The Arvada Covenant Church Annual Meeting takes place Sunday, January 25 after the morning services. This is the annual report from the Children's Ministry Commission.
Launch! Children’s Ministry
The Children’s Ministry team partners with parents to reach, teach and touch children from birth through fifth grade with the love of our great God. Our ministry’s name, “Launch! The adventure starts here,” describes our awareness of the tremendous privilege we share with parents to introduce a child to a meaningful, lifelong relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
We continued to develop our team based approach to ministry in order to use the God-given talents of our staff, commission members, Sunday and Wednesday leaders, behind-the-scenes prep team and our many special event volunteers for the best results. We thank God for each and every person involved in Launch! We continue to pray for even more people to join us in serving the children and families of our church and community. Highlights of the past year include:
Weekend Worship and Spiritual Growth. We believe that children’s spiritual growth, like most adults’, happens best in the context of relationships with others and with God. Our newly re-designed, kid-friendly spaces, (a major part of the church’s remodel project) gave us greater flexibility to give our best work and efforts to minister to kids with this goal in mind.
Children gather each Sunday morning at 9 and 10:45 a.m. in small, age-based groups where they build community and friendships. Their leaders introduce the lesson in fun, imaginative ways. Later, they join with other small groups for large-group creative Bible teaching and worship. Finally, they return to their small group for activities, sharing and prayer, facilitated by their adult leaders. As kids head home with their parents, we send along ideas for parent-led discussions and activities to reinforce the concepts presented on Sunday.
Wednesday Night Oasis As the name suggests, Wednesday nights is designed to be a mid-week highlight for kids where they enjoy games, Bible stories and skits, and spending time with friends. In 2008, we added a kid-friendly Bible memory program, Verse Worx, for elementary students, which highlights important Biblical themes and verses.
Kids’ Camp was our fun, high energy, summertime week of evangelism, worship and spiritual growth with 550 of our ACC kids and their friends and neighbors. We simply couldn’t have pulled it off without the help of over 150 dedicated volunteer leaders!
Community Fall Festival. This annual event gave us the opportunity to introduce our church and ministry to over 400 church friends and neighbors in a fun, family-targeted environment.
At our Family Advent Night - "Jingle Jam", families and children worshiped and laughed together as they learned about the peace that we have through Jesus Christ.
Our interactive Christmas Eve Family Service told the Christmas Story to a packed house in a creative, memorable, age-appropriate manner for young children and their families.
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