experience for them, keeping things lively and interesting.
It's like
Vacation Bible School every Sunday!
Click here for more information
about Creation Station and the workshop rotation method.

Grades 5 and 6
Pre-Confirmation
We approach this time as one of transition between
the typical children's activities of Sunday School and the Confirmation ministry
young people begin in grade 7, Students begin to apply concepts they have
learned in Sunday School to their own life. Discussion plays a much larger part
in what is done here, frequently using videos to stimulate thinking.
Grades 7 and 8
- Confirmation
"What does it mean that I am a baptized
follower of Jesus
in today's world?" This is the question we endeavor to help our
Confirmation students answer
for themselves. Our confirmation program is mentor-based, meaning that students have adult guides who walk with them through the two-year process.
Students attend classes, participate in worship services, give to others in
service projects and learn to make good choices in life. On the day of the
Confirmation they make a public Affirmation of Baptism and celebrate their adult
membership in the church by distributing Holy Communion to their families,
mentors and friends.
Youth Ministry
"Youth need a place of their own to relax and learn,
to have fun and to build relationships." This truth motivated us to renovate an
existing building for use as a youth center. The youth took the reigns and
turned the building into the D.O.G. House (Depend On God.) Here they meet each
Sunday to plan their own activities, such as work camps, fundraisers, service
projects and so on. Several youth-led worship services each year also help them
learn more about how the church worships. Of course, there's also good food,
music and fellowship to make things as enjoyable as possible.
click here for our youth ministry home page.
Adult Ministries
Jesus said, "Follow me." We all know that there is a
lot involved in being his disciple. Our adult ministries provide people with
what they need for spiritual growth and discipleship. God's word provides the
foundation for small group gatherings. Men's and women's Bible studies meet
through the week and Sunday discussion groups provide people with a chance to
share their journey with others and to give and receive support. Lent provides a
time for Wednesday evening gatherings which focus on small-group worship,
discussion and fellowship.
click here for
information on specific adult ministries.
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