Children’s Ministries

Bethel’s Children’s Ministry Team 2004 - 2005

Laura M. Leonard = Children’s Ministry Coordinator

Patrice Sera = Children’s Ministry Lead

Chris Freckmann, Cathryn Gunn, Laurie Bryson & Joy Freeman = Publications Team

Sunday Morning Programs

“Kid Connection,” our Sunday morning program for children Newborn through 6th grade, is off and running again at rapid speed. Our Nursery Staff has grown by one, which has allowed our wonderful caregivers to have more “one on one” time with each child during the worship services.

Our Preschool classes, the “Little Lambs” and the “Sonbeams” merged into one room this year, due to lower numbers of younger children. The children enjoy learning the day’s Bible lesson in a large group setting, and then move on to singing, snack time or an activity that goes with the day’s lesson. The children leave each week knowing God loves and cares for them.

Our Elementary classes, “Faith Followers,” “Brave Believers,” “Christ Crusaders,” and “Jr. Teen Mentors” are focusing on “Making It Connect,” a sequential journey through the Bible. The students are looking at Creation and the First Families from some of the stories in Genesis and Exodus as well as being asked to “Think Big.” This is thinking about things that are important to God. The Ten Commandments, the Salvation message, the story of Joshua, the people of Israel crossing the Jordan River, and how to remember to be thankful are just a few things the children are learning this year. All of the lessons this year focus on deepening the children’s relationship with God. The children are learning about prayer, Bible reading, confession of sin, making God first priority, loving God wholeheartedly and standing up for God. The children leave each week having learned how to grow into Christ’s likeness, to reach out to others, and to become more fully devoted followers of Christ.

We’d like to thank our “Kid Connection” Team for contributing their time, love of the Lord, and energy in making our program wonderful for every child who attends each week.

Nursery = Newborn - 18 months old

Christina Hill, Lisa Read, Luanne Fisher & Melina Tulshibagwale

Little Lambs = 18 months - 36 months old & Sonbeams = 3 and 4 year olds

Maria Rehbein, Laura French, Angela Brown & LeSonia Leimer

Faith Followers = Jr. Kindergarten - Kindergarten

Kryssie Mingst & Carol Wheaton

Brave Believers = 1st - 3rd Grade

Cassandra Messner, Patrice Sera, Ruth Seyer, & Christine Lutke

Christ Crusaders = 4th - 5th Grade

Anita Tighe, Adriene Needham, Deirdre Lum, & Audrey Ostrowski-Gallagher

Jr. Teen Mentors = 6th Grade Bible Study

Tom Barbaro, Eric Messner, Jean Vaughn, Ralph Miller, Alice Isaacson, & Ruth Seyer

Elementary Areas = 9:45am Opening, Art, Music, Snack, & Bible Games

Molly Schrey, Cindy Kurtz, Doreen Baldwin, Katlynn Hoegel, Jenny Rowen,

Vicki Bohan, Donna Price, & Alice Isaacson

Offering

This year’s offering will be given to Heifer International, a great outreach that helps feed hungry families around the world. Heifer’s animals (and training i