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The idea is easy: focus on a new Bible lesson
every 3-5 weeks and “rotate” between different classrooms each week, learning the same lesson each week but with a
different twist. We bought 8 computers, set up a computer lab (we call it The Church Mouse), built a stage, put in a
large-screen TV, stocked the kitchen, and are making puppets! Our children and our adults LOVE this new idea and way
of doing church school, our children were disappointed to go back to “regular” church school after our trial-run in the spring
of 2003! We heard lots of stories from parents whose children badgered and bothered them to go to church school on
Sunday mornings (much to their parent’s surprise, this is not usual behavior from kids on Sunday mornings!). One
surprised mother reported that her kindergarten-aged son was upset that he missed church school the week he had
cooking—she’s now going to teach in the fall!
The coolest thing about this new way of doing church school is all the information is online, so we are part of a virtual
community of hundreds of other churches doing the same thing, and we can share information and get information much
quicker, and be in community with other churches doing the same things! We also SAVE money on curriculum, and can
use that money instead for cool stuff like videos, computer CDs, art supplies, puppets, etc.!
Want to see more information online?
Check out www.rotation.org and
www.sundaysoftware.com
Our new church school is such a success that we just cannot call it church school
anymore…too BORING of a name for us, we had a contest, and the winning new
name is ROTATION SENSATION, which is really what church school now is,
rotations that are sensational!!! Join us, and join in the excitement of learning and growing
together in your faith with our children!!!!
Click here for Our Current Rotation in Adobe pdf format.
Click here for Our Current Rotation Home Activity Sheets in Adobe pdf format.
Click here for Upcoming Rotations in Adobe pdf format.
Click here for Acolyte Schedule in Adobe pdf format.
Click here for Children's Newsletter in Adobe pdf format.
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During worship childcare is provided free of charge in our
church nursery. There are two rooms that make up our nursery, a smaller room with
cribs and a changing table for infants, and a larger “play room” for toddlers. Childcare
is provided every Sunday morning, year-round and also during some holiday evening
services and special church programs. Our church nursery is staffed by volunteers
and paid high-school youth during special events. For security, our littlest members
are signed in and out of the church nursery at each visit by their parents and a
record is kept of each time the room is open.
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Our children begin learning about
mission early! Each year our children sponsor a country and the mission
work there through the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Our children learn
about the country we are sponsoring through special activities that focus
on culture and the mission work the church is doing in that area. We
sponsor a different country each year, in a different region of the world
so our children learn about different parts of God's creation and the
varieties of people God created.
Please see Oak Leaves for updates.
Our children are welcome in worship, and we celebrate their
presence with us! Every Sunday during the school year there is a children’s sermon,
when all children are encouraged to come to the front of the sanctuary and participate in
worship. After the children’s sermon, the children are dismissed with their teachers to
Sunday school. We encourage our parents to teach their children about worship, to bring
them into the sanctuary early in the year, to walk around it and explain the various parts of
the sanctuary to them. Worship books for children are in the pew racks to explain the
various parts of the worship service to them and bulletin inserts for children are available
each Sunday. We have special children’s communion on communion Sundays and family
communion Sundays a few times a year. Our children share in the leadership of worship
as acolytes, scripture readers, and music leaders as we worship together as a God’s family.
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At Rumson Presbyterian Church, we support our parents.
Parents of children are kept well informed of programs for their children and their feedback
on our programs is vital. Our parents support us with their service and prayers, and we work
hard to keep parents aware of ideas and activities to make God’s presence known not just on
Sunday mornings but throughout the week at home as well.
Click here for
a
copy of the Parent/Guardian Consent Form
in Acrobat (pdf) format.
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If you do not have a copy of the Adobe Acrobat (pdf)
reader, or if you need an update,
click here to
download your copy. You
will be able to download a version that will work with your language, platform, and connection speed.
Click here for information about our Youth Ministry
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