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I’d like to welcome you to Children’s Ministry at Central United MethodistChurch. My name is Sabrina Williams and I serve as your director of Childrenand Family Ministry.

The sole vision for our ministry at Central is to teach children about theneverending, all encompassing love of God and to enable them to claim thatas the one thing in their life that will never change in whatever circumstancethey find themselves.

We have a dedicated group of volunteers ministering to your children onSundays and Wednesdays. I would encourage you to get involved! We can al-ways use another set of hands and feet.

Our elementary Sunday School program, The Crosswalk, runs year-round.Our Fall evening programming will begin with Wednesday Night Live on Au-gust 19th along with Zone and Club 412 on Sunday, September 13th. Pleaseread about the many opportunities for your child to be active in the life of ourchurch in this newsletter. You may also find information on our church web-site at: www.cumcmdn.org/children.

Our Crosswalk Rotation Sunday School is for grades 1-5. Sunday andWednesday evening activities are for grades K-5. On Sunday evenings, fourthand fifth graders meet together in Club 412. All of our programs are designedto reinforce one another. My hope is that you will allow your child to attendevening activities as well as Sunday School. You will be amazed at what theywill learn!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me byphone or email: sabrina@cumcmdn.org or 601-479-2178. I look forward to seeing your child at Central!

Blessings,

KIDS’CENTRAL NEWSIDates to

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19Wednesday Night Live begins

AUGUST 23Zone / Club 412 Back to School Swim PartiesZone (K-3rd) at MCC Pool Club 412 (4th-5th) at Poplar Springs Est. Pool

AUGUST 28-30Family Retreat at Timber Creek Camp

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13Sunday Night Activities Begin

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27Churchwide Picnic at Planet Playground

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25Trunk or Treat

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18Stop Hunger Now Packaging Event

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29Advent Fair

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5Meridian Christmas Parade

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6ZONE / Club 412 Christmas PartyLiturgical Dance Performance

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13Believers Around the World ProgramChildren’s Choir and Girls’ Choir Performance Xv

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that children leave electronic devices athome or at the door.

Welcome to Central’s Children’s Ministry

SSunday Nights at Central

CLUB 4124TH & 5TH GRADERS

Club 412 was created for our fourth and fifth grade students and is grounded in the scripture I Timothy 4:12,“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you areyoung, but set an example for the believers in speech, inconduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” Lessons are centered on scripture and life-application issues affectingpreteens. This fall the group will be using the “ExperiencingGod at Home” series and Believers Around the World. (Sunday and Wednesday nights in November)This group meets in a space designed for them off of the

11th Street Gym area. Following their lesson and smallgroup time, they have recreation in the gym. Students willalso have an opportunity to learn scripture and qualify foran award trip at the end of the semester.Club 412 meets at 5:30 for dinner in Cafe 412 (on the

stage).

Club 412 LeadersCassie Davis • Group Leader / April Hosch • Group Leader Joyce Barber • Group Leader (Wednesdays)

The Zone is for children grades K through 3rd grades.Children are divided K-1st and 2nd-3rd to participate inBible Skills and Drills including storytime, computer, artand recreation. Each lesson has a scripture passage forstudents to learn. This fall, Zone students will also partici-pate in the Believers Around the World workshop. (Sundayand Wednesday nights in November)At the end of the semester, students will have had the

opportunity to learn 7 scripture passages, Old and NewTestament books of the Bible, the Lord’s Prayer and theTen Commandments. They may complete a scripturememorization chart and qualify for an award trip at the endof the semester.The Zone begins at 5:30 with dinner in the 11th Street

Gym kitchen. From 6 to 7 p.m., children meet in break-outgroups.

The Zone Leaders

Ginger Mason • Coordinator

Melanie & Lee Williams/Jennifer Wedgworth • Bible Time

Bryn Taylor • Bible Time

Ginger Mason/Nicole Ward • Art, Computer, Games

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIESChildren’s Choir (K-5th) with Tim Wise Tim Wise is Magnolia Middle School Choral DirectorTime: Sundays at 5 p.m. beginning November 8Performance: Sunday, December 13 Liturgical Dance with Caroline Carns (K-5th)Meeting Place: Fellowship HallPractices: November 1, 8, 15, December 6 at 4:30 p.m.Liturgical Dance Performances: Sunday, December 6

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Children’s Choir (K-5th) see information at leftGirl’s Choir (4th and older) with Sabrina Williams &Lindsey Prewitt Meeting Place: Fellowship Hall Time: Sundays at 5 p.m. beginning November 1Performance: Sunday, December 13 Liturgical Dance with Caroline Carns (K-5th)Meeting Place: Fellowship HallPractices: November 1, 8, 15, December 6 at 4:30 p.m.Liturgical Dance Performances: Sunday, December 6

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fall 2015

GROUPS & GUIDES

First/Second Grade Boys: Lynn Bryan • lynnpbryan@comcast.net

Lindsey Prewitt • lrjprewitt@gmail.com

First/Second Grade Girls: Joyce Barber • barber39323@yahoo.com

Kayla Moore• kmdmoore22@gmail.com

Third Grade: Brette Harman • brette.bullock@gmail.com

April Hosch • aprilhhosch@comcast.net

Maddie Kennedy • madeline628@gmail.com

Fourth/Fifth Grade: Frank & Tanya Harman • harm873@aol.com

K-3 and Club 412 students will kick offWednesday nights this fall with the G-Force: God’s Love in Action study. This high-energy curriculum includesmusic, Bible story, craft and science. TheAction Words of the Day, “Move” “Act”

and “Care” accompany a Velocity Verseand Faith Fuel featuring Moses, Solomon,and the Four Friends. This study will take place Wednesdaynights August 19-October 21, culminatingwith a mission project on October 28.

IMPORTANT DATESSUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH“Great Balls of Fire: Elijah-Prophet of Faith” Unit BeginsComputer, Art, Movie, Drama, Bible Variety, Cooking

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH“One on One with Elisha: Prophet of Compassion” Unit BeginsBible Knowledge, Computer, Cooking, Drama, Media Production, Movie

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND“For Unto Us a Child is Born: The Birth of Jesus” Unit BeginsArt, Cooking, Drama, Game, Mission, Movie

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10TH“Parables: Gems of the Kingdom” Unit BeginsCooking, Drama, Game, Movie, Science

FALL SWORD STORE DATESSunday, September 27thSunday, November 15thSunday, January 3th

1st-5th GRADE SUNDAY SCHOOLGather in Central Park at 9:40 a.m.

The Crosswalk is a Workshop Rotation program

that incorporates computer, storytelling, art,

drama, cooking, science, video workshops and

much more to present multi-learning-style

lessons from God's Word. Each group of children

has a guide that shepherds them each Sunday

year-round. Workshop teachers change each ro-

tation and are made up of adult church members.

Each unit usually lasts six weeks, culminating in

a Celebration Sunday on the seventh week.

Throughout the rotation, children earn points

through attendance, bringing Bibles and lesson

knowledge. On Celebration Sunday, they redeem

their points for prizes.

Our workshop rooms are called:

Circuit Riders (Computers)

Art and Soul

Cinema on the Mount

Soul Foods

Tent Tales

Good Creations

Central Park

Crosswalk children meet in Central Park each

Sunday at 9:40 a.m. for a gathering time.

At 10 a.m. each class goes to its designated

workshop until 10:40 a.m.

DIRECTORSSabrina Williams, Staffand Jennifer McRae, Lay

FACILITATORSCay and Sonny Wedgworth, Glenda Thomas Jennifer and Billy Wedgworth, Nicole Ward

SET-UP & TAKE-DOWN TEAMIt takes a village!

Wednesday Night LiveActivities!vthe crosswalk

rotation sunday school

Get your passports ready! As we nearthe season of Advent, children will par-ticipate on Wednesday and Sundaynights in one of our most-loved work-shop rotations: “Believers Around theWorld”. Children travel around the world eachclass meeting to a different country tolearn that the message of Jesus’ birthand salvation is the same but celebrateddifferently through meaningful culturalexperiences. Children learn that our cultural diversi-ties are united through the Good News ofJesus’ birth. As brothers and sisters inChrist, we serve one God. Beginning November 1st, the childrenwill visit:

Italy - Hear the Story of La Befana andMother Theresa and participate in theChristmas traditions of Italy.Sudan - Learn about The Lost Boys ofSudan and participate in OperationChristmas ChildSweden - Hear about St. Lucia and par-ticipate in candlemakingUkraine - experience the Ukrainian SviataVecheria or Holy Supper Lebanon - create a Lebanese ChristmasCaveMexico: Reinact Los Posadas and enjoya Mexican meal. The children will share what theyhave learned in an interactive churchprogram on Sunday evening, December13th.

Believers Around the World

Wednesday Night Live begins with a

family meal at 5 p.m. in the Fellow-

ship Hall. Children ages K-5th Grade

gather at 6 p.m. in Central Park for a

large group lesson and then move

into smaller groups until 7 p.m.

Children are able to spend time

working on their Bible memorization

charts on Wednesday nights.

Dinner 5-6 p.m.Lesson 6-7 p.m.

Dinner reservations may be made by

Monday noon through the church of-

fice (693-1521) or on the Central

website: www.cumcmdn.org

$3/child • $6 adult

$20/Family maximum

ItalySudan

SwedenUkraineLebanonMexico