Children's Education

Children's Education Programs have returned for the fall
​beginning Sunday, September 13th
FRC offers two different forms of Christian education for our children from preschool to 5th grade.

On Sunday morning - Children's Sunday School
On Wednesday evening - Adventure Kids

​  At FRC, we want even the littlest ones to understand and  experience God and all that he can do for them.

Children's Sunday School

Preschool (age 4) - 5th grade
​Sunday Morning from 9:30 - 10:15 am

Meet in the lower multipurpose room
(East side of the building)
 

New Kids Mini Series "Friend Me" beginning September 13th

And, for those families who do not feel comfortable with their kids attending Sunday School in person yet, we will be publicizing information each week on FRC's website.  This information will help families at home discuss some of the things we are doing in Sunday School.

Sunday School Week 2 Lesson

 This week we’re going to explore what it means to be a good friend by helping others. Let’s kick off our time by playing a game that will require you to help and work together! 
Have kids form teams of two or more. Have each team designate a home base where members of that team will return after finding a piece of yarn. Explain to kids that the object is to see which team can tie the longest strand of yarn together. On your command, team members should locate pieces of yarn, bring them back to their home base, and begin tying them together. However, each person can pick up only one piece of yarn before returning to home base, only one person from each team can be searching for yarn at a time, and home base is the only place where yarn can be tied together. Start the game, and play until you think most of the yarn has been found. Ask teams to stretch out their pieces to determine who has the longest piece of yarn. 
How did your friends help you in this game? 
• How would this game have been different if you had to round up the yarn alone? 
Say: We all need help in real life. And sometimes God asks us to be the ones helping out! Let’s dig into that right now by taking a quiz. 
Quiz:
Question 1: You have a friend who isn’t very good at science. Your friend asks you to help out with the next test. You… 
a) agree to help by letting your friend borrow your notes. 
b) say to your friend, “You need to study harder and reread your notes.” 
c) agree to help by sitting close during the test and showing your answers to your friend. 
So what do you choose? 
 
Question 2: You’re with a friend who always gets hurt and makes it a big deal. Sure enough, your friend falls and says something is broken. You… 
a) find the nearest adult and ask for help. 
b) ignore your friend, knowing nothing is broken and your friend will get over it in a minute. 
c) ask what’s wrong and help your friend figure out if he or she is okay. 
Well, what’s your choice? 
 
What do you think the most helpful thing in each situation would be? Why? 
The questions didn’t always have a clearly right or wrong answer, did they? It isn’t always easy to help others. Sometimes we don’t know how, or it’s just easier not to, and sometimes we’d rather not help. So what are we supposed to do if someone needs something from us? Let’s dive into that today. 
Read the scripture & answer the questions as a family:
- Luke 10:25-37 
      Why do you think it’s important to help someone even when it’s inconvenient? 
      When, if ever, might helping someone not be the best idea? Explain. 
 
- Galatians 6:1-5
     When might the act of helping someone actually hurt that person? 
    Imagine that someone wants help doing something that’s wrong, like stealing, cheating on a test, or even pulling a prank that you think might hurt someone or embarrass that person. Here in this room it’s easy to say that you wouldn’t do it. But it’s really hard to tell our friends we won’t help them. So maybe you can be the experts and give me some advice. 
 
- Romans 15:1-3
     How would your life be different if Jesus had wanted only to please himself and do what he liked? 
     How does it make you feel to know that even Jesus—God’s Son—didn’t just live to please himself? 
 
Activity: We can practice being helpful through drawing. Work with a partner, and practice giving verbal directions for how to draw a figure or shape. Be specific with your directions and share your drawings when you are done. How well did you do at helping your friends? Why?
 
Prayer: God gave each of us gifts to use to help others. You have exactly what you need to lend a hand! Close your eyes, and picture yourself being helpful. Imagine doing specific things for specific people. Ask God to help you do those things this week. 

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September 13th - Friend Me: Accepting Others
September 20th - Friend Me: Helping Others
September 27th - Friend Me; Love Your Enemy
October 4th - Friend Me: Don't Judge Others

Adventure Kids

Ages K - 5th Grade
​Wednesday Evenings from 6:15 - 7:45 pm
Meet in the theater room​​

Wednesday, September 23rd
Jesus, the Great Teacher

Discussing when Jesus read the scripture in Nazareth.

Why Adventure Kids:

• Kids will journey into Scripture in a way that will make then want to dig deep-building a foundation for life transformation.
• Because object based learning is used, the kids will experience the Bible and compare it to modern day life
• Kids can invite their friends to join them one night or as many nights as they are able to come
• Kids make new friends
• Every night, kids learn Bible lessons
• Every night kids participate in activities
• Every night kids participate in creative learning
• Every night kids see exploration videos

Where kids meet for Adventure Kids:  All kids meet in the lower level of the Education wing (enter through the double glass doors on the south side in the middle of the church building)

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