9:45-10:40am, Sundays
Beginning January 18
As we grow in our faith together, there are basic faith milestones we pray our children will learn and keep in their hearts. Our children’s ministry program teaches faith milestones in our Sunday morning ministry each year. We do this to help the children grow in their understanding of these milestones as they grow in their faith and love for God. We focus on teaching The Lord’s Prayer, the Books of the Bible, The 10 Commandments, and The Apostles’ Creed.
Milestone classes are held during the Sunday School hour, 9:45-10:45am. Please plan to have your children join us. This is how the classes will work under our current large group Sunday School setting:
The Lord’s Prayer
This class is for our toddlers through Pre-K students. We will pray the prayer each week in class and encourage parents to do the same as a family. We will then talk about the different prayer petitions each week in age appropriate classes, so children know what it means when they pray these words. The children will lead the prayer in our worship celebration in March.
How to Pray – our first grade students will begin Milestone classes with the Lord’s Prayer alongside the kindergarten students. They will then separate to explore prayer further, learning how to pray different prayers for different situations. We want to help children feel comfortable and confident to pray.
The Books of the Bible
The Books of the Bible curriculum is a two-year program for our second and third grade students where year one we explore the Old Testament and year two we explore the New Testament. We will be doing year two curriculum this year. Children will not just learn the books of the Bible order, but they will dig into scripture, learn about the Gospels, explore the history of the church, read the letters of the Epistles, and discover that God wins in Revelation. We will also learn that the New Testament stories show us how to live our lives today following Jesus. We will celebrate this milestone in worship in March.
Ten Commandments and Apostles’ Creed
The Ten Commandments will be offered for the fourth grade students. They will learn and explore the meaning to each of the Commandments. They will also learn how the Commandments apply to our everyday lives and guide our steps in following Jesus. We will celebrate this milestone in worship in March.
The Apostles’ Creed will be taught to our fifth grade students. The students will learn what it means when we declare “I believe” as we say the creed. They will learn about the Trinity – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit and will share what the Creed means to them. We will celebrate this milestone in worship in March.
We are excited to share this milestone experience with you and your family. We will even have different pieces that invite you, as parents, into the process and class so you can share this with your children.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Rhonda
Rhonda@tlcms.org
