Moving Up Sunday -- September 10th

Moving UP!

Please note the Children’s Worship and Sunday Community classes will change for the 2017-2018 school year on September 10th.

      ·         Children's Worship Classes

o   Children who will turn 4 by June 2018 move from Nursery to Children’s Worship.

o   Children begin in the service with parents and are dismissed prior to the start of the sermon. All children exit out the back doors of the cafeteria and join the line for their class.  You may walk out your child to the hall to help with transition if needed. The children return to the service during the closing songs.

o   Class groupings for Children's Worship are as follows:

§  Preschool =  3 year olds and Pre-Kindergarten

§  Kindergarten & 1^st Grade

§  2^nd & 3^rd Grade

§  Sermon Study = 4^th & 5^th Grade

·         The Sermon Study class is not offered the 1^st Sunday of each month.  

·         Sermon Study helps prepare the children for the corporate worship service.  Staying in the service once a month, the 4^th and 5^th graders can also observe the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

·         6th Graders stay in the service.

·         Sunday Community classes and Grace Kids Worship also begin following Fellowship Time.  All children must be signed in by a parent at the Chorus Room door on the Main Hallway.  (4^th and 5^th graders can sign in themselves.)  Children will participate in Grace Kids Worship at the start of Sunday Communities and then they will participate in their classes.

o   Sunday Community classes are as follows:

§  Critters = 2 year olds

§  Preschool = 3 year olds and Pre-Kindergarten

§  Kindergarten through 3^rd Grade

§  4^th & 5^th Grade (Children may choose to stay in Grace Kids Worship or go straight to class.)

·         Please pick up your children in the cafeteria at NOON.

·         Please watch the timer on the screen during Fellowship Time.  Once the timer reaches zero, please take your child to the bathroom (if needed) and sign them in before Grace Kids Worship begins.

·         During Fellowship Time, please encourage your child to talk with friends.  Children must stay in the cafeteria unless accompanied by an adult.  Please do not allow children to climb on the stage or in the folded tables or to wander the halls during this time.

·         We will continue to experiment with Fellowship Time without snacks this fall, but we will offer a small snack to Grace Kids who stay for Sunday Communities.  We will serve that snack at the beginning of class as part of the Sunday Community hour.

I am excited for this year!  PLEASE let me know if you have any questions or concerns!