Sunday School

Sunday School classes are offered on Sunday morning for preschool through Grade 8. Children attend the worship service with their families and then leave for their classes following the Children's Message. Nursery care for infants is also provided.

We welcome our new co-directors for our Christian Education Ministry. Susan West is a mother of four children in our Sunday School and Sara Gelsomini is a preschool teacher and wife of our student minister Mike Gelsomini.

We use the David C. Cook curriculum which helps children relate Bible stories to their everyday experiences with friends, family and school. The goal is to offer them the teachings of Christ so they can grow in their faith and make healthy decisions.

CONFIRMATION CLASSES for 8th Graders are also offered each year beginning in late January. The classes focus on basic Christian beliefs, the Old and New Testaments, church history as well as the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Youth who complete the Confirmation Class are then invited to join the church on Pentecost Sunday.

ADULT BIBLE STUDY is offered on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. The classes offer an opportunity to grow in your faith and make new friends at the same time.

On March 8 our 3^rd Graders received their Bibles during the service of worship.

First Row: Max, Sophia, Allison

Second Row: Brian, Joseph, Isabel, Amanda, Melanie

Third Row: Lauren, Joshua, Timothy, Gillian

Fourth Row: Teachers Stephen & Sean Mack, Rev. Hughes, Teacher Lauren McMullen

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

Each November the children participate in Operation Christmas Child which brings joy and hope to needy children around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God’s love. The link to the right will take you to the website that will give you more information on Operation Christmas Child.

HEIFER PROJECT

Each spring the children also raise money to buy a cow or other livestock for a needy family through Heifer Project International. The children do that by filling special banks that they receive. There's also the very popular Birthday Bash for Heifer. During coffee hour Fellowship Hall is decorated with 12 birthday cakes. People buy slices of the birthday cakes. A penny for each year of their age or a dollar if you don't want to reveal your age. All the proceeds go to Heifer. The link to the right will provide you with more information on the wonderful ministry that is being done around the world through HPI.

ADVENT WORKSHOP

Each year the young and those who are young at heart look forward to the church's ADVENT WORKSHOP. It marks the beginning of the Advent season as we come together after the morning worship service to make Christmas decorations and crafts. This year Advent Workshop will be on November 28 and the theme will be Gingerbread!

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

Our traditional Christmas Pageant is celebrated during the worship service on the Sunday before Christmas. It's an opportunity for the children of the church to lead us in a re-enactment of Christ's birth. Rehearsals for the pageant begin in November. Children who would like to be a part of the pageant should speak to our Christian Education Director Mrs. Putney.