Children & Youth Ministries/Kid Connection

Kid Connection

Bethel's Children's Ministry

Sunday, August 22
This event is from 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM at Fireside Room All

Activate Faith! That is the motto of Augsburg Press’ Spark curriculum that Bethel is using during this year’s Kid Connection. Kid Connection is Bethel’s Sunday morning education program for children ages 3 years through 6^th grade. Your child will grow in their faith as they learn about God’s love and grace through hands-on activities and Bible stories.

Spark lessons are designed to engage every child in active learning! Age-appropriate lessons designed for multiple intelligences reinforce key points of the stories and help kids get more out of Sunday school, no matter what their learning style may be.

With SPARK, children will:

• Open their Bibles each week and engage in Scripture.
• Participate in age-appropriate activities that reinforce the Bible stories.
• Engage in active learning through lessons that incorporate the multiple intelligences.
• Grow in their faith by encountering God’s Word.

Please fill out a registration form and return it to Amanda Boniface.

Nursery/Toddler Care
Preschool Programs
Elementary Programs

Nursery/Toddler Care:

Nursery/Toddler Care is available for children Newborn through age 3 year-round. During both services, children 3 years (fully potty trained) and older are encouraged to participate in our Kid Connection preschool program. Our Nursery staff is professional, friendly, and courteous to those who visit. Feel free to stay as long as you’d like to allow your child to get familiar with the many activities our nursery has to offer. Nursery care is offered during each worship service and is located down the hallway from the Sanctuary.

Preschool Program:

The Preschool class is for children who are 3–4 years old and have not started Junior Kindergarten or Kindergarten. We meet from 9:15 AM to 10:15 AM in preschool room 42. The children have opening, lesson time, free play, circle time and snack. All children in the Preschool class must be fully potty trained. Spark’s focus for the Preschool class is to present ways for kids to become familiar with the Bible stories and understand the stories’ basic meaning.

Elementary Programs:

Each Sunday beginning at 9:15 AM from September through May, the elementary children at Kid Connection will explore various aspects of Spark as they learn to apply the Gospel to their everyday lives. The children will be challenged to think about how they can make the connection and do life with God in the picture.

All kids explore the same Bible story each week, yet each age level focuses on the story in an age appropriate way. Each Bible story has a Lesson Focus statement for each age level, and all content reinforces that focus statement.

Elementary Classes:

Jr. Kindergarten – Kindergarten (children 5 years old by Dec. 1, 2009)	Present ways for kids to relate with Bible characters and put themselves in the Bible story.
First – Second Grades	Present ways for kids to comprehend stories, identify with characters, and apply an action they can take in their own lives.
Third – Fourth Grades	Present ways for kids to understand the structure of the Bible, and be able to navigate within the Bible to find stories they know or want to explore.
Fifth – Sixth Grades	Present ways for kids to know the Bible well enough to dig further into the stories, to interpret and determine ways to apply and compare Bible text to their own lives.

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Last updated August 27, 2009