Bethel Lutheran Church

In Person - 1 time per month – during worship:

Kids will start worship with their families
Opening hymn in worship will be a kid friendly song (Erika is great with this idea – we will provide story/topic for month and any songs we like. Erika will help curate the hymn for the day with her own ideas if needed)
Pastor Emilie will do a Children’s time introducing the story of the week
After Children’s Time, kids will go to Gathering Place for activities that support the story/topic (Hoping to gain volunteers from our Nursery Volunteer list as well as our confirmation students
After the prayers, kids will return to worship with families for Holy Communion and the end of worship

Take home packets:

Take Home Family Page for both In Person focus and At Home topics
Monthly “Types of Prayer” cards for ring – teaching kids about prayer that will cover the whole year
Encouragement/ info for parents to share stories with kids as they read them in our Year Long Read the Bible in a Year for our 75th A

Monthly Support at Church:

Students who go to the nursery during worship throughout the month will hear stories and have crafts/coloring pages ready for them to access during time in the nursery.
Children’s worship bulletins will be made available for readers and nonreaders each week.