First United Methodist Church of Alachua | SPLASH Children's Ministry

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Sing, Play, Laugh And Serve Him!

The Bible teaches us that we should “train up our children in the way they should go.” (Proverbs 22:6) Our mission at SPLASH is to mentor, teach and guide our children to have:

Hearts, Head and Hands for Christ while we Sing, Play, Laugh, And Serve Him!

Our children’s activities are founded on and guided by our church’s mission statement.
We hope that you will join us as we all strive to have:

Hearts to unconditionally love God and all people.
Heads to confidently learn God’s word.
Hands to passionately serve.

Nursery

Located across from the Fellowship Hall, our Nursery Coordinator and certified volunteers provide a warm, safe and loving environment for your little ones.

- Parents or guardians must sign in/out of nursery care.

- Sunday School – nursery is available from 9:30 – 10:45 for children 3 and under

- Worship Service at 11:00 – nursery is available for children 4 and under.

- Parents may leave young children in the nursery.

- Children attend the worship service with their parents. They may come up to the front of the church during Pint Size Parables and then will be taken by the Nursery Coordinator and certified volunteers to the nursery.

- Wednesday Nights – nursery is available for infants – Preschool.

Sunday School

9:45 - 10:45, Sundays

Sunday School classes begin at 9:45 in the children’s wing and is offered for PreK – 5th grade. The children begin each Sunday by singing songs and then move to either the PreK – Kindergarten or the 1st – 5th grade classes.

Mission Kids

6 - 8, Wednesdays

Part 1: Being God Focused! This is when we learn about God by studying His Word, playing games, and focusing on a skill for 4 weeks. Skills consist of things such as experiments, family helper, music maker, etc.

Part 2: Being Mission Focused! Over the year we will learning about different missionaries (past & present) and learning how we can be a mission oriented in our daily life. We will also spend 3-4 months focusing on a specific service mission. Two of our planned mission projects are making dog toys for a local animal shelter & helping Food4Kids (this is our VBS mission). We are always looking for ways we can help others, so if you have an idea please let us know.

Worship/Kid's Worship

11 - 12, Sundays

Children begin the worship service with their parents. They may come up to the front of the church during Pint Size Parables. Afterwards they walk with the Children’s Director & certified volunteers to the children’s wing for Kid’s Worship.

During Kid’s Worship, Kindergarten – 5th grade sing, memorize scripture, pray, tithe and have an activity/game/object lesson relating to our Catechism question or Bible Lesson of the day.

Children's Choir

2020

We are currently preparing for our Easter performance! Mrs. Tanya can get you more information about practices and future performances.

Acolytes

11 - 12, Sundays

Children in 1st – 6th grade serve as acolytes for our 11 a.m. service. Training is held in the spring for rising 1st graders and by request. Please let the church office/Tanya know if you have a child interested in serving as an acolyte.

Puppets

2020

Puppets are UP and RUNNING! Fun on Wednesday nights and performances some Sundays, you'll want to contact Mrs. Tanya to get more details!

Please note: to work with our children, you MUST be screened through our Child Protection Policy program.

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