Children

Operation Christmas Child 2011

Operation Christmas Child at Cokesbury is a year long mission project.

Each month from April through November we will collect shoebox items. A collection box will be placed in room 114 located at the end of the hall nearest to the Gym in the education building.

We welcome donations at any time.

The schedule below is a suggestion:

·         April – child size socks and t shirts or clothing

·         May- Small toys (cars, yo yos, jump ropes, etc.)

·         June- Brushes and combs,

·         July- sunglasses, caps, play jewelry, hair accessories

·         August- bars of soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste

·         Sept- Crayons, pencil sharpeners, notepads, erasers, colored pencils, safety scissors and markers

·         Oct- hard candy, gum

·         Nov- money to help ship the boxes (please put these donations in the offering plate and mark them “shoeboxes”)

If you have any questions, please contact Pam Coleman at 371-4074 or colemanps@comcast.net

LEARNING

CHILDREN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL
9:30 a.m.
(The classroom locations are marked in our education buildings.
Background checks are completed on all nursery and children teachers and workers.)

Ages birth to two, Nursery class: The nursery is staffed by caring workers and is equipped with all the resources and materials for infant to toddler care.

Ages three through fourth grade: Our children use the Workshop Rotation Model for Sunday School. Children rotate weekly to crafts, story time, music, or cooking, experiencing each lesson using different learning styles.

Workshop Rotation Model in a nutshell: Teaching major Bible stories and concepts through workshops: an Art workshop, Drama, Cooking, and Games. One Bible story is taught in all of the workshops for eight weeks rotating the kids to a different workshop each week. They get each workshop twice during the series.

The Workshop Rotation Model concentrates on the major stories of the Bible over and over again. The model's philosophy recognizes that kids not only love repetition, but they need it to develop a lasting memory and understanding of content. Traditional designs have lessons with six or more different steps, a game, a craft, Bible study and music all in 45 minutes left our teachers breathless and was too rapid a pace for children to actually grasp the stories

The children are divided into 2 age groups, preschool and elementary and have a teacher for each workshop. Teachers only teach once a month and always teach the same workshop. We have been using the rotation model for Cokesbury Sunday school for about 6 years. The kids love it, the teachers love it, and I can't ever imagine going back to the old way.

On 5^th Sundays we have movie day. We watch a movie related to the lessons, usually Veggie Tales. We put blankets out on the floor and have popcorn and drinks. 5th Sundays usually fall at the beginning or end of a lesson series so it is a great opportunity to lead into a series or celebrate what we have learned.

4th and 5th graders - ROCK!

(Rely on Christ the King).

Check out the new Grapple curriculum, designed especially for pre-teens.

http://www.group.com/grapple/

WORSHIPPING

Children's Church "Kid's Own Worship"
(ages 3-10 during 10:30 a.m. service)

Children ages 3-5 are led to the education wing for age based worship and learning activities following the children's message.

Children 6-10 gather in the old sanctuary following the children's message. In this contemporary children's service the focus is on worshipping God with song, prayer and components that mirror the traditional service.

SERVING

Acolyte Program (2nd grade & up)
(during 10:30 a.m. service) see Mrs. Joyce Buck for details

For information on Children's Ministry programs, please contact Pam Coleman. colemanps@comcast.net