Our Philosophy for Children’s Discipleship
The Children’s Ministry of Golden Isles PCA seeks to assist families in the spiritual formation and discipleship of our Covenant Children so that we see them grow to be engaged worshipers and biblically sound church members. In order to accomplish this task we have instituted the following programs:
Sunday School: "One Story Ministries" K4-1st Grade
The children’s Sunday School hour is a time when we seek to expose our school-age children to the story of the whole Bible. Our goal is to see our Covenant Children become biblically sound and know their Bible from Genesis to Revelation. At this time, we are utilizing the One Story Ministries curriculum to achieve this goal. It is a wonderful curriculum that helps our children really interact with the truth of God's word.
Sunday School: "Catechetical Instruction" 2nd-4th Grade
The older children are currently doing the children's catechism from Great Commission Publication. They are endeavoring to memorize the historic truth's of the Christian faith in form of catechetical instruction. This has been a wonderful class and the children love to be taught the truth in this form!
Children’s Church: "What I Believe"
We desire to see our children become engaged worshippers. To that end, during the morning worship service, children ages 4 - 2nd grade are dismissed before the pastoral prayer for Children’s Church. During this time, we use the “Teach Me to Worship” curriculum at various times and currently the children are going through the Apostles' Creed in the curriculum "What I Believe."
Additionally, we want to help parents pew train their children, so we have worked to provide several resources. First, we have a children’s bulletin available for families each Sunday. This bulletin contains the order of worship with interactive questions and activities to help children become active listeners and participants in the worship service. We also realize that children can struggle with sitting still and being quiet. We have “quiet bags” available in the children’s ministry hallway. These bags contain some quiet fidget busters and activities to help control the wiggles.
The Children’s Ministry of Golden Isles PCA seeks to assist families in the spiritual formation and discipleship of our Covenant Children so that we see them grow to be engaged worshipers and biblically sound church members. In order to accomplish this task we have instituted the following programs:
Sunday School: "One Story Ministries" K4-1st Grade
The children’s Sunday School hour is a time when we seek to expose our school-age children to the story of the whole Bible. Our goal is to see our Covenant Children become biblically sound and know their Bible from Genesis to Revelation. At this time, we are utilizing the One Story Ministries curriculum to achieve this goal. It is a wonderful curriculum that helps our children really interact with the truth of God's word.
Sunday School: "Catechetical Instruction" 2nd-4th Grade
The older children are currently doing the children's catechism from Great Commission Publication. They are endeavoring to memorize the historic truth's of the Christian faith in form of catechetical instruction. This has been a wonderful class and the children love to be taught the truth in this form!
Children’s Church: "What I Believe"
We desire to see our children become engaged worshippers. To that end, during the morning worship service, children ages 4 - 2nd grade are dismissed before the pastoral prayer for Children’s Church. During this time, we use the “Teach Me to Worship” curriculum at various times and currently the children are going through the Apostles' Creed in the curriculum "What I Believe."
Additionally, we want to help parents pew train their children, so we have worked to provide several resources. First, we have a children’s bulletin available for families each Sunday. This bulletin contains the order of worship with interactive questions and activities to help children become active listeners and participants in the worship service. We also realize that children can struggle with sitting still and being quiet. We have “quiet bags” available in the children’s ministry hallway. These bags contain some quiet fidget busters and activities to help control the wiggles.
