Our goal is to nurture spiritual growth through worship, education, prayer, fellowship and service. We encourage our members to identify their God-given gifts in ministry and use them in service to the church and the wider community.

We accomplish this by:
• teaching and sharing the stories of God,
• spreading God’s love and care through prayer and Christian example, and
• seeking spiritual understanding through our personal and collective study of God’s word.

“Christian education is not something external to be applied to the learner. Rather, it is a guided experience in which participants and teachers are engaged in God’s Word creatively, spontaneously, and purposefully. The key ingredient in Christian Education is participants and teachers uniting their life experiences as they engage scripture with their questions, hopes, fears and dreams. The real curriculum is what emerges. We simply provide the space and the context for it to happen and then try our best to move with the Spirit. The real teacher is God.”

Bible Quest

A story-based curriculum, it was developed as an ecumenical project by nine different denominations, including the United Church of Christ. It will be used for Preschool 3 through 1st Grade at the 9:00 service and Preschool 3 through 1st Grade at the 11:00 service.

Bible Quest emphasizes teaching the overall story and invites persons to live as disciples of Jesus Christ. Activities encourage students to connect to the broader church life, to their homes and families, and to their communities. Opportunities are offered to experience the Bible in many ways, including art, music, storytelling and reading.

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Bible Journeys

A workshop rotation model, Bible Journeys is a new and exciting style of church school where children study and experience the same Bible story for 4 weeks in various formats. Teachers stay in the workshop and children, in grade levels, rotate through each one. A team of shepards who remain with the class for an entire year provides consistency and relationship building. Our classrooms are being transformed to accommodate art, acting, puppetry, storytelling, computers, and games.

Click here for more information on Bible Journeys.

Click here to see photos of Bible Journeys classes!

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Junior High

Junior High tends to be a challenging group to engage. To meet this challenge, we are tailoring our curriculum to meet the specific needs of this group. Each month they will explore a contemporary topic, relating the Bible to their lives.

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Confirmation

Confirmation Class 2007
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Confirmation class is open to anyone in high school who has not been confirmed. Classes begin in September and meet every Monday evening from 7-8:30. Our program explores various tenants of the Christian faith through interactive exercises and discussions. A mentoring program begins in early January. Each confirmand is carefully matched with an adult member of our congregation, for a more personalized study of the Book of Luke and for further faith exploration. Our program also includes a weekend retreat midyear.

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Stepping Stones (formerly CIA - Christians In Action)

Lead by lay members of our congregation, Stepping Stones is a youth group open to students in 5th and 6th grade. They meet once a month, on Friday evenings, at the church. Our youth participate in fellowship, mission work, and games, which focus on Biblical themes and moral issues.

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YUTES (Youth Under the Everlasting Savior)

This vibrant and growing program is open to all youth that are in 7th through 12th grade. It is an ecumenical group, which meets every Sunday evening from 5-7. Programs consist of skits, games, discussions, debates, faith questions, theology and FUN. Singing and prayer is a favorite component and lifts everyone’s spirit. There are also mission trips and retreats scheduled throughout the year, along with fundraisers to help support the program. For more information, see the Youth Ministry page.

The YUTES also maintain their own website, www.yutes.org.