Following the children’s lesson of our regular worship service, children from kindergarten through second grade leave the sanctuary to participate in their own worship service in our Fellowship Hall. Two adult leaders, plus an older child, guide the children in this service.
The service is quite simple, and, with the exception of the changing Bible story, it remains constant from week to week. The kids follow a simplified order of worship that echoes what the main congregation is using upstairs in the sanctuary. The hope is that the children’s worship service will allow children to worship more fully now — and in the future, when they join the grown-ups in the main service.
The concept and materials are based on Young Children and Worship by Sonja M. Stewart and Jerome W. Berryman, available in our church library.
Click on “more” to find links to .pdf versions of the leader’s guide and the weekly lessons for Children’s Church through August 2008.
February 24: Blind Man Healed
March 2: Lazarus Raised
March 9 : Pharisees Plan Arrest
March 16: Palm Sunday
March 23: Easter
March 30: Doubting Thomas
April 6: Great Commission
April 13: Parable of Mustard Seed
April 20: Parables of Field and Pearl
April 27: Become Like a Child
May 4: Lost Sheep and Good Shepherd
May 11: Pentecost
May 18: God Calls Abraham
May 25: Isaac Is Born
June 1: Abraham Is Tested
June 8: Isaac and Rebekah
June 15: Jacob and Esau
June 22: Jacob Is Blessed
June 29: Jacob Flees and Has Dream
July 6: Jacob Goes to Laban and Gets Married
July 13: Jacob Has 12 Sons and Favors Joseph
July 20: Joseph Sold into Slavery
July 27: Joseph in Egypt
August 3: Joseph’s Family Needs Grain
Thanks for working with our children!
