While children of all ages are welcome to attend worship service with you, sometimes additional activities are needed.

• Childcare is available for Infants through Two-Year-Olds, currently in Room 104.
• Wiggle with Jesus is a worship education activity for Three-Year-Olds (by August 1, 2019) through Kindergartners.  In addition to learning about the Church Year, we use the same Bible reading used in worship but have a variety of child-friendly activities to help the children understand the story.
• Worship Activity Bags provide a variety of hands-on activities for busy hands while still participating in worship. They are filled with new activities each week. You can find them in the Prayground area in the Sanctuary and the main entrance way of the Connection Center for the Ignite Service.
• “Praygrounds” offer a designated worship and play area for Infants through Four-Year-Olds, and their parents, to remain in worship while having a more relaxed setting.
• Cry Rooms for chatty or fussy children to have a minute to calm down.  There is audio from the worship service in each Cry Room so parents and children don’t miss any of the worship service.

Bible stories are shared in the childcare rooms during the worship services.

Wiggle with Jesus teaches about the Church Year and uses the same Bible reading used in worship. A variety of child-friendly activities are used to help the children understand the story.

Our Sunday School curriculum is an online curriculum from Think Orange – believing two combined influences have a greater impact than two separate influences. By creating an Orange Strategy in our local church ministry, we combine the influences of the family (red) and the church (yellow) to have a greater impact on the next generation of Christians who are ready to own their own faith. When red and yellow combine, they make orange. When the family and church combine, they make a strong team to raise the next generation of believers. The curriculum provides materials to present biblical truths to children in age-appropriate ways, but also provides materials to connect families to an everyday faith at home. The preschool curriculum focuses upon three simple, but powerful truths: “God Made Me,” “God Loves Me,” and “Jesus Wants to Be My Friend Forever.” The elementary curriculum focuses upon the basic, powerful truth modeled by Jesus in Luke 2:52, “I need to make the wise choice,” “I can trust God no matter what,” and “I should treat others the way I want to be treated.”

There are many volunteer opportunities available in Children’s Ministry at MUMC.

The Children’s Council addresses the immediate pressure points facing Children’s Ministry, establishes a consensus for the direction of Children’s Ministry, and creates a Children’s Ministry infrastructure.

The Major Events Team assists the Children’s Ministry build community by coordinating special memory-maker moments throughout the year that will engage children and families in the life of the Children’s Ministry, including the Breakfast with Santa, Advent Fair, Christmas Eve Family Worship Service, Lenten Fair, Summer Missions & Fun, and VBS, to name just a few of the events.

Sunday School Teachers and Leaders volunteer for the same month each quarter, teaching for a total of four months out of the year. They follow a provided lesson plan and develop a relationship with each of the students.

Pathways Junior Teachers and Leaders also follow a provided lesson plan and develop a relationship with each of the students.  Volunteers are always needed for the Fall and Spring Kids’ Consignment Sales.  Tasks include checking through consignors’ items as they bring them into the sale, organizing consignor items for the sale, assisting with checking-out customers, and clean-up.

If you are interested in getting involved in any of these areas within the Children’s Ministry, just click the button below and fill out some information.