Worship Schedule:
The North Avenue Session has decided to extend our one combined worship service through August 2023. We will have worship at 9:45 am and Sunday School at 11am.
All children in 1st through 5th grades will join their families for the beginning of worship and be excused during the announcements to either go to choir or special programming in The Sphere.
Preschool children are also welcomed to join the beginning of worship and will be excused to come The Lil Sphere for Cherub Choir with a parent/adult (to sign them in) during the announcement portion of the service.
Families can pick up All children from their Sunday School Classes in the Children’s area at 11:50am.
During the announcements in the service the Junior Choir 1st through 5th graders will go to the music suite with Ms. Sierra for practice and families can take their 3s to Kindergarten children to the Lil Sphere for Cherub Choir.
Families can pick up All children from the Children’s area after worship.
Mission Statement:
The Children and Family Ministries at North Avenue is all about RELATIONSHIPS:
The Children and Family Ministries at North Avenue partners with families as they raise their children to become Christ followers who love God and neighbor.
In addition to the high standards that The Lil Sphere maintains on a regular basis, Sunday morning we will follow additional COVID response guidance.
In addition to the high standards that The Sphere maintains on a regular basis, Sunday morning we will follow additional COVID response guidance.
Elementary children are encouraged to attend the beginning of the worship services with their families. Following the announcements, children will be excused for children’s choirs. Children in grades 1st through 5th will be taken to the choir room for Junior Choir. (Kindergarten children and younger will need to have their families bring them to The Sphere welcome desk to be checked in to choir).
At the end of Junior Choir, the children will be brought to The Sphere Chapel for the fellowship time and the Discipleship Hour. Kindergartners will also be brough to The Sphere Chapel at that time.
Please pick-up your child in the Sphere welcome area directly after your morning experience. We ask that you wait in the Welcome area and your children will be dismissed to you.
We ask that you exit through the Sphere doors as soon as you have picked-up your child. We encourage you to fellowship outside with other families.
How do we want our children to be known? How do we model and instill a vibrant faith that is not only contagious but becomes the core of their identity? North Avenue’s Children and Family Ministries (CFM) are blessed to join our families as we cultivate our children’s spiritual foundation which rests in them knowing who they are and whose they are. We want our children to know that they are made uniquely in the image of God, and through the grace, everlasting love, and forgiveness we have in Jesus, know that they are called to love others and join God’s mission in the world. Through engaging God’s word, praying, singing, serving, playing, talking, laughing, and developing relationships with other adults, youth, and children who love God, we learn and grow together to be the followers of Christ that make a difference in our world. NAPC’s Children and Family Ministries meet each child where they are, knowing that through the power of the Holy Spirit, they will come to fully know that they are loved and can share that love with others.
We are excited to partner with you as we engage our children in a deeper relationship with Jesus. It is a joy and delight for each of us to walk with you as your children grow in their faith, knowledge, and relationship with Jesus.
Infants and Walkers: We want to help children learn about God and take their first steps in their relationship with Jesus right from the start! Our youngest children will listen to music about God and experience God’s love through their caregivers and church volunteers. Our Walkers engage every Sunday in God’s word by experiencing and participating in a lesson that incorporates Bible stories, singing, crafts, snacks, and prayer.
Two’s and Three’s and Pre-K: During the Discipleship hour, all preschool classes use Gospel Light curriculum focusing on God’s love for us all. Each session emphasizes both a Bible story and Bible verse. Children hear the Bible story from their Sunday School leader and then explore different ways of applying the story through play and projects. This is the time where we focus on developing relationships with our children. Our focus is to nurture our children’s relationship with Jesus, their relationship with their peers, and their relationship with adults in our church family who love and encourage them. We play to learn, listen to learn, and talk to learn.
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The Sphere is our Sunday morning program for kindergarten through fifth grade at the 10:15 a.m. Discipleship hour. During this time our kindergarten through fifth grade students will experience a large group time of creative Bible teaching that focuses on understanding and applying God’s word in our relationship with Him and others. This is followed by activities in small groups that build relationships between the children and Jesus, their peers and their leaders and applying God’s word to their lives. We intentionally focus on the faith skills of Hearing (listening to God’s word), Praying (having a dialogue with God), Talking (articulating our faith), and Living (worshipping God with our lives).