Fairmount Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Monday, January 05, 2009

Children's Worship

Printable Children's Worship Schedule

2006 - 2007 Teacher Schedule

Date	Story	Teacher	Greeter
September 10	The Light	Laura Desmond
September 17	Creation	Jan Larson	Maggie Ginn
September 24	Noah	Jeanne Longmuir	Emily Johnson
October 1	Abram and Sarai	Tim Sheeran	Abby Sheeran
October 8	Exodus	Os Mills	Loren Bendall
October 15	The Ten Best Ways to Live	Laura Desmond
October 22	The Ark and a Tent for God	Jeanne Longmuir	Emily Johnson
October 29	The Promised Land	Jan Larson
November 5	The Temple, a House for God	Tim Sheeran	Abby Sheeran
November 12	Exile and Return	Os Mills	Loren Bendall
November 19	How the Church Tells Time	Laura Desmond
November 26	The Prophets Show the Way to Bethlehem	Jan Larson
December 3 Advent 1	Mary and Joseph Show the Way to Bethlehem	Tim Sheeran	Abby Sheeran
December 10 Advent 2	The Shepherds Show the Way to Bethlehem	Laura Desmond
December 17 Advent 3	The Magi Show the Way to Bethlehem	Os Mills	Loren Bendall
December 24 Christmas Eve No Church School	Pageant	Pageant	Pageant
December 31	Christmas – Meeting the Christ Child	Jeanne Longmuir	Emily Johnson
January 7	The Boy Jesus in the Temple	Tim Sheeran	Abby Sheeran
January 14	Jesus is Baptized	Os Mills	Loren Bendall
January 21	Jesus in the Wilderness	Eric Carlson
January 21	The Mustard Seed	Laura Desmond
January 28	The Leaven	Jan Larson
February 4	The Great Pearl	Tim Sheeran	Abby Sheeran
February 11	The Sower	Laura Desmond
February 18	The Good Samaritan	Os Mills	Loren Bendall
February 25 Lent 1	The Lenten Puzzle	Eric Carlson
March 4 Lent 2	Jesus and the Children	Tim Sheeran	Abby Sheeran
March 11 Lent 3	Jesus and Bartimaeus	Laura Desmond
March 18 Lent 4	Jesus and Zacchaeus	Os Mills	Loren Bendall
March 25 Lent 5	Jesus the King	Jeanne Longmuir	Emily Johnson
April 1 Palm Sunday	Jesus’ Last Passover	Tim Sheeran	Abby Sheeran
April 8 Easter	Jesus is Risen: Appearance to Mary Magdalene	Os Mills	Loren Bendall
April 15	Jesus is Risen: The Road to Emmaus	Laura Desmond
April 22	The Great Banquet	Eric Carlson
April 29	The Good Shepherd	Jan Larson
May 6	The Good Shepherd and the Lord’s Supper I	Tim Sheeran	Abby Sheeran
May 13	The Good Shepherd and the Lord’s Supper II	Laura Desmond
May 20	Ascension	Os Mills	Loren Bendall
May 27	Pentecost	Jeanne Longmuir	Emily Johnson

Children's Worship

Age 3, 4 & 5
11:00
Room 2 & the Polly Scheid Room, lower level

Faith Stage
3’s are very responsive to Bible stories and will see God as a miracle worker and Jesus as their friend. They will use play to explore religious ideas but will not understand “object lessons” because they cannot think abstractly enough to relate a concrete thing to an abstract theological idea.

Children ages 4&5 are very concrete thinkers and will resonate more with Bible stories than with theological ideas. They will not be able to place characters on a timeline(Moses and Jesus will be friends), but will understand that Jesus loves them. God will most likely be a human figure and may even get fused with Jesus.

This Montessori–based curriculum shares bible stories in the context of a carefully structured, age-appropriate worship that helps children learn the order and meaning of the different parts of a worship service. Play-time and a snack called the “Feast” are included as parts of the worship. Parents are welcome and should plan to pick up the child as soon as worship is over.