Current Lessons - Ten Commandments
On Friday, 12 February, Rev. Jen will be teaching the children on the second commandment: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing. The children will also have a Valentines Party.
On Friday, 29 January, Christine Young taught the children on the first commandment: Do not worship any other gods.
On Friday, 15 January, Moses made an appearance to teach the children about the Ten Commandments.
Vacation Bible School: Three words best describe this years VBS: "A Great Success". It was a true blessing to see the team work together in love, unity, and spirit of cooperation. A meal was provided each evening; the kids then enjoyed wonderful Bible stories, illustrations, and lots of interaction. There were also crafts and challenging games with spiritual emphasis. A total of 42 children attended over the five nights. The picnic on Wednesday night, designed especially for the kids and their parents, was wonderful with over 80 in attendance. The highlight was when the children and parents threw water balloons at Chris, Mike, Rev Jen, and Pastor.
Proverbs 22:6 - Train [teach] a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. (NIV)
We have a team of leaders who are dedicated to serving, teaching and directing the young people in this ministry. They are all united in their desire to teach the children the word of God and Godly principals that the children will be able to use not only today but for the rest of their lives. Our hope is that these children will not only learn lessons about God, but that they each begin and continually develop a personal relationship with God that will continue to grow and mature through out their lives.
Service Information
Our services are held on every other Friday and they begin at 7pm and end approximately 8:30pm- 9pm. Parents are welcome to stay if they would like.
Though every service can be different we do have a basic Order of Service. We begin every service with the Pledges (the American and Christian flags and the Holy Bible) and the Lords Prayer. Then we begin our worship service, which normally consist of 2-3 songs. Children are allowed to share their memory verses. We then take up an offering. After the offering the lesson begins. When the lesson is over, all the children are prayed for. Then they will be directed to either a craft and then dinner or dinner and practice for a special song or dance. Then the Children are dismissed.
Dinner
There are people within our church who have generously offered to provide dinner and drinks for the youth at every service.
Memory Verses
We do have a list of memory verses from A-Z that the children are able to memorize on their own time. If any child has memorized a verse they will share it on Friday night and will be given a sticker to place on their chart. After each 5 stickers the children will receive a treasure from the treasure chest. We currently have 7 children who have 5 or more memory verses.
Special Song or Dance
The special songs or dances will be practiced for a period of time on Friday night services, and will be performed at a Sunday Morning services.
