Sundays at Kid Central!

8:15 a.m. - Child Care as needed
9:30 a.m. - Full Pre-School (birth-5 years)-Junior Worship (grades K-5th)
11:00 a.m. - Childrens' Sunday School for infant through 5th grade
Preschool age activities take place during both the 9:30 and 11:00 hours.

Kid Central
 
We want to make each child and his or her relationship with Christ our "central" priority.  The Children's Ministry works to assist children and their families in understanding and building a personal relationship with God.  We want each child to know the loving grace of Jesus through sound biblical teaching and worship, so that each child grows toward a Christ-like maturity and becomes empowered for service.

Areas of Ministry
 
Preschool Ministry

The Preschool Ministry of Central Church of Christ is split into the following departments:
  • Nursery: Birth to walking
  • Toddler: Walking to 2 yrs
  • Jumpin' Jungle: 2 yrs to 3 yrs
  • Faithful Fishes: 4-5 yrs .  (All preschool classes meet in the South children's wing).

This department is secured with an operating tag system.  This means that only the parent or guardian with the tag matching the tag assigned to the child will be permitted to pick up the child.  We do this so that each parent feels safe leaving their child in our care.

 
  • Infant and toddlers - are in separate areas of the nursery on Sunday mornings.  Loving individuals care for your child while you attend services.  A silent paging system allows parents to attend worship, yet be instantly paged if the child needs attention from the parent.  The toddler age group has a brief age appropriate lesson and snacks.
  • Sunday School - Classes available for children age 2-5 yrs.  Active learning time goes on during both of these learning hours.  Programs are designed so that a child staying for both hours gets a full and busy second hour of different learning (not just a repeat of the first hour).

Elementary Ministry
  • Junior Worship - For kids K-5th grade, in the gym.  Includes a time of worship, videos, devotions, and active lessons in a "Kid Appropriate" learning setting.  Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.
  • Sunday School - Bible learning for all kids grades K-5th.  Sunday mornings, 11:00am.  (all of these classes take place in the West children's wing)
  • Awana - is our Wednesday evening program for children 3 years to 5th grade meeting from 6:15 - 8:00 p.m.  It is a Bible Learning Club with lessons and a fun game time.  The program runs continuously throughout the school year. For more information go to www.awana.org.
  • Terrific Tuesdays- is part of our summer program.  We offer fun outings for the children to different places of interest.  Last year we went to Lincoln Park Zoo.
  • SonShine Singers - SonShine Singers is our kids  singing group.  If your child enjoys singing and is in Kindergarten - 5th grade we invite them to come and be a part of this singing group!  They meet on Sunday evenings from 6:00 to 7:30 pm from September until December.  SonShine Singers perform a Christmas musical each year. They also perform as a special music a few times each year in our regular Sunday morning services.
  • Rock River Christian Camp - A Christian camping experience for kids in a wooded setting.  Rock River provides a variety of camping opportunities for all ages. For more information about Rock River go to
    • www.rockrivercc.net
  • Family Nights, V.B.S. and other special activities take place throughout the year.
You can read about our current activities for kids in the online edition of The Torch.

Children's Ministries
evelyn(at)christiscentral.com (replace (at) with the @ sign)