Classes
Learning Opportunities
Nursery for Children
up to 3-years-old
from 9:15 a.m.
through the worship service
Classes for Children
Sunday at 9:15 a.m.
2, 3 and 4-year old class - Room 202 ("The Little Lambs" Room)
Connie Flath, teacher;
Mary Jane Christopher, substitute
Kindergarten - Fifth Grade
"Spark" Bible Learning Curriculum
in a Workshop Rotation Model (WoRM) setting
The overall theme of our WoRM Sunday School is "All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir." The WoRM reorganizes the way we teach, not what we teach. This year's theme is "Ignite Your Spark ." Each story within this unit is taught in a creative "kid-friendly" atmosphere.
· Drama/Puppets/Skits (Scene and Herd Room);
· Art (Paw Prints Room);
· Audio-Visual and Music (AV-iary Room);
· Bible Skills and Games (Bible Safari Room);
· Cooking (The Critter Café); and
· Storytelling (Fish Tales Room)
· Science (The Church Mouse Room)
Children rotate by groups into a different workshop each week for a four-to-six-week period. During that period the story they learn is the same in each workshop. Kids love the repetition and need it to remember their lessons. Because each of the workshops teaches through a different style of learning, the kids don't get bored. Instead, this multiple-intelligences approach enhances the learning process. Of course, each lesson includes Bible study and discussion and a memory verse.
Youth Class - Sunday at 9:15 a.m., Youth Apartment
Kristi Hobbs and Elaine Hufffines, teachers
The study is The 24/7 Experience – a DVD Curriculum on Following Jesus Every Day. In an episodic, reality-TV style, The 24/7 Experience takes students on a journey to learn what it means to follow Christ in the 21st century. Students learn about following, love, justice, unity, spiritual gifts, and being “in the desert.”
Christian Living Adult Class - Sunday at 9:15 a.m. in Room 106
Patterson Lyles, Teacher .
This fall this class will use the study The Thoughtful Christian- Figures in the Old Testament. We often hear the names Abraham, David, Moses, and Ruth in sermons and Bible studies. But just what was the importance of these figures whose lives span various books of our Old Testament? In this study we will focus on one individual each week, and summarize the life of this person and his or her importance in the unfolding revelatory plan of God.
Adult Bible Study Class - Sunday at 9:15 a.m. in Room 108
Ray Joellenbeck , Coordinator
The Present Word is from beginning to end a Bible study series. Teachers and learners come together to reflect on the biblical text and to act on what they discover there. The general theme for the fall quarter is Covenant Communities. Maintaining a covenant community has its challenges. Through the stories from ancient Israel and the early church, we will catch a glimpse of the stress and strain of living into God’s call to be a people.
The Wednesday Word -
Selected Wednesdays throughout the year from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
"The Wednesday Word" will be special interest studies that will be offered in short course fashion for a period of four to six weeks at different times throughout the year. Different subjects will be studied and discussed.
Pray and Play - Sundays during worship after Children’s Time for children 3-years-old through kindergarten; Terri Lyles, Coordinator
After Children’s Time in the worship service, various members of the church provide a time of Pray and Play for young children aged 3-years through kindergarten. The leaders use Gospel Grams to lead a brief Bible study, have a prayer, supervise playtime, and serve juice and cookies.
Prayer and Bible Study Group - Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., Room 100; Bonnie Watts, Study Leader
This group gathers each Tuesday to pray for our church’s ministry, its staff and members, others in our community, and any specific needs that are brought to their attention. You have the opportunity to make prayer requests by using the prayer request cards and the Prayer Box in the narthex. There is also a Bible study.