Central Church of Christ

9:00 a.m. - Childrens' Sunday School for infant through 6th grade

10:30 a.m. - Junior Worship (grades 1st-6th)

Preschool age activities take place during both the 9 and 10:30 hours.

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.

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 4 yrs
• Faithful Fishes: 4 yrs to Kindergarten.  (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 through Kindergarten.  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).

• Sunday School - Bible learning for all kids grades 1-6.  Sunday mornings, 9:00 am.  (all of these classes take place in the West children's wing)
• Junior Worship - For kids 1st-6th grade, in the gym.  Includes a time of worship, videos, devotions, and active lessons in a "Kid Appropriate" learning setting.  Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
• Awana - is our Wednesday evening program for children 3 years to 6th 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.
• 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 Shedd Aquarium, Magic Waters Park, and Discovery Center Museum in Rockford.
• SonShine Singers - SonShine Singers is our kids  singing group.  If your child enjoys singing and is in 1st - 6th grade we invite them to come and be a part of this singing group!  They meet on Sunday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 pm during the school year.  SonShine Singers perform two musicals each year, Christmas and one in the spring.  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.
• Kid's Night Out - meets once a quarter for age K-5th grade, involves a fun night out for children.  KNO takes place on September 12 and December 12 for 2008.  The children have a great time playing games, working on craft projects, movies, pizza and more.  KNO runs from 6-9pm children need to bring $2.00 to help pay for pizza..
• Halloween Alternative, Easter Egg Hunt, V.B.S. and other special activities take place throughout the year.