Many, many thanks to Deanna Edwards and Team for stepping up when I couldn’t come to church last Sunday because of a fall on concrete steps! If you didn’t get a yellow Epiphany Bag with family things to do (plus star cookies and gold chocolate...
We did it! We told the Story! Thanks for all the willing helpers, and a special thanks to Deanna Edwards and Ruth Drossel for their faithful work to include all the children and even a couple of dads! This Sunday, we’ll prepare for Epiphany with exciting...
Our Christmas Pageant is on Sunday morning at 10:00 AM in the sanctuary! If your child hasn’t chosen a costume, don’t worry. They’ll get a chance this Sunday. And don’t feel shy about inviting guests. We have many costumes and we welcome everyone! 9:15 Call time...
We are getting ready for our Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve morning at 10AM in the sanctuary! Rehearsal will be this week. If your child hasn’t chosen a costume, they’ll get a chance this Sunday. Thanks to all the parents who have agreed to help....
Great Sunday of fun last week as we made gingerbread houses, collages and a Christmas banner. Many, many thanks to Sarah Wilson & Branson Turner, Karynn Dittmar, and the children’s ministry team for helping with the Advent All-church Party! We also were claiming ways that we...
An Advent Party! This Sunday noon-1:30! Make your family gingerbread house, some special Christmas collage cards, a Christmas mural to hang in the church, and enjoy a yummy lunch! In Sunday school we will be continuing our Advent experiences of “holding peace.” Do you know that...
The children, youth, and adult choirs + the organ FILLED the sanctuary for our Thanksgiving Sunday. We are very thankful for our director Ruth Drossel and for the adult choir director Andrew Schultz for helping us make a hugely joyful noise of thanking God! This Sunday...
Want to know what Jesus says about our responsibility with “the least of these”? Our Thanksgiving service and meal are this Sunday. Children can come into The Sanctuary for Children’s Time and then move on to the Educational Building where we’ll discuss Matthew 25 and...
Take a look at our Hall of Leaders portraits in the hallway on the way to the Wesley Room! You’ll find people you know depicted there by our children, as they responded to the story of Moses’ leadership and his need for new leaders. We look...
Día de los Muertos, "Remember Me" from the movie "Coco," "Remember me," from the lips of Jesus at the Last Supper, and we do remember. We remember in our hearts the loved ones who have gone before us as we prepared for Halloween ("holy eve"...
Fall Festival was so sweet for the little ones. Thank you, Grapplers!! We also enjoyed being in the Loft with the whole church and then into story time about Moses and his touch with God. I was amazed at some of the stories of when...
🍁FALL FESTIVAL this Sunday! 10:00 Loft for Children’s Time 10:20 for choir & music experiences 10:30 for story from Exodus 33, guided meditation 10:50 for classroom discussions, write God Poems and make Glory of God tiny tiles 11:20 for the “carnival” in the play yard 11:45 parents pick up kids in...
Learning to play together, read scripture together, pray together, learn God’s 10 Best Ways together (hint: the 10 Commandments)...
Are rules important? What about God’s rules? What if we break them? This Sunday, we will continue our story of the Exodus (come see our diorama of Moses’ life!) and talk about the 10 Commandments, using fine art and our own responses to the questions...
What’s it like to eat manna in the wilderness? We don’t know for sure, but we do know that a dad (Tom Burkhard as a grumpy Israelite) wanted something else! This Sunday, the children will sing and play on the first hymn in the sanctuary and...
What was it like for the Hebrew families to be free of the Egyptians? Last week, we danced “Hava Nagila,” remembering Moses’ sister Miriam. We lamented the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea - soldiers who were only doing what Pharaoh had commanded...
Our church offers wonderful experiences for our children. The music training is outstanding and the Bible stories and responses bring the ancient words to life. Last Sunday, we ate Charoset and Matzo, remembering the Passover and the escape from Egyptian slavery. This Sunday we’ll tackle...
Look at these huge smiles of delight in Sunday school! We had a big surprise when Pastor Diana broke the bread and dozens of pink and red hearts fell out. Magnificent! Love, love, love everywhere. What a great way to prepare for our taking communion...
"This is me, meditating. I like the wind all around me.” You can see the figure by her left thumb. Last Sunday, we danced our prayers, did a scavenger hunt of the worship guide, and made fascinating pictures of what happens in worship. Come by...
Joseph forgave his brothers, and his brothers forgave Joseph. We told stories of forgiveness in our own lives with our younger classes' puppet shows, and then we got to see the entire story from Genesis with our Jesus Jaguars' puppet ministry. They even portrayed the...