arkway Hills UMC Children's Ministries, led by Angie Williams, Director of Children & Family Ministry and the Children's Council, welcomes all, from the tiniest infants to those finishing elementary school. Nursery care is provided for infants and toddlers at all church-wide services and events. Age and grade specific Sunday School classes are offered at 9:45 a.m. each Sunday. Infants and toddlers nurseries and classrooms for 2's, 3's and 4's are located on the second floor of the Worship Center building. Kindergarten through 4th grade meet in The Ark, our children's building, located between the Worship Center and the Education Building. PTY's (preteen youth - 5th and 6th grades) meet upstairs in the Education Building.
 

calendar of events - Fall 2008

   January 14            Wednesday Night Activities resume
   February 24          Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
   February 25          No Wednesday Night Activities. Ash Wednesday Service 
   March 18                No Wednesday Night Activities. Spring Break
   March 29                Easter Egg Hunt
   April 4                     SpringFest
   April 8                     No Wednesday Night Activities
   May 3                      Children's Sabbath
  
PHUMC Children's Sunday School - Spring 2009

	PHUMC's children's activities are outlined below. Nursery and Toddlers Rooms 205 & 206, upstairs in the Worship Center. Staff: Ann Allen, Kizzy Collins, Christina Harris, Melanie Pollard & Carrie Williams   2nd Grade The Ark. Teacher: Rotation of volunteers   Two Year Olds Room 202, upstairs in the Worship Center. Teachers: Ashley Sanders, Renee Stokes & Jessica Wood   3rd Grade Room 3, in The Ark. Teachers: Rotation of volunteers   Three & Four Year Olds Room 207, upstairs in the Worship Center. Teacher:  Pat Dunn, Adekne Killens & Laura McCrory   4th Grade The Ark. Teachers: Rotation of volunteers   K5  The Ark. Teachers: Rotation of volunteers   1st Grade The Ark. Teachers: Rotation of volunteers PTYs - 5th & 6th Grade Upstairs, Education Building. Teachers: Mary Swoope, Kirk & Marcy Scoggins.

Children's activities
 

Children's Sunday School
The Upper Rooms is the name of our rotational Sunday school for Kindergarten thru 4th grade children that meets in the ARK, our children's building.  In a rotational learning setting, the same Bible story or theme is taught for several weeks.  Each week, learners rotate to a different station.  The story remains the same, but children encounter it in different ways in each station.  The variety of experiences keeps interest high throughout the unit.  Teachers teach the same lesson, with age-level adjustments, for the length of the rotation.

We use the Power Xpress curriculum published by Cokesbury specifically for use in rotation settings.  We have five week rotations for Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade and 4th grade.  We begin each workshop with a gathering time.  All ages, K-4th, meet here for 15 minutes, beginning at 9:45, for a fun, lively look at the Bible story or theme.  We also have a joy and concern time and prayer.  The children then go with their age group to their workshop station for that week.  The stations we offer are storytelling, video, art, games and science.  Parents pick up their children from their classroom in The Ark.

Extended Session
During the 10:45 Worship Service, Extended Session is offered to children age 3 thru Kindergarten. Children are dismissed from worship after the Children's Moment.  Their time in extended session is spent with Bible stories, games and crafts. Parents whose children participate in extended session take turns teaching each week.

Extended Session does NOT meet on the first Sunday of the month due to communion services. Children are invited to take communion with their parents.

Wednesday Night Activities
Our Wednesday Night Activities include Choir and programs for age 3 through 6th grade.  Supper begins at 5:30 p.m. and is followed by children's choirs and programs at 6:00 p.m. The children's choirs sing in our worship services and present a Christmas program and a musical program in the late spring. 

5th & 6th grades (Pre-teen Youth or PTYs) meet together for Sunday school and on Wednesday nights.  The PTY choir / drama team prepare each Wednesday night to help lead worship on Sundays several times per year. Adult volunteers are Tiffni Woodward, Lisa McLain, Nicole and Greg Shows. There are also special fun events throughout the year for the PTYs.

The 3 & 4 year old children meet in the Extended Session room at 6 pm for singing and their Bible lesson.  Tiny Tone choir teachers are Vicki Blake, Cynthia Gibbs and Richard Sanders.

The K-4th grade children study missions, thru an exciting and engaging program called Mission Possible Kids. In choir they will begin working on their plans to sing during Worship.  Adult volunteers are Cindy White, Michelle Luth, Carla Smith, Debbie Craft, Marcy Scoggins, Andy Blake, Laura McCrory, Holly Morris, Mary Sanderson, Jeanie Dunn, Cathy Robertson, Lisa McLain, Carrie Ainsworth and David White.

 MPKids* Release Form - Click here to print out a form.

 *"Mission Possible Kids is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids change the world through helping others. For more information on the national organization, visit www.mpkids.org, or call 1-877-MPKIDS-1."