Infants and Toddlers

Prime Time Wednesday Schedule

Professional staff give infants and toddlers lots of love and attention during each of our worship services and the Sunday school hour.  Pagers are available to all parents at the time you check your child in at our Children’s Welcome Desk located on the second floor.  We follow a strict protocol for diaper changing, hand washing, and care giving.
Check your child in at the second floor Nursery Area.

RESUMES AUGUST 11
5:15 p.m. – Dinner in Oak Street Center

5:15 p.m. – Childcare in Room 248 Clubhouse

5:45 p.m. – Sunday School class area open for activities with Ms. Mary Grey

6:00 p.m. – Children’s Choir (3 age levels) begins September 8

7:00 p.m. – Gym games for Grades 1 – 5 (following choir or classroom activities)

7:20 p.m. – Parents pick up children

Join The Fun!!
MUSIC FOR CHILDREN

• Cherub Choir (4yr - Kindergarten)
• Celestial Choir (1st - 2nd)
• Carol Choir (3rd - 5th)
Dinner 5:15-5:45, Music at 6 p.m.

WHERE: Begin with dinner in the First-Centenary Oak Street Center (reservations necessary - foodrsvp@fcumc.org)
Move to Mohney Hall for music

Regular Wednesday rehearsals end at 6:45 p.m.
for Cherub and Celestial Choirs and 7 p.m. for Carol Choir.

Preschool

Two year old children are led by staff in a curriculum about God’s love designed espeially for them.  They enjoy play, stories, songs, and a chance to express themselves with age appropriate art supplies. Sunday School begins at 9:30 a.m. in room 245.  Children may remain in room 245 until the close of the 10:45 a.m. worship services.

Children 3years old through 1st grade participate in Godly Play.    Storytellers invite children to join the circle and hear the sacred stories of the people of God and the parables of Jesus told with simple but beautiful props.  The children travel deeper into the story and draw close to God through wonder, reflection, play, and their own unique response to the story.  The Sunday School hour begins in room 248 at 9:30 a.m. with worship through music.  Children are then led to their classrooms for Godly Play.

Elementary

2nd through 5th Grade participate in Rotation Sunday School.   Each grade is nurtured by two adult shepherds who welcome the children into fellowship.  Each month the children experience one Bible story in four different ways by moving to a new classroom each week.  Through drama, games, cooking, art, movies and computers the children delve more deeply into the story.  The Sunday school hour ends with a time for reflection and journaling.    Over four years the curriculum leads the children through all of the major stories of the Bible.  Sunday School begins, at 9:30 a.m.  Signs outside of the Playhouse (Room 229) direct parents to the classrooms where they can drop ofrf and pick up their children.

Children's Church

Children through 3rd grade are invited to leave worship following the Children’s Sermon and participate in a special Children’s Church program designed just for them.  Elementary children lead the younger children in praise music.  Children are then divided into groups and rotate through wiggle worship where they play instruments and sing; Library Time where children explore books that teach about God’s love; the Hall of the Apostles for games relating to the Bible story of the day; puppet shows; and free play on outdoor playground.  The red bulletin board at the children’s welcome desk directs parents where to pick up their child at the close of worship.

Check out the 2009 Vacation Bible School pics

2008 Camp Lookout pics