Children
Our children’s ministry team is looking forward to meeting you and your family! Please stop by the information center located in the lobby of the E Building and one of our team members will help you register your child, locate their classroom, and answer any questions you may have. Our desire is that you and your child will feel at home here at Palmcroft.
VBS 2012: Amazing Wonders Aviation is an exciting opportunity for your kids to learn about Jesus this summer in fun, creative ways! Join us June 11 to 15 from 9:00 to noon. VBS is for children who have just completed kindergarten through sixth grade. The cost is $10 per child with a cap at $40 per family. The registration fee includes one free t-shirt per child.
Nursery
Our nursery ministers to children from birth through one year of age. We understand that families must feel confident that their children are being well cared for by loving adults so they can experience worship to its fullest. The nursery is open 15 minutes prior to the start of any service. Our nursery is located in the B Building where trained staff will greet you and your child there. Thank you for entrusting the care of your precious little ones to the Palmcroft nursery staff.
Sunday evenings our nursery is open for children birth through one year of age. Preschool care is also available for children two through three years of age. Visit the B Building to check in your child.
Preschool
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Two Years Through Kindergarten
In our preschool programs, we are committed to building foundations of faith. Our leadership is loving and caring all the while understanding that preschoolers learn best through guidance and play. Our leadership provides a multitude of opportunities by which children learn through everyday activities such as crafts, singing, table activities, and block play.
Out learning format consists of “whole hour” teaching. As the children move through the various activities, they will be learning their Bible verse, reinforcing their Bible stories, and applying what the lesson means to their everyday lives. Our Bible teaching reaches further than just the circle time.
Sunday Mornings
Mission Minds | 8:00 am
Children experience the lives of Bible missionaries and Palmcroft missionaries through singing, crafts, Bible lessons, and fun activities. Children learn how they can love God by serving others as well.
Word Wise | 9:20 am
Children learn more about our Lord through singing, Bible lessons, and other fun activities with a central focus on the Bible.
Countdown | 10:45 am
Children enjoy fellowship, community fun, music, drama, and Biblical teaching in an energetic program that encourages kids to worship God every day.
Elementary
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First Through Sixth Grade
In our elementary programs, we are committed to assisting parents as their children begin a “new life” in Christ or continue assisting in the discipleship of these children. Our leadership is sensitive to the needs of each of the children in their care. Your child will have an great time learning that God supplies all of our needs, that children can do great things, that prayer can be as simple as talking to a friend, and much, much more!
Sunday Mornings
Mission Minds | 8:00 am
Children experience the lives of Bible missionaries and Palmcroft missionaries through singing, crafts, Bible lessons, and fun activities. Children learn how they can love God by serving others as well.
Word Wise | 9:20 am
Children learn more about our Lord through singing, Bible lessons, and other fun activities with a central focus on the Bible.
Club 56 | 9:20 am
Club 56 provides a youth group atmosphere in which 5th and 6th graders have the opportunity to grow their relationship with God. We have a blast with games, worship, and teaching. Students will love the exciting, fun environment Club 56 provides! We meet in H300 on the northeast corner of campus.
Countdown | 10:45 am
Countdown is a high energy, fun-filled time of games, worship, small groups, and solid biblical teaching every week. We are equipped with a small army of high school and college volunteers who love spending time with kids and helping them grow in their faith. If you attend this service and your first through fourth grade kid is looking for a place to land, come check out Countdown! We meet in the E Building in room E109. We encourage all of our fifth and sixth graders to attend the worship service with their families and friends during this hour.
Now That I’m a Christian is a class that covers the essentials. We offer this class for children from first through sixth grade to give them a better understanding of the decision they have made to follow Jesus in baptism.
Prescott Pines Summer Camp
Palmcroft will be going to camp June 24-29, 2012.
Cost of Camp for 2012: $230.00, includes transportation.
Care packages are available: Care Package A: $25.00 which includes backpack, t-shirt, water bottle, specialty snacks, flashlight with batteries, and camp picture. Care Package B: $32.00 which includes all of package “A”, plus “Frontier Village CD” and disposable camera.
This camp is for children completing 3rd, 4th and 5th grades in May, 2012. Register now.
Wee Play Wednesday is a fun and growing play group for parents, grandparents, and guardians looking for an opportunity to join with others and enjoy fellowship as your children explore various activity centers that are self-directed, age-appropriate, safe and fun!
This program is for children from birth through five years of age. We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in the J Building from 9:00 to 11:00 am.
NOW ON SUMMER BREAK. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN IN OCTOBER.
Awana
Children
Our Wednesday evening program is based on the Awana curriculum. We meet Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 pm for a time of fun and studying God’s Word. Register online or pick up a registration form at the church office.
The suggested registration fee is $25 for the first child and $15 for the second child. Each additional child is no charge.
Our church desires that each child have the opportunity to participate in the club. Therefore, should expenses be too high for your family, please talk to anyone in the children’s ministry office regarding alternative ways to pay.
Students
Junior high and high school Awana programs are hosted by Palmcroft. Junior high meets every Wednesday from 6:00 to 6:45 pm in H301. For more information about this club, contact Gary and Charlotte at 623.434.4340. For information about the high school club, contact Keith and Sharon at 623.937.1256.
The suggested registration fee is $25 per student.
Our church desires that each student have the opportunity to participate in the club. Therefore, should expenses be too high for your family, please talk to anyone in the children’s ministry office regarding alternative ways to pay.
Child Dedication
The act of dedicating children to the Lord was a common practice of blessing among the people of God in both the Old and New Testament periods. Child dedication is tied to the biblical instruction from Deuteronomy 6:4-12 to raise up our children with God-honoring values. It is this responsibility that causes us to think of child dedication as family dedication.
Dedication Commitment
I recognize that my child is a stewardship from God.
I will follow Christ and be a living example of His ways to my child (Proverbs 20:7).
I will instruct my child in God’s ways (Deuteronomy 6:4-12; Ephesians 6:4; Proverbs 22:6).
I will regularly pray for my child.
I will make every effort to regularly attend Sunday services (Hebrews 10:25).
The next child dedication will be on May 13, 2012.
Security
The security of your child is very important to us. We have a number of security measures in place for the safety of your child. In order to work in the children’s ministry at Palmcroft, we need you to fill in the application form connected to this site. Click here, fill in the form, and then submit it. This is a secured site which runs a criminal background check on each applicant. Thank you.
For more information, contact us at children@palmcroft.com.