EXPLORERS CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Explorers inspires children and families to love Jesus, build foundational relationships, and help them become a positive influence on the world around them.
UPCOMING EVENTS
VBS: Illumination Station
July 20-23 | 4:00-6:00pm
Details Here
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Weekly Explorers and Club 56 gatherings are taking a summer break and will resume August 16th. Check out the opportunities below for ways to stay engaged!
Even though Explorers is on break during the summer, we have some fun ways your kids can participate in weekly service!
Stop by the Kids Station, located in the “chair room”, this summer for your one stop hub for keeping your children engaged with Worship Activity Bags, Summer Passports, VBS information and resources for you and your children.
Click here to view a map of the Kids Station!
Summer Passports will be available for kids to grab before service each week during the summer. They will be encouraged to take notes or draw pictures to help them understand and remember what we are talking about in service.
You can pick up a Summer Passport at the Kids Station to bring with them to services each week during the summer. (They are also welcome to return their passports to the Summer Kids Station after each service, so it will be there each week for your child to grab when they arrive!)
Stop weekly to receive a “stamp” for each time your child attends worship, and at the end of the summer they can turn it in for a prize!
We will also continue to have Activity Bags, but for the summer, we will have some geared to our older kids, as well as for the younger kids. The activity bags will have materials that help your kids build on the sermon each week.
Explorers Faith Milestones
— Faith Milestones will start up again in the fall! —
Explorers Faith Milestones bring families together for a one-time class to learn about God’s presence through the various stages of our children’s lives.
Each grade learns about a different foundation to living out their faith:
Kindergarten: Storybook Bibles
1st Grade: The Lord’s Prayer
2nd Grade: The Ten Commandments
3rd Grade: Bibles
4th Grade: Apostles’ Creed
5th Grade: First Communion
6th Grade: Strengths Explorer Retreat with Parent
Milestone classes and presentations are attended by children and their parents/significant adults.
Lunch/Dinner will be provided at all classes, siblings are welcome. Please register the child attending the milestone and answer the appropriate registration question with number of parent/sibling guests attending for meal planning purposes.
Weekly Explorers and Club 56 gatherings
are taking a summer break and will resume August 16th.
During the school year, Explorers on Sunday morning is for Pre-K to 4th grade at 10:30am. To join us, your first stop will be the Explorers Check-In Area in the Lower Level. If you have participated in Explorers or VBS, you are already registered and you can check your child in at one of our kiosks in the Check-In Area. The Welcome Team will direct you to the location to drop off and pick up your child.
Please note that 5th and 6th Graders will also be in the Explorers Lower Level. This ministry is called, “Club 56”. Details about Club 56 are below.
Club 56 is Thanksgiving’s 5th & 6th grade student ministry. With a youth group feel, Club 56 focuses on building lasting friendships and our relationship with Jesus. During the school year, Club 56 meets weekly on Sunday mornings at 10:30am.
We have a well-staffed nursery for children birth to age three, available during all services throughout the year. For specific questions or concerns, please contact Kristi Waszak.