Upcoming 3rd-5th Grade Events
First Fridays, Omaha Zoo Trip and more!
Upcoming Children and Families Events
Family Worship Night, Children's Choir, Easter Egg Hunt, Omaha Zoo Trip, VBS and more!
Upcoming Children and Families Events
First Fridays (3rd-5th Graders) Feb. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Join us Fri., Feb. 3 for Winter Indoors – dinner, hot cocoa bar, popcorn bar and winter movie. All 3-5th graders are encouraged to join us for this new event. First Fridays will be, you guessed it, on the First Friday of the month. Read More...
Shop in Santa’s Worshop
Come to A Christmas Festival on Sun., Dec. 11 to enjoy chili, crafts and cookies with Santa, and your children will have an opportunity to shop in Santa’s Workshop Store. The Well will be open during the festival so children can shop for gifts for their family. They are encouraged to bring Read More...
Advent for Children
I don’t know about you, but Advent in our house is a very exciting time. Let me be clear, there are lists upon lists, drawings upon drawings, gibberish upon gibberish on paper letting us know “exactly” what our children want for Christmas. It drives me crazy! I love to see the Read More...
Children’s Music in December
Sun., Dec. 4 11:00-11:30 a.m. Rehearsal in Rm 213. Sun., Dec. 11 11:00-11:30 a.m. Rehearsal in Rm 213. 5:00 p.m. Sing “When God is a Child” at the Christmas Festival program in the sanctuary. The choir will sit together before singing and are welcome to sit with parents afterward. Sun., Dec. 18 Read More...
Children’s Collection Connection
LEGOs for India We are collecting LEGO bricks to be recycled in sets for children at the Rambo School in Mungeli, India. Please leave your donations at the collection point on the second floor.
Club Kids Cookie Decorating
Join us for lunch, cookie decorating and fellowship. Dec. 4 – 12:30 p.m., Sullivan Home Please contact Lindsay Howes for more details or to RSVP.
Focus on What We Have
By Rev. Monica Lewis, Minister to Children, Students and Families Until I met my husband I had never been shopping on Black Friday. My family still lives in a small town so when I was home for Thanksgiving there weren’t really many opportunities to do so. My husband is also from Read More...
Advent in Advance is Nov. 20
Make plans to attend this free Advent workshop for children birth through 5th grade on Sun., Nov. 20, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., in the Social Hall. Enjoy a light lunch and make-n-take session to prepare your family and home for the Advent season.
Keep It Simple, Make It Meaningful
By Lisa McCleish, Director of Early Childhood Programs The donation of a wardrobe moving box created a lot of excitement in the 2-year-old room. Yet with this ordinary box, the children have learned about teamwork and cooperation, size and dimension, physics and creating through imagination. The first, and most difficult, task involved Read More...
New Horizons in Children/Youth Music
I was talking with a Music Therapy student at KU the other day, and she told me about one of her clients in a nursing home who had difficulty remembering the names of her children, yet could remember all the words to songs like “You Are My Sunshine” and “Beautiful Dreamer.” Music Read More...
Scouts Selling Wreaths and Greenery
Scout Troop 84 will be in the parlor selling Christmas greenery for its annual fundraiser Sun., Oct. 9. Traditional Victorian and classic wreaths are available as well as sprays, garland, centerpieces, and living trees ranging in price from $30-$40. Sales help Scouts pay for summer camp, special trips, and campouts. Payment as Read More...
Making Joyful Noise
On Sat., Sept. 17, Paul and I were asked to speak at the Elders and Deacons retreat. We discussed music in worship and our vision for the music program. When Paul and I met to coordinate our thoughts, we came up with these points to share: • We wish to see Read More...
