Children's Ministry

Nursery + Preschool

(Birth-Pre-K) Our nursery provides a safe, clean, and loving environment for your baby during our services. We are ready to help your little one grow and learn!

Elementary

(Kindergarten-5th Grade) Your children will build friendships, have fun and learn about Jesus’ love for them through creative lessons, games, and songs. Your child’s safety is ensured through dependable, background-checked leaders. Our goal is that your child will leave every week knowing Jesus loves them, we believe in them, and that church can be fun.

Get Connected

Sundays

We believe that children are a vital part of our community and we are committed to providing a safe and engaging environment for them to learn and grow in their faith. We invite you to join us for a fun-filled and meaningful Sunday morning experience.

Wednesday Nights

We understand that weekdays can be busy and we want to provide a space where children can take a break and focus on their faith. We invite you to join us for a midweek experience that will leave your child feeling energized and excited about their faith journey.

Exciting Events

We offer a variety of exciting events throughout the year that are designed to bring children together in fellowship and help them deepen their relationship with God. From hang out days, volunteer Parent’s Night Out, camps, and seasonal events, there’s always something going on!

First Time Visitors

Visiting us for the first time? Follow the signs to the Welcome Center located inside the Family Life Center. There you will receive information regarding childcare and preschool/elementary activities. For safety, all participating children must have a completed registration sheet. Click below to fill out a registration sheet ahead of time and email it to angie@mumc.net

Sundays

Babies - Preschool

Childcare and Preschool Sunday School lessons offered during all service/class times, in the Childcare Rooms (FLC 834 at MUMC).

Elementary

Afternoon
Bible Story and Activity Time is offered during all worship services, children start/end worship with you.
Sunday School Class is offered from 9:55-10:55 AM at Mandarin in FLC 837. This hour allows us to dig deeper into their lesson.
Do you want a parent’s night out? Serve once a month or equivalent and receive a night out in January and August. Click here to volunteer Mandarin

Wednesday Nights

Join us from August to May for Wednesday Nights! We understand that weekdays can be busy and we want to provide a space where children can take a break and focus on their faith. We invite you to join us for a midweek experience that will leave your child feeling energized and excited about their faith journey with elementary group activities and choir practice for 3 yr old and up. Childcare is also available for Birth-PreK children whose parents are attending a class.

Childcare Room – 6:20-8:00 PM in FLC 834

Elementary Activities –6:30-8:00 PM in FLC 837

Junior Youth

Our 4th and 5th grade students enjoy lunch, fellowship, and games most Sundays from 12:00-2:30 PM on the Mandarin campus.

Acolytes

Please sign your acolyte up to serve! If your child (3rd grade and older) is interested and missed acolyte training, contact Angie.

What are the Children Learning?

Elementary

August kicks off our year-long journey through the Bible as we look at God’s Big Story. Every story has a beginning. As we explore Creation, the Fall and other pivotal moments in the origin of our faith, kids will discover that not only did God create everything, but even after people chose to go their own way, God had a plan to restore us. We can see how God faithfully began to fulfill that plan in Abram’s call and in the lives of Jacob and Joseph—and we look forward to the fulfillment of that plan in Jesus. When kids see how God has worked in the past, they can grow in faith that our faithful God continues to work in and through each person who chooses to follow Jesus.

Week One: Creation and the Fall (Genesis 1–2:3; 3 Supporting: Romans 5:8)

- Bottom Line: You can trust God no matter what.
Week Two: Noah (Genesis 6–9)
- Bottom Line: You can trust God even when you don’t understand.
Week Three: God Chooses Abram (Genesis 12:1-9; 15:1-6)
- Bottom Line: You can trust that God has a plan.
Week Four: Jacob’s Dream (Genesis 28:10-22 Supporting: Genesis 25:19-34; 27)
- Bottom Line: You can trust that God is with you.
Week Five: Joseph (Genesis 37; 39–45)
- Bottom Line: You can trust God when things get tough.

Memory Verse: Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being sure of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIrV

Preschool

In August, we are taking our preschoolers on an exciting journey to the moon and back as we teach them that God made everything. We want our preschoolers to know that this beautiful world they live in was created by our loving, creative, and powerful God. All God had to do was say it, and it was! Wow! So, what did God do after He made everything? “God saw everything he had made. And it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31 NIrV) Then, God rested. And that is what we hope to do this month with our preschoolers. Look at everything God made. See that it is very good. And then rest in knowing that our God is powerful and creative and beautiful, and He loves us to the moon and back.

Week One: Light and Dark Sky Above Water (Genesis 1:3-8)

Week Two: Land, Plants, and Seas (Genesis 1:9-13)
Week Three: Sun, Moon, and Stars (Genesis 1:14-19)
Week Four: Sea Animals and Birds (Genesis 1:20-23)
Week Five: Land Animals and People God Rested (Genesis 1:24-2:3)

Bottom Line: God made everything.

Memory Verse: God saw everything he had made. And it was very good. Genesis 1:31 NIrV.