CHILDREN'S MINISTRY AT OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH

VISION STATEMENT: To give the littlest saints the knowledge of God and His word so that they will be able to fulfill the Great Commission.

MISSION STATEMENT: Learning and Serving.

SUNDAY MORNING MINISTRIES

Sunday Morning Children's Educational Program - Kingdom Quest Does your child enjoy attending Vacation Bible School? Well, how about having them attend VBS year round?
Kingdom Quest is just the thing for you and your child.

Children today learn best by using everyday objects to illustrate concepts. Kingdom Quest replaces yesterday's model of paper and pencil activities where one teacher did all the teaching. The children gather into large groups for creative Bible presentations. Then they break into small groups to apply the lesson and discuss how Jesus works in their lives.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT KINGDOM QUEST:

"My children can't wait for Sundays to go to Kingdom Quest." - Tina Addo, a parent whose children attend Kingdom Quest.

"Kingdom Quest doesn't only teach the children about their faith but it allows them to discover how to apply it to their daily lives." - Helen Harrington, Kingdom Quest Guide.

Marty Morphosis (a Kingdom Quest personality) visited our 5th and 6th grades one morning to talk about how God can transform us. "I got to take home the broken heart used to illustrate how God has the power to soften our hearts. Now the heart hangs on my bedroom wall and reminds me of no matter how hard our hearts are that Jesus can soften our hearts to make a clean new one." - Tekla Wilson, 6th grade.

Kingdom Quest Special Events

Kickoff occurs the last Sunday in August at 9:30am

Annual Year-End Celebration occurs on the last week of the regular school year

Service Project

Through their Sunday offerings along with those of the adults, the children take the lead in a service project. The donations collected are given to an organization that provides for the basic needs of people they serve. A new service project is selected each year and runs from August through June.

WEDNESDAY EVENING MINISTRIES

Children's Bible Study

- a small group for 3rd-6th graders, who pray together and learn how to apply the Bible to daily life, meets Wednesdays 4:45- 5:15p.m.

Choirs

- Cherub Choir is for children from Kindergarten through second grade. They meet on Wednesday afternoon from September to May. Children's Choir for children from third grade through sixth grade also meets on Wednesday afternoons from September to May. Our focus is on growing in our relationship with God, learning songs and musical skills, and preparing to lead worship.

Firm Foundations

provides sixth graders with basic Christian principles as they prepare for Confirmation the following year. This class meets Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.

First Communion Class

prepares fifth graders to receive the sacrament of Holy Communion. This class meets in early spring on Wednesday evenings.

Special Events:

Bibles

- In fulfillment of the promise we made at Baptism to place Scripture in the hands of the children, In September, Children's bibles are given to our three year olds, Adventure Bibles are given to our first graders and our third graders receive a devotional.

Faith Legacy

is a training curriculum to help families grow spiritually in their home. Faith Legacy steps are available every two years from Birth to age 8. Parents meet once with other parents of same-aged children. At the end of the evening parents speak a personalized blessing over their child while giving the child a blessing object.

LARS (Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services)

Walk for the Homeless occurs on a Sunday in October.

Children's Advent/Christmas program:

worship for the whole congregation, with music and drama, led by children, the second Sunday in December

Children's Choir Festival:

Children's Seder:

on Palm Sunday is a Christian version of a Jewish Passover Seder. It teaches the children the Old Testament story of the Israelites fight out of Egypt as well as the New Testament tradition of the Passover meal when Jesus celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples when He instituted the sacrament of Holy Communion.

Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt:

occurs on the Saturday before Easter Sunday.

SUMMER MINISTRIES

Vacation Bible School:

is held for one week during the summer from 9am to Noon.

How you can serve our children?

KINGDOM QUEST:

begins to equip our littlest saints at the age of 2, with the knowledge of, and the love for, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. You can become a guide, a presenter, actor, puppeteer and/or a coordinator. Guides teach children, establish relationships with the children and help them to apply the day's lesson to their daily lives. Every attempt is made to have two adults in each classroom at all times. Substitute guides are available if you are unable to lead your class for the week. Large Group Presenter, actors, and puppeteers, help to teach the children the Bible event in an exciting and creative way. Supply Coordinators play a vital behind the scene role. These people are the ones to put the supplies that are needed for that week's lesson in bins for the Guides and Large Group Presenters, actors, and puppeteers.

MUSICAL AND NON-MUSICAL:

assistants needed for choirs year-round and for the children's Advent/Christmas drama/musical.

SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATORS:

help organize and promote special educational experiences for the students outside the classroom.

TEACHERS/FACILITATORS:

needed for Wednesday night ministries

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL:

needs teachers, assistants, actors, music leaders, technical assistance and nursery volunteers as well as volunteers for other activities for one week during the summer.

Our Savior Lutheran Church
13611 Laurel-Bowie Rd.
Laurel, MD 20708
301-776-7670, FAX: 301-776-2872
Traditional Worship: at 8:15 & 11 a.m.
Contemporary Worship: at 9:30 a.m.
LCMS Affiliation
© Our Savior Lutheran Church 2011

Edited...2011