Christ United Methodist Church

Children's Sunday School

Children (18 months through 5th grade) are assigned to one of our Sunday School classes. Visitors are asked to check in at the Children’s Ministry visitor desk for a room assignment. Once children have received an assignment, they will remain in their assigned classrooms for one full year or until Promotion Sunday (generally in late August when public school starts the school year.)

Sunday School is available at 9:45 a.m. for all children from age 18 months through 5th grade.

18 Months Through Kindergarten

All children eighteen months through kindergarten are taught by teachers using an age-appropriate Methodist curriculum. They have gathering time, snack, craft, Bible story, music and prayer. Each child is assigned to an animal group; each group is taught in its own classroom by two dedicated teachers.

Following are the room assignments for the 2006-2007 school year.

Snails - Room 100A       Fish - Room 100B
Turtles - Room 101        Frogs - Room 102
Sheep - Room 103        Camels - Room 104
Donkeys - Room 105    Bears - Room 106
Lions - Room 107          Tigers - Room 108
Owls - Room 109            Doves - Room 110
Eagles - Room 111

First and Second Grade

First and second graders learn Bible stories and concepts through kid-friendly multimedia workshops such as drama, theater, cooking, geography, science, music, mission, crafts, storytelling, and games. Currently, each child is assigned to a color (red, yellow, orange, blue, green, purple); the color groups then rotate workshops located in Rooms 201-206.

Third Grade

In third grade, the Sunday School curriculum concentrates on the Christian Faith and becoming familiar with the Bible. All third graders are presented with their own Bible during a worship service in September. Currently, the third graders are divided into groups and meet in the following rooms in the Education building.
Prophets - Room 207
Judges - Room 208
Kings - 209

Fourth Grade

Using an activity based curriculum, fourth graders follow a road map through the Old Testament. Each lesson includes:

THE BUZZ - what the lesson is about
THE WORD - A Bible verse chosen for it’s relevance to the lesson that day
THE EXTREME CONNECTION - relates the lesson to kids’ lives
RAPPING WITH GOD - A kid-friendly prayer, and
JUST DO IT - Bible reading opportunities for that lesson.

Special activities are planned throughout the year to help the children explore the Old Testament such as Old Testament dramas, Noah’s ark project, and Pizza and movie night.

Fifth Grade

Using an activity based curriculum, fourth graders follow a road map through the New Testament. Each lesson includes:

THE BUZZ - what the lesson is about
THE WORD - A Bible verse chosen for it’s relevance to the lesson that day
THE EXTREME CONNECTION - relates the lesson to kids’ lives
RAPPING WITH GOD - A kid-friendly prayer, and
JUST DO IT - Bible reading opportunities for that lesson.

Special activities are planned throughout the year to help the children explore the New Testament such as Parable dramas, Seder, Last Supper dinner and drama and popcorn Sundays.