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Children of all ages are encouraged to worship regularly with their families. However, since some of our youngest worshippers find it difficult to sit through an entire worship service, we offer Kids of the Kingdom Children’s Church for children age 3-kindergarten.  

Prior to the service, children who will be attending Children’s Church need to check-in and get a nametag in the Narthex (lobby of the sanctuary) from the Children’s Church Leader. 

Children then sit with their parents at the beginning of the service, go to the front of the church for the Children’s Sermon, and then exit to Children’s Church. At Children’s Church, they will continue learning about God's love, Jesus, the Bible and other things that will help them be able to relate these to their world today. Certain aspects of the traditional service will be incorporated into Children’s Church, allowing kids to become familiar with traditions like collecting the offering, reciting the Lord’s Prayer, and hearing Bible verses. It is an important goal of the Due West UMC Children’s Ministry to prepare children for full participation in congregational worship.

Following the service, parents need to pick up their children from Room N102 if attending the 8:30, 9:45 or 11:05 traditional services, Classroom A/B in the Family Life Center if attending the 9:39 contemporary service.

Parents of children who attend Children’s Church are expected to volunteer to help out on a rotating basis. Children’s Church helpers assist with crowd control and are the extra hands in the room. The Children’s Church Leader plans and leads the activity.

February in Children’s Church will be a month of love, Lent, languages, and lots of animals.  We invite all our littlest worshippers to join in the fun every Sunday.

 

Children’s Church meets during all four services. Children (age 3 – kindergarten) are dismissed from the service following the Children’s Message. Parents, please remember to check-in with the Children’s Church Leader before the service begins.

The purpose of Children’s Church is to prepare children for full participation in congregational worship.  Some children are able to learn this entirely from sitting with and watching their parents take part in the service. Others need to be “eased” into staying for the whole service. Children’s Church gives these young worshippers to opportunity to participate in just the beginning of the service and offers them an alternative for the rest of the hour.

No. If your child needs some time to adjust to the new routine of Children’s Church, his parents are welcome to come along and ease the transition. Older siblings should remain in the worship service.

No. Children’s Church is for children ages 3-kindergarten. The lessons and activities are designed for this age range.  Children who have completed kindergarten should return to sit with their parents following the children’s sermon. 

We welcome both adult and youth helpers in Children’s Church. Youth helpers need to be a 6th grader or older. See Heather Laird (Children’s Church Leader) about being added to the schedule.

We use real offering plates to collect offering in Children’s Church – they are just preschool size! The money collected is used to support the Children’s Ministry mission of the month.

Children, age 1-100, are welcome to sit in the front of the church for the Children’s Sermon. There is no age limitation for prime seating during this time with the pastor.  However, only children age 3 (as of September 1, 2011) - kindergarten exit and participate in Children’s Church. Older “children” should remain in the worship service.

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