Children's Ministry

Family Ministry Model

IT'S NEW

Beginning September 7, 2008

Ryot Church of the Nazarene Sunday School will look and sound a little different. For the past 11 month to one year, there has been much prayer and consideration, countless meetings and vision casting, done in consideration of beginning a new Family Ministry Model uniting the entire church. The Family Ministry Model is scheduled in place of traditional Sunday School for children and youth ages. We’re so excited that all the prayers, vision and planning are coming full circle and even more excited to reach our community. Everyone is welcome, please come....Worship and experience the presence of God with us!

First Look (birth to age 4)

First Look meets every Sunday morning beginning at 10:45 am and uses several key strategies:

Teach less for more - Repeats one key truth (Bottom Line) all month long.
Engage the five senses - Helps master the concept through creative activities.
Teach with the end in mind - Helps a child by age five, to believe:

God Made Me
God Loves Me

Jesus Wants to be My Friend Forever

Experience worship - Encourages children to talk to God any time, any place.
Connect at home - Provides parents with ideas for conversation with their child at home.

Up Street (K-6th grade)

Up Street (252Basics curriculum) meets every Sunday morning beginning at 10:45 am and is a unique approach to curriculum for churches and Christian schools. It is built around three Basic Truths every child should embrace according to what Jesus modeled in Luke 2:52.

    I need to make the wise choice
    I can trust God no matter what
    I should treat others the way I want to be treated

Each Basic Truth is amplified by a weekly key concept and systematically taught over a three-year track. The curriculum includes 150 Bible stories and is based on a Core Virtue and Memory Verse as the framework for each month.

XP3 (7th-12th grade)

XP3 (Experience 3) meets every Sunday evening beginning at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall and is about experiencing three things . . .

WONDER * DISCOVERY * PASSION
Wonder:
Every one of us has a desire to marvel. We are looking for something to amaze us, something to incite wonder. There's a generation of students growing up in today's church who somehow miss the wonder of who God really is and believe that He isn't big enough for their experiences.

Discovery:
We are wired for adventure. We are curious from the womb. We want to explore, to see something we have never seen, something that helps us understand new things about ourselves. Many students today never make the discovery of who they are in light of God's truth, and many feel that He isn't relevant to their lives.

Passion:
We long to make a connection, to make a difference, to have intimacy, romance, companionship. Many students today fail to engage in a God-given passion to become involved in the lives of others. They don't feel He is real enough for their relationships.

Where To Go Once You Get Here:

Nursery (ages birth to 2)-First room on the left, basement

First Look (ages 3 to 4)-First room on the right, basement

Up Street (ages K-1st grade)-Red Room, basement

Up Street (ages 2nd grade)-Yellow Room, basement

Up Street (ages 3rd and 4th grade)-Green Room, basement

Up Street (ages 5th and 6th grade)-Blue Room, basement

Teens (not in Family Ministry Model)-Orange Room below Fellowship Hall

Adult Sunday School-In the Sanctuary

Adult Bible Study (w/ Marsha)-2nd door on left, basement

XP3 (7th-12th grade)-Sunday Evening, Fellowship Hall

Note to Parents/Guardians:

**So that you receive your child’s very important weekly Small Talk Card or God Time Card and Refrigerator door magnet, we are asking Parents/Guardians to drop-off and pick-up your child(ren) at their classroom. Your child will not be permitted to leave without you.** ALSO-

Be sure to drop by the Adult Bible Study classroom each month to pick-up your family’s Virtue Pack. This is a special tool designed to help you engage with your child(ren) all month long as he or she learns about each Virtue. We are asking for a donation of $10.00 each month for Virtue packs to help defer our cost in providing them to you; however, it is not required-we want everyone to be able to have this special tool and enjoy the time using it with your child(ren)!