Children & Worship

ALL CHILDREN BEGIN THE 10:30 WORSHIP HOUR in the main service with their families. Partway through the service, children ages 3 years through 5th grade are dismissed to continue their worship downstairs in one of our three worship programs.

Preschool through 2nd graders attend one of our Young Children and Worship classes. (see below).

3rd-5th Graders attend Bible Fellowship class. (CLICK HERE).

Young Children and Worship Program (PreK-2nd Gr)

We believe that God grants children the ability to know, love, and worship Him, which is one of the reasons we regularly welcome all children into our main worship services. However, the format and structure of our worship is centered around biblical stories, words, and symbols with which children are not yet familiar. In order for our children to participate meaningfully in all-church worship, we provide the opportunity for them to experience these elements of worship in our children’s worship centers each week.

Within the setting of a quiet, reflective, and reverent worship room, the children learn through a variety of developmentally appropriate multisensory experiences, where repetition leads to familiarity, confidence, and understanding. We trust the Holy Spirit to work through Biblical stories and children’s personal experiences so that our children come to know and love God on their own.

Our young children’s worship programs use the Children & Worship and Following Jesus curriculum, written by Sonja M. Stewart and Jerome Berryman.