Children’s Ministries

Your resource for discovering some of the many ways your children can learn more about Jesus and get involved in the life of First Church. 

 

 

Our Children’s Ministry continues to grow and stays active. Our Director of Children’s Ministry, Sara Joines, keeps our kids busy. Our Kids Alive program has a lot to offer such as Children’s Church during both our 9-and 11 a.m. worship services on Sunday mornings as well as Sunday School at 10 a.m., and Sunday evening programming for children ages three years through fifth grade. Our children also have various opportunities to participate in throughout the year such as our annual Easter Egg Hunt, Vacation Bible School, a Christmas play, and missions. We would love to have to join us. 

 

Kids ALIve!


Our Kids Alive! Sunday night programing follows the school calendar year and begins at 5 p.m. in our Education Building. Activities include children’s choir, dinner and a lesson. Sunday Night Live begins with choir for our Preschoolers and Kindergarteners while our 1st -5th group will have a lesson. We will all meet at 5:30 p.m. for dinner and then at 6 p.m. our groups will flip-flop and  our 1st-5th group will head to children’s choir while and preschool and kindergarten group does a lesson.

 

Upcoming Opportunities

March

Theme: Glow in the Dark- In this five-week series through the Gospels, we’ll follow Jesus’ life leading up to Easter to see some of the ways he can shine bright in our lives. As we explore, we’ll see Jesus is the light in the darkness. We’ll also learn how we can choose Jesus and know God hears our cries while celebrating how Jesus died and rose again!

March 3– Sunday Night Live 5pm Preschool and Kindergarten Choir and 1st -5th Lesson, 5:30pm Dinner, 6pm 1st-5th Choir, and preschool and kindergarten lesson.

March 10– Sunday Night Live 5pm Preschool and Kindergarten Choir and 1st -5th Lesson, 5:30pm Dinner, 6pm 1st-5th Choir, and preschool and kindergarten lesson.

March 17– Sunday Night Live 5pm Preschool and Kindergarten Choir and 1st -5th Lesson, 5:30pm Dinner, 6pm 1st-5th Choir, and preschool and kindergarten lesson.

March 23–Annual Easter Egg Hunt on the church lawn from 10 a.m. to noon.

March 24–Glow in the Dark Egg Hunt. Sunday Night Live 5pm Preschool and Kindergarten Choir and 1st -5th Lesson, 5:30pm Dinner, 6pm 1st-5th Choir, and preschool and kindergarten lesson.

March 31– Easter Sunday No Kids Alive

 

April

Theme: Throw Back- In this four-week series, kids will travel through the decades and see that the teachings of Jesus in the Gospels are always trending. As we hear from Jesus, we’ll see it’s always good to be humble, we can always forgive, Jesus is always fair, and love always needs action.

April 7– Celebrate Unicorn Day Sunday Night Live 5pm Preschool and Kindergarten Choir and 1st -5th Lesson, 5:30pm Dinner, 6pm 1st-5th Choir, and preschool and kindergarten lesson.

April 14– No Sunday Night Live

April 21– Sunday Night Live 5pm Preschool and Kindergarten Choir and 1st -5th Lesson, 5:30pm Dinner, 6pm 1st-5th Choir, and preschool and kindergarten lesson.

April 28– No Sunday Night Live. Join us for the church picnic from 12-3 p.m. 

 

May

Theme: One Small Step

May 5– Sunday Night Live 5pm Preschool and Kindergarten Choir and 1st -5th Lesson, 5:30pm Dinner, 6pm 1st-5th Choir, and preschool and kindergarten lesson.

May 12– Mother’s Day No Sunday Night Live

May 19– End of Year Party

May 26– No Sunday Night Live

 

Tentative Summer 2024 Dates

June 2024

Theme: Recess

June 11– Popsicles and Playground Games

 

July 2024

Theme: Turn it up

VBS 2024–We are already gearing up to “dive” into our ocean-themed Vacation Bible School program called “Scuba: Diving into Friendship with God.” This year’s VBS program will take place on July 21-24 from 5:30-8 p.m., and will take kids deep into an amazing undersea adventure where they’ll experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God. While there, they will be immersed in the word and discover what living water is really all about. If you would like to help, please let Sara Joines know and she will get you plugged in. Registration details will follow in the coming months.

August 2024

August 3- Back to School Bash 11-1

 


To learn more about the current Children’s programming being offered at First Church, or how to sign-up for weekly updates from our Children’s Minister, email Sara Joines at childrensministry@firstchinagrove.org or call 704-857-9713 ext. 12.