Children's Ministry

To transform the world by teaching children, through unconditional love, to become life-long disciples of Jesus Christ in a prayerful scripture based environment.

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Nursery + Preschool

(Birth-Pre-K) Our nursery provides a safe, clean, and loving environment for your baby during our services. We are ready to help your little one grow and learn!

Elementary School

(Kindergarten-5th Grade) Your children will build friendships, have fun and learn about Jesus’ love for them through creative lessons, games, and songs. Your child’s safety is ensured through dependable, background-checked leaders. Our goal is that your child will leave every week knowing Jesus loves them, we believe in them, and that church can be fun.

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Sunday Mornings

We believe that children are a vital part of our community and we are committed to providing a safe and engaging environment for them to learn and grow in their faith. We invite you to join us for a fun-filled and meaningful Sunday morning experience.

Wednesday Nights

We understand that weekdays can be busy and we want to provide a space where children can take a break and focus on their faith. We invite you to join us for a midweek experience that will leave your child feeling energized and excited about their faith journey.

Exciting Events

We offer a variety of exciting events throughout the year that are designed to bring children together in fellowship and help them deepen their relationship with God. From hang out days, camps, and seasonal events, there’s always something going on!

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First Time Visitors

Visiting us for the first time? When you arrive, you will be able to meet someone from the Children’s Ministry team who will be able to show you where our children’s activities are held. For safety, all participating children must have a completed registration sheet. Click below to fill out a registration sheet ahead of time and email it to angie@mumc.net. Or you can complete a registration form upon arrival.

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Sunday Mornings

We believe that children are a vital part of our community, and we are committed to providing a safe and engaging environment for them to learn and grow in their faith. We invite you to join us for a fun-filled and meaningful Sunday morning experience.

  • • Childcare with lesson available during service for birth-PreK.
  • • Bible Story and Activity Time offered to elementary-aged children during service. Children start and end with you in service. We will call them to join us prior to the sermon.
  • • Junior Youth (4th and 5th grade) meets most Sundays, 12:00-2:30 PM, on the Mandarin campus.

Wednesday Nights

Join us from August to May for Wednesday Nights at the Mandarin campus! We understand that weekdays can be busy, and we want to provide a space where children can take a break and focus on their faith. We invite you to join us for a midweek experience that will leave your child feeling energized and excited about their faith journey with elementary group activities and choir practice for 3 yr old and up. Childcare is also available for Birth-PreK children whose parents are attending a class.

  • – Childcare Room – 6:00-8:00 PM in FLC 834
  • – Elementary Activities –6:00-8:00 PM in FLC 837

What are the Children Learning?

Elementary

In May our Elementary children will be learning that after the church was formed, being a follower of Jesus wasn’t easy. But we can see in God’s Big Story that no matter what happens, we can have the perseverance to not give up when it gets hard because God is with us.
  • Week One: Peter and John Are Taken to the Sanhedrin (Acts 3–4:22)
    • Bottom Line: Keep going because of what God has done.
  • Week Two: Philip and the Man From Ethiopia (Acts 8:26-40)
    • Bottom Line: Keep going and ask when you have hard questions about God.
  • Week Three: Paul Becomes a Believer / Ananias Helps Paul (Acts 9:1-31)
    • Bottom Line: God can help you see things in a new way.
  • Week Four: Paul Shipwrecked (Acts 27–28:10)
    • Bottom Line: Don’t give up on God when bad things happen.
  • Week Five: Heaven (Revelation 21:3-5)
    • Bottom Line: God will make everything right in the end.
Memory Verse: Let us not become tired of doing good. At the right time we will gather a crop if we don’t give up. (Galatians 6:9, NIrV)
 
 

Preschool

In May our preschoolers will think about all the people in this world. People like them. People who are nothing like them. People who have made great choices. People who have made horrible choices. People who live near them, and people who live on the other side of the world. There are many different people in this world, and Jesus cares about every one of them.
  • Week One: Villages, Towns, Countryside* (Mark 6:53-57)
  • Week Two: Jesus Heals a Woman on the Sabbath (Luke 13:10- 17 CEV)
  • Week Three: Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)
  • Week Four: Woman at the Well (John 4:1-26, 39-42)
  • Week Five: Matthew’s Dinner (Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32)
Bottom Line: Jesus cares about everyone.
Memory Verse: “How wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” Ephesians 3:18 NIV
 

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