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CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRY
NEWS...
Summer is a wonderful time of year! We pray that you will find a
way to become involved in some of our summer ministry
opportunities! We enjoyed a weekend retreat at Camp Castaway,
had a blast discovering Jesus’ power through VBS Power Lab, and
spent time with family and friends at our Family FAITH Nights!
We are currently serving the community through Stretching Souls
and some will spend a week growing closer to God at Inspiration
Point Bible Camp!
A very special
Thank you to Becki Tollefson
After over 20+ years of
leading preschool chapel, Becki Tollefson is retiring. Becki has
done a beautiful job loving and leading our little people and
will be greatly missed. God’s blessing’s to Becki and a huge
Thank You!
Registration for Sunday School, BEE Friends
and Ignite
If your child did not participate in Sunday school during the
2007-2008 school year, please be sure to complete an online
Sunday school registration form. If your child did participate
in Sunday school last year, there is no need to register.
If your child is interested in participating in BEE Friends or
Ignite, a new registration form is needed each year! Please be
sure to complete a registration form for each child that will be
participating in these ministry opportunities on Wednesday
evenings. BEE Friends and Ignite will start on Wednesday,
September 24th – mark your calendars!
September 14th: Sunday School Meet & Greet!
Come find your classroom, meet your teacher and the other kids
in your class!
9:30 Sunday school kids, please meet in your classroom from
9:00am-9:30am
11:00 Sunday school kids, please meet in your classroom from
10:30am-11:00am
September 21st: Sunday School Begins!
Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 21st! Sunday school
officially begins for the 2008-2009 school year. If you have any
questions about your class, please be sure to attend the Meet
and Greet or contact Shelly Erickson or Stephanie Wolfe. We are
looking forward to seeing your children at Sunday school!
SEPTEMBER 10th: Ignite Leader Training
If you are interested in being an Ignite Leader for the
2008-2009 school year then be sure to mark your calendar for
Wednesday, September 10th! We will meet in the Fellowship Hall
from 6:30pm-8:00pm for our fall leader training! Please be sure
to register as an Ignite leader under the volunteer
opportunities for Children & Family Ministry.
MINISTRY & EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITIES
Children and Family Ministry volunteers invest their time,
talents, gifts and their hearts into the lives of children. We
invite you to experience this ministry and to share your gifts
with us through some of these opportunities!
Resource Room Coordinators
Sundays, September – May
9:30am or 11:00am
Welcome Sunday school
leaders
Help to gather supplies, collect offering and count the
offering
Keep a written inventory of items stocked and available to any
group
Keep the Resource Room organized and clean
Available during Sunday school hours (9:30 am or 11:00am)
Willing to help the Director of Children’s Ministry,
Children’s Ministry coordinator, and Sunday school coordinators
If you enjoy working in a high energy environment, are servant
orientated, enjoy details, and want to play an important role in
assisting our Sunday school leaders then please consider this
volunteer opportunity!
Sunday School Teachers
Sundays, September – May
9:30am or 11:00am
Gather together with a
small group of children on Sunday mornings
Help children to feel welcome – love them and model Christ to
all children.
Teach and show God’s Word to your class
Available during Sunday school hours (9:30 am or 11:00am)
If you love God and enjoy spending time with children, you
should consider leading a Sunday school class. No teaching
experience is required and you do not have to be a Bible expert!
You will learn right along with the kids! Materials, training
and support are available for you.
Sunday School Substitute
Teachers
Sundays, September – May
9:30am or 11:00am
Gather together with a
small group of children on Sunday mornings
Help children to feel welcome – love them and model Christ to
all children.
Teach and show God’s Word to your class
Available during Sunday school hours (9:30 am or 11:00am)
Substitute teachers allow regular Sunday school teachers to take
occasional breaks. We desire to have an abundance of substitutes
so that no one is overwhelmed by continuous calls to substitute.
If you love God and enjoy spending time with children, you
should consider leading a Sunday school class. No teaching
experience is required and you do not have to be a Bible expert!
You will learn right along with the kids! Materials, training
and support are available for you.
Ignite Leaders
Wednesdays, September – May
6:30pm-7:30pm
Gather together with 4-6th
graders on Wednesday evenings for high energy games, bible
study, reflective prayer and fun!
Participate with a small group of youth
Lead by example and actively participate in all activities
Available Wednesdays from 5:15-7:30pm
High school (10th grade or above), college, and adult leaders
are all welcome
If you love God and enjoy spending time with 4-6th graders, you
should consider taking part in Ignite on Wednesdays! We will
have leader meetings each week following Ignite to prepare you
for next week. Games, activities, service projects, discussion,
prayer and Bible Study will help to Ignite a passion for the
Lord – come and take part in this great opportunity!
BEE Friends Leaders
Wednesdays, September – May
6:30pm-7:30pm
Gather together with a
children (3 years – 3rd grade)
Show and teach children that God loves them
Participate and lead children in song, prayer, outreach
projects and creative activites
Available Wednesdays from 6:30pm-7:30pm
If you love God and enjoy spending time with children, you
should consider being a BEE Friends leader. No teaching
experience is required and you do not have to be a Bible expert!
A team of leaders work together to create a wonderful experience
- children will grow in their faith and learn more about God.
Special Needs Buddy
Time and Dates may Vary
Work together with a
specific child so that they can fully experience ministry at
First Lutheran Church.
Assist a child by being a “buddy” during Sunday school, during
Wednesday programs, or just on occasion for special events.
Show your love and patience in working with all children
If you enjoy spending time with children, and would like to help
ensure that children with special needs may experience worship,
fellowship and other activities, then please consider
volunteering your time as a special needs helper. Our volunteer
“buddies” help to create a safe, fun, and interactive learning
environment where every child can come to grow in the Lord.
Nursery Assistants
Sundays, Wednesdays
Regular Worship Hours
Spend time playing,
reading, feeing, rocking and interacting with children
Help to provide a safe, loving, fun and comfortable
environment for both children and other nursery volunteers
Volunteer your time and love in the nursery – Infant Room
(0-15 months) or the Walkers Room (15-36 months)
Available during regular worship hours – volunteer for 1 hour
or an entire Sunday!
If you enjoy spending time with children – playing, reading,
walking and interacting – then, please consider volunteering
your time with the nursery. For more information or to volunteer
in the nursery, please contact Verda Stenvold, nursery
coordinator, at (701) 793-1538 or
vms222@hotmail.com.
Please
click here to volunteer for one of the above opportunities.
We welcome you to take part in any of the opportunities within
our Children & Family Ministry Program. If you are interested in
any of these volunteer opportunities or have gifts and talents
that can be used through volunteer opportunities not listed
here, please contact
Shelly Erickson, Director of Children’s Ministry:
serickson@flcfargo.org;
(701) 235-4567 ext. 133 or
Stephanie Wolfe, Children’s Ministry Coordinator:
stephanie.wolfe@flcfargo.org; (701) 235-4567 ext. 169.
Preschool Sunday School Chapel Leader Needed
If you are interested in leading preschool children during 9:30
and 11:00 a.m. chapel time, please contact Shelly Erickson,
Director of Children and Family Ministry, at
701-235-4567, ext. 133 or serickson@flcfargo.org. The Preschool
Chapel Leader is responsible for leading preschool children in
20 minutes of singing, Bible story time (shared with Theo, our
“Faith Retriever”), offering, and prayer.
Accompanist Needed
Do you enjoy children and playing the piano? If so, you might
enjoy being an accompanist for Sunday School Preschool Chapel
time. If you’re interested, please contact Shelly Erickson,
Director of Children and Family Ministry at 701-235-4567, ext.
133 or serickson@flcfargo.org.
CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRY
PROGRAMS
We have a variety of programs designed especially for children
in preschool-grade 6. Please review the program descriptions
below contact us if you have any questions.
Sunday School
Click here to
register your child
Children in preschool – grade 6 meet on Sunday mornings from
9:30-10:30 or from 11:00-12:00 to learn more about Jesus and His
love for us! Sunday school classes will study God’s Word through
discussion, scripture readings, and fun interactive lessons. If
you did not participate in Sunday school during the 2007-2008
school year, please be sure to complete a registration form.
If you participated in Sunday school last year, but would like
to change your Sunday school hour (example: If your child
attended Sunday school at 9:30 last year and would like to
attend at 11:00 this year, please complete a change of hour
request form).
Click here to complete a change of hour request
BEE Friends
Click here
to register your child
On Wednesdays during the school year (September – May), all 3
year olds – 3rd graders are welcome to join together from
6:30pm-7:30pm to grow in their faith! This group provides
interactive ways for kids to become engaged in God’s Word and
helps them to live what they learn each week. Children
experience outreach events, singing, Bible stories and crafts.
Ignite (Grades 4-6)
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register your child
Ignite is a mid-week program for 4-6th graders during the school
year. We meet on Wednesdays from 6:30pm-7:30pm and focus on
topical, relevant, and current issues that this age group faces
everyday (i.e. peer pressure, self-esteem, choices, faith and
our relationship with parents, friends and God). Group events
are planned every other month where we will have fun, build
relationships, serve the community and learn more about God and
His Word for us.
Children with Special Needs
We do our best to ensure that each child has the opportunity to
participate as fully as possible in our ministry. We offer
support and encouragement so that all children can come into a
relationship with Jesus Christ and grow in their Christian
faith. To do this we provide special needs buddies to work with
children so that they can be mainstreamed into our Sunday and
Wednesday programs, and we provide sign language interpreters in
worship (Celebration Hall) and at other events.
Vacation Bible School (VBS)
Vacation Bible School is a fun-filled spiritual adventure for
children (preschool – 6th grade) that provides concentrated
Bible study and encourages real-life application. Through
worship, crafts, snacks, games and drama children can actively
explore the Bible, build relationships, and learn how they can
live God’s truth.
3rd Grade Bible Event - September
When our 3rd grade children were baptized, their parents
promised to “place in their hands the Holy Scriptures.” During
the 3rd Grade Bible event parents fulfill that promise.
To help children prepare for receiving their bible, they and
their parents receive instruction on the Bible, make a Bible
project together, and have fun spending time getting to know
their Bibles.
First Lutheran Church provides new bibles for each third grader.
(New Adventure Bible)
4th Grade Guardian Angel Ministry - October
Our Guardian Angel Program gives our 4th graders the opportunity
to take a baby or young child “under their wing”, pray for that
child’s spiritual growth and remember them on their baptismal
birthday.
The Guardian Angel is present during the baptism and presents
the newly baptized child's parents a baptismal candle. The
guardian Angel, upon accepting the responsibility, agrees to:
1. Be present at the child's baptism
2. Remember the child in their prayers
3. Remembers the child's baptismal birthday with a card or a
call, etc.
5th Grade First Communion:– Holy Week
Do this in remembrance of me………. 5th Graders at First Lutheran
celebrate their First Communion on Maundy Thursday. To prepare
for this event they meet on a Saturday with their parents and
participate in the following:
- Communion Instruction
- Communion Bread Making (Used for Communion Thursday)
- Keepsake Craft
Then on Maundy Thursday the children and their families
participate in a Seder Meal before celebrating First Communion.
6th Grade Servanthood Event - March
"It is more blessed to give than to receive." Acts 20:35
In the month of February, First Lutheran 6th Graders go out in
small groups to serve at various sites around the Fargo/Moorhead
community. ." They perform various acts including cooking,
cleaning, and stocking shelves.
Some of the sites where our students have served are Churches
United for the Homeless, The New Life Center, Salvation Army
Thrift Store, The YWCA Shelter, and the Great Plains Food Bank.
This is a life changing opportunity for our 6th graders as they
prepare to go into confirmation. They are living examples of 1
Peter 1:22, "Love one another deeply, from the heart.”
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IGNITE:
Ignite is a 4th-6th grade ministry that intends to “ignite” a
passion for the Lord in new and different ways Wednesday nights
from 6:45-7:30PM in the Fellowship Hall.
[Click Here to Find Out More]
Vacation Bible School:
Vacation Bible School is a fun-filled spiritual
adventure for boys and girls that provides concentrated Bible
study and encourages real-life application.
Preschool: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Grades 1-6: 6:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
JR. HIGH YOUTH GROUP:
Our Jr. High ministry is a high-energy, faith-enhancing
addition to our confirmation program. This includes awesome
events like lock-ins, ski trips, and movie nights, as well as,
our weekly JOLT (joining our lives together) program from
7:30-8:30pm on Wednesday nights.
CONFIRMATION:
First Lutheran provides 7th-9th graders with great speakers,
service opportunities, and small groups as a way to prepare them
to declare their affirmation of baptism. Confirmation begins
with Worship in the Celebration Center at 6:00pm and youth are
welcome to stay after small groups for JOLT in the Gym from
7:30-8:30PM.
[Click Here to Find Out More about
Confirmation]
HI-LIFE:
Hi-Life is the catchy name we've given our High Schoolers!
We try and gather weekly to keep focused on the Big Guy and each
other's company. This year we'll be gathering after worship on
Sundays. Sunday afternoons will be a chance for 9th-12th graders
to gather for some delicious food, some amazing fellowship, and
a great bible study. Large-scale events will occur throughout
the year (Homeless & Hungry, Mystery Mission, Ski Trips,
Concerts, all types of wilderness trips...just to name a few)!
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