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Kids & Youth
Kids & Youth

Children's Ministry Vision

Journey is leading each child into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, and equipping them to become lifelong followers of Christ.

Core Values
Safety - Each child will be emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually safe at The Journey.
Fun - We teach the Bible in exciting, creative and hands-on ways.
Relevance - We teach Biblical truths in ways our kids can understand.
Relationships - We build relationships through small group work.
Biblical Truth - All lessons taught come from the Bible.

What You Need to Know

Safety Policy We conduct national background checks on every teacher and worker who interacts directly with our children.

Nursery Journey provides a loving, caring and nurturing environment for our little ones. Our focus for this age group is to share God's love through nurturing, playing and encouraging.

Primary Class (K - 3rd Grade) In our Kindergarten through Third Grade program, we use United Methodist Sunday School material "One Room Sunday School." The kids begin with a Bible story of the day and then move into a question and answer, discussion centered time. They have weekly activities that reinforce the story through games, crafts and other hands on activities. Our goal is to bring children into a personal relationship with Jesus.

Tweeners (4th grade and up) Our tweeners experience the Bible through a variety of teaching methods. You may find them participating in a DVD driven curriculum that focuses on growing in their faith, or attention grabbing games that lead to discussion about Biblical truths to live by. Our goal is to build strong faith foundations for our tweeners as they are growing in a world that tempts them and challenges them as never before.

Youth Group Middle School (grades 5-8) and Senior High (grades 9-12) meet each Sunday, 6:30-8 p.m., at Union UMC.