We’re Under Construction, but we’re still here!
This summer we’re going outside to #encountercreation.
CHILDREN ON SUNDAYS
Our Nursery (ages 4 & under) will be located in Room 315 & Room 316 near the Activities Center and is open during our worship services and adult Sunday school classes (8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.)
If your adult Sunday school class is still meeting, there will be a fun and light children’s activity held in the yard between the Sanctuary and Wesley Hall (Rain Location: Room 309 near the Activities Center.) If you are not attending an adult class, please feel free to join us to help keep us out of the street and having fun!
This is taking the place of formal Sunday School for children while their classrooms are under construction.
FAMILY #encountercreation SUMMER EVENTS
June 4 – Grove Worship
June 11 – Family Fun Day at Camp Lake Stephens
July 9 – Backyard Family Movie Night
July 23 – Family Wonder Walk Through Nature
August 6 – Blessing of the Backpacks
August 13 – Sunday School Launch
All events are open to all families of all ages!
Worship Buddies for children to use are available in the back of the services or from an usher.
Please take the time to show your child the songs in the hymnal or point them out on the screen. Explain to your child what is happening throughout the service — how we posture ourselves when we pray, why we are quiet at certain times and why we make noise and greet our neighbors at other times. Worship, like a sport or a new skill, takes practice for our young ones and the more they do it, they better at it they will be!
We also encourage you to download the Deep Blue app that accompanies our 3yrs-1st grade Sunday School curriculum. With the sound turned off, this is another way children can occupy their minds with things that relate to the lesson they just learned in Sunday school.
What’s in a Worship Buddy?
- Flash Cards:
- Learn the Books of the Bible
- Prayers of the People
- The Lord’s Prayer
- Chenille Stems
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Blank Paper
- Listening Sheets for Older Children
Classes are not currently meeting due to construction. We will resume in the fall!
With Deep Blue, children will make Bible stories, Bible people, and Bible passages a part of their lives. They will also come to know the Bible as THEIR book and find ways to let the Bible speak to them today!
Deep Blue incorporates Bible stories, science activities, arts and crafts, animated video storytelling, and active games into a lived-faith experience that will help children discover what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ today!
The Deep Blue kids—Asia, Edgar, and Kat—will lead the children through the Bible using animated videos that tell the story. The student resources-the Bible Story Stuff, the Kids Activity Stuff, and the Deep Blue Kids Bible—are colorful and engaging, encouraging the children to “dive deeper” into the Bible and explore their faith in fun and age-appropriate ways.
Classes are not currently meeting due to construction. We will resume in the fall!
Our children are immersed in the Bible with a rotational curriculum. The same Bible story is taught for several weeks. Each week, learners rotate to a different station. The story remains the same, but children encounter it in different ways in each station. Repetition is an important part of Deep Blue!
We have a loving and playful staff to care for the youngest members of the church. The nurseries are for children from birth to those not yet in kindergarten. We have childcare available for special church services, including Christmas Eve and Holy Week services, as well as for Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights. If your Sunday School class or small group needs childcare for a special function, let us know, and we will be happy to provide it! Email nursery@ouumc.org for more information.
Nursery is available for those 4 years and younger from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Infant Nursery – Room 315
Toddler Nursery – Room 316
Due to construction, we are not having our Wednesday Night Series for Children this year.
Special Programs & Events
Due to construction, we are not having our Wednesday Night Series for Children this year.
LAVINRAC is backwards for CARNIVAL, but there’s nothing backwards about this event! Join us for a fun night of all-you-can-play carnival games, a hot dog dinner, a chili cook-off, and a costume parade! All donations and proceeds go to benefit The Scott Center.
The Little Pageant
Children enrolled in 4K through Kindergarten perform before the pageant begins. The Advent Choir performs 7 speaking parts, given to Kindergarteners, and all sing three songs.
The Big Pageant
All 1st Graders and those who are participating for the first time will have non-speaking and non-solo singing roles. Beginning in 2nd Grade or after a year’s experience in the pageant, all children who wish to have a speaking part or solo are accommodated to the best of the director’s abilities. Behavior and commitment are factored in each year when giving out roles with more responsibility. We have these policies in place to keep things fair; however, ALL CHILDREN ARE WELCOME IN THE PAGEANT!!! There is a spot for you, even if you’re too shy to sing or speak!
