Children's Church Newsletter

FPC Fun!

We had a wonderful Stewardship Season this year! On Commitment Sunday we got to enjoy the musical offerings of both our Hallelujah Kids! and our Joyful Noise choirs! Then we gathered some great fellowship over lunch from the Varsity!

Visit our Stewardship page

Our FPC Kids and Youth painted pumpkins again this year for some of our homebound FPC family!

Then some of our FPC Youth did some Reverse Trick-or-Treating and delivered pumpkins to assisted livings!

FOR EVERYONE!

RSVP to Erin

Joyful Noise and Hallelujah Kids! will not meet on November 22nd in observance of Thanksgiving.

The last rehearsal of 2023 is on December 13th and we will start back in January!

Click below for the Fall 2023 Acolyte Schedule! We have so many Acolytes now that we will have two each week, so be sure to mark your dates on the calendar!

Fall 2023 Acolyte Schedule

Christmas Pageant Rehearsal

On the following days during Sunday School at 9:45am

November 26

December 10

December 17

FOR THE KIDS!

We'll have our last Jammies & Jesus for 2023 on November 12th!

We'll start back in January!

Jammies and Jesus Zoom Link

FOR THE YOUTH!

THIS Sunday, November 5th we will hold Confirmation for three of our Youth who have come with us a spiritual journey over the past few months and are now ready to confirm their faith in the Lord. Join us as we recognize Harper, Holden, and Kately in worship this Sunday.

As part of their Confirmation journey and in partnership with Thriving Congregations, our FPC Youth interviewed some of our living saints to hear their stories about FPC, their faith journeys, and more! Click below to watch them!

Saints' Stories: Larry Kennon interviewed by Holden Evans.

Saints' Stories: Louly Fowler Hay interviewed by Harper Holder

Saints' Stories: Leonard Kaminski interviewed by Kately Lane

Saints' Stories: Miriam Wheeler interviewed by Holden Evans

Saints' Stories: Tom Crews interviewed by Harper Holder

Saints' Stories: Carolyn Watson interviewed by Kately Lane

For our December Youth Hang, we'll go shopping for Angel Tree gifts! Our FPC Youth will be getting first pick of the Christmas Angels and we will go shopping for the children we picked out!

SAVE THE DATE!

2024 Montreat Middle School Conference is scheduled for July 17-21, 2024. Mark your calendar and come back for more information later on!

FOR THE PARENTS

General Sunday Practices

We now have FPC Kids Ushers!

On the first Sunday of each month, two children ushers will assist with ushering before worship!

K-1st grade: Parents are present for the supervision of their child at all times.

2nd grade and up: parents do not need to be present.

Talk to Erin if you have any questions!

Sunday School is held at 9:45am on the lower floor of FPC! We hold a children's class for PreK-4th grade and a tween class for 5th grade and up.

For parents we offer the Foundations Class on the lower level classroom wing, and the WiredWORD class in the Gathering Room on the upper level.

Connect with us on Remind!

We have “classes” set up for a couple of our ministries.

Text the class code below to 810-10 and follow the prompts to get text reminders for your ministry areas!

Children's Ministry code - @h82haa

Youth Ministry code - @7g3fg6

Belief & Beer code - @k74g9k

All children are always invited to wiggle and giggle in worship!

We have “Children in Worship” guiding brochure available at the button below! This brochure is intended to serve as an aid to parents and other members of our congregation in welcoming our children to worship.

Children in Worship

During worship children are invited to join us at the front of the Sanctuary for a time of Wondering with God’s Children. Afterwards, children planning to go to the nursery will be escorted downstairs by Pastor Neeley or Pastor Erin. This is to help you stay in worship and us get them to the nursery safely. If you need help finding the nursery, you are invited to ask an usher to point the way.

A nursery is available on the lower level of the church for newborns through 1st grade children. We do hope children will worship with us in the sanctuary! Wiggles and Giggles are so very welcome!

Our nursery is a safe, loving, and nurturing environment for our youngest disciples.

Thank you to our rotation of Sunday School teachers and Nursery Workers who make it possible for FPC to have such a thriving atmosphere for children!

Note all employees and volunteers who work with children have gone through our child protection policy.

If your little ones become regular visitors to Sunday School, Worship, or the Nursery, we ask that you fill out the Child Medical Consent Form

Child Consent Form

Questions/suggestions about children's ministry at FPC? Contact Pastor Erin, Elder Mary Catherine, or Elder Charles Ardis!

Email Pastor Erin

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