Kindergarten – 5th Grade Sunday School: Bible Quest

Bible Quest is our Kindergarten through 5th grade Sunday School program. It meets in the basement from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Bible Quest uses a “workshop rotation model” style of teaching and uses the Cornerstones curriculum (www.cstones.com).

The theme for the 2011-2012 year is “The Covenant.”  The lessons for the year include:

Kingdon Parables                                 The Prodigal Son
Noah’s Ark                                               The Woman with the Alabaster Jar
The Ten Commandments                  Crucifixion and Resurrection
Messengers of the Covenant             Early Church as the Body of Christ
The Good Samaritan

LOGOS:
LOGOS is a midweek  ministry for Kindergarten – 12th grades. The ministry has 4 basic parts: Bible Study, Recreation, Family Meal Time, and Worship Skills (which primarily involves choir practice.) While the children are building Christian relationships with peers and adults, they also grow in their relationship with Christ.

Kindergarten – 5th graders’ schedule:

Kindergarten		4-4:30 recreation	4:30-5:15 Bible	5:15-6 Choir	6-6:45 Dinner
1st Grade		recreation	Bible	Choir	Dinner
2nd Grade		recreation	Bible	Choir	Dinner
3rd Grade		recreation	Bible	Choir	Dinner
4th Grade		recreation	Choir	Bible	Dinner
5th Grade		recreation	Choir	Bible	Dinner

Sixth – 12th grade schedule:
5:15-6:00  Choir    6-6:30  Dinner    6:30-7:15  Bible   7:15-7:45  Recreation

For more information on this Christ-centered ministry, look up Logos on the web at: www.thelogosministry.org

Nursery:
A nursery is provided during both worship services (8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.) for infants through five years old. The nursery is also available for infants through 2 years old during the Sunday School hour (9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.) The nursery is located on the first floor of the education wing.

PLEASE NOTE: Kindergarteners and toddlers who wish to attend the beginning portion of the 10:30 a.m. worship service with their parents may leave the service following the “Time for Young Disciples”, with our supervising adults, going to the nursery where parents may pick them up following the worship service. Children older than kindergarten should remain in the sanctuary with their parents.

Preschool Sunday School:
Two-year-olds through pre-kindergarten children have a Sunday school program that begins in the Toddler Sunday School room (1st floor of the education wing) at 9:00 a.m. Our Peepers (twos and threes) and Lambs ( Fours and Pre-K) will learn about God’s love using the “Walk with Me” curriculum (www.FaithAliveResources.org/Walk-With-Me). This time includes music, Bible stories, and art activities.

Other Children’s Ministry Events:
Throughout the year various service projects and fellowship activities are planned for the elementary-age children.
Upcoming events include:   Elementary Fall Retreat (3rd through 5th grade)- November 5 -6    Camp Maranatha

For additional information regarding any of our children’s programming, please contact:
Karen Madison, Director of Children’s Ministries, at kmadison@hsv1pres.org or 536-3354 ext. 129.

Discipline Policy:
Our children are important to us.  We have made a firm commitment to their Christian nurture and training.  We will assist our parents in every way possible to make certain the full opportunity of participation is available to every child.

First Presbyterian, Huntsville
Children and Youth Ministries Discipline Policy

God has blessed First Presbyterian Church with the incredible gift of many children and given us the responsibility of nurturing them in their Christian walk. We take that responsibility seriously and recognize that a vital part of nurture is loving discipline. In order to ensure that disciple is consistent we have established the following policy that is applicable to all of our Children’s Ministries.

Why is discipline important?
• To ensure that all children and youth have the opportunity to learn and play uninterrupted by disruptive behavior.
• To ensure that children and youth have a safe place to be.
• Children need boundaries; even Jesus rebuked the disciples at times.

What is our one basic rule?  “We will all treat each other as Children of God.”

That rule implies that we will all:
Be ATTENTIVE -listen when others are talking.
Be RESPECTFUL – of others so that our behavior does not disrupt or disturb.
Be SAFE so that our behavior does not endanger anyone else.

Consequences that will follow if this rule is broken are…
Step 1 – children will be given a verbal reminder of our rule and stating the inappropriate behavior to be stopped offering a positive alternative.
Step 2—if the inappropriate behavior continues the child will be given to the assistant teacher who will upon their discretion escort the student to their parents or keep him/her present with them throughout the remainder of the class time.
Step 3—If the inappropriate behavior continues for more than three classes the child will be expected to participate in a conference with the parents, the DCM, and the Senior Pastor to determine how best to prevent the behavior from reoccurring.