Children's Ministry of First Presbyterian Church
Children's Department
On March 1, 2020 at 9:45 a.m. second graders and their parents will gather in Stanford Chapel with Pastor Sarah Bird to celebrate and participate in a service of the Lord’s Supper. This event culminates three weeks of sessions on the Lord’s Supper, its’ connection to the Jewish Passover Festival, and exploring, during Sunday School, the story of Jesus’ last meal with his disciples .
Milestone celebrations help families mark key times in a child’s faith development.
Save-the-Date! Friday evening, September 27, all children in 1st through 3rd grade are invited to an evening of fun, food, and fellowship here on the FPC campus from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Includes pizza dinner.
Parents: This a perfect opportunity for your child to create new and strengthen old church friendships. Helping our children connect together as young disciples as they journey towards Youth group will have significant benefits for your child’s faith development.
During the summer months, our Sunday School learning groups combine into multi-age clusters in a relaxed, fun format. Kick-off for the new season is August 18, 2019.
Rooms & Age Groups:
Ages 4, 5, 6 (age by Aug. 15, 2019, Pre-1st) | CW 114
Entering Grades 1st – 6th in the Fall | Grundy Hall
Sundays | Sanctuary | 8:30 and 11:00 | The Gathering Place | 11:00 AM
This summer The Five Thirty service meets on Sundays at 11:00 A.M. in The Gathering Place. We are calling it The Table—a relaxed worship service rooted in the Reformed Tradition.
All are welcome to worship!
Nursery Care and Young Children & Worship are available for this service too!
March 10 will be our second Buddy Sunday in this school year. Buddy Sunday is a time when older and younger children get to meet each other and begin to build recognition and community through prayer and sharing a Bible story together. Our goal for this day is for older children to act as mentors to the younger children and for younger children to meet older children to include in their faith community.
We invite the children to pray for each other during the week following Buddy Sunday. Children will bring home a Buddy Book which names their new church friend.
March 17 will be a Day of Service. Children will gather in age-level groups to learn what the Kingdom of Heaven is like and do service projects for others.
Nov 4 is Buddy Sunday; a time when older and younger children get to meet each other and begin to build recognition and community through prayer and sharing a Bible story together. Our goal for this day is for older children to act as mentors to the younger children and for younger children to meet older children to include in their faith community.
The Moon Group (3 year olds) will meet with the Ephesians group (2nd graders) during Sunday School.
We invite the children to pray for each other during the week. Children will bring home a Buddy Book which names their new church friend.
Save-the-Date! Friday evening, September 7, all children in 1st through 3rd grade are invited to an evening of fun, food, and fellowship. Parents: This a perfect opportunity for your child to create new and strengthen old church friendships. Helping our children connect together as young disciples as they journey towards Youth group will have significant benefits for your child’s faith development.
Families of the Second Grade Ephesians Group are invited to come join their children in the Chapel for a Milestone Celebration: Exploring the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.
Through a special 3 week unit of study offered in Sunday School, children have been exploring the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper as they give thanks, remember and celebrate the redemptive act offered by Jesus on the cross. These lessons now culminate with Sunday’s celebration with a special worship service with communion, led by Pastor Todd for children and their parents.
This milestone symbol is marked by a loaf of bread and a cup, reminding us that the meal we celebrate is in remembrance of Christ’s redeeming act on the cross.
For resources on this Milestone visit our Milestone Page.
On Dec 3, the older children visited the young groups of Sunday School. They shared a scripture then were paired up with a buddy to talk about the scripture and get to know each other. Great things happened when young children and older children met. Older children found the role of buddy leader to be fun to fulfill. Younger children were pleased to have the attention of an older child. Each child now has the name of another child to pray for and look for on Sunday mornings.
6th Grade visited with the 2nd Grade:
On Sunday, October 15, Sunday School groups will meet together to work on age appropriate service projects. One group will assemble our hygiene kits for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. Other groups will have other service projects for the community and our church including helping with preparations for our family Advent Devotions. Join us on this day as we service the Lord with joy-filled hearts.
Moon, Faith, Love and Grace (ages 3-6) will meet in CW 111
Grades 1-3 will meet in The Computer Lab- CC 140
Grades 4-6 will meet in Grundy Hall.
Welcome! We hope the summer offered lots of opportunity to relax, travel, and renew. We’re ready to begin our communities of belonging with our children each Sunday morning. Groups age 3 through 6th grade study the Bible together and grow as disciples as they pray, serve, play, and care for each other. Babies and toddlers have a fun time in our loving Nursery playing and hearing a Bible story, too.
The Sunday School hour for children is 9:45-10:45 A.M. Families will receive an e-mail with their child’s group and room assignment prior to August 20. We ask that parents escort their children to their group on this Kick-Off day and offer a hello/thanks to the great group of leaders who will be journeying with your child for the next 10 months.
Starting at 10:00 A.M. we are hosting a breakfast for parents in Courtenay Hall. You’ll have time to visit with friends, make new friends, and enjoy Kim’s great cooking.
Relationships matter!
Faith is caught more than it is taught.