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 for children 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

Morning
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. Learn More.

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

Wednesday Nights

Join us from August to May for Wednesday Nights at the Mandarin campus! 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 – 6:00-8:00 PM in FLC 834

Elementary Activities –6:00-8:00 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.

Volunteer

We need you! We love partnering with you to help guide your child/ren’s spiritual growth, and need your help to ensure Sunday mornings are meaningful, fun, and safe. We ask our parents/guardians to volunteer one hour a month. By volunteering an hour a month, or six hours within six months, you will receive a Parent’s Night Out in February and August.

What are the Children Learning?

Elementary

Monthly Focus: Initiative – Seeing what needs to be done and doing it

God took the initiative by sending Jesus to show us how much He loves us and fix the relationship between us. When we see a need and choose to do something about it, we reflect God’s image in us. Through our initiative, others can see the reality of God’s love for them.

Week 1 – Nehemiah Plans to Rebuild the Wall (Nehemiah 1:1–2:18)
- Bottom Line: Don’t wait for someone else to do what needs to be done.
Week 2 – Nehemiah Helps the Poor (Nehemiah 5)
- Bottom Line: Look for ways to make things right.
Week 3 – Nehemiah and Sanballat (Nehemiah 2:19-20, 4, 6)
- Bottom Line: Stay focused on what needs to be done.
Week 4 – The Wall Is Rebuilt (Nehemiah 3–4, 6:15-16, 8:1-17)
- Bottom Line: Look for ways to celebrate what God has done.

Memory Verse: “Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord.” Colossians 3:23A NIRV

Preschool

This month’s Colorific theme is going to help us teach preschoolers that God keeps His promises. We’ve all experienced a broken promise or two and our preschoolers won’t have to wait long to experience one too. We want them to grow up knowing that God always keeps His promises. No matter how long we have to wait, God will come through. Colors are a huge part of a preschooler’s world, and as we explore the colors of the rainbow, we will teach preschoolers that God loves them, and that He always keeps His promises. This is such an important part of the foundation we want to build for preschoolers as they grow to believe that God made them, God loves them, and Jesus wants to be their friend forever.

Week 1 – Moses and the Burning Bush • Exodus 3; Psalm 118:7
- Bible Story Focus: God promises to always be with me.
Week 2 – Moses in the Red Sea • Exodus 13:17-18; 14
- Bible Story Focus: God promises are awesome.
Week 3 – Noah (God’s Plan) • Genesis 6: 8-33; 7: 1-24
- Bible Story Focus: I can believe God’s promises.
Week 4 – Noah (God’s Promise) • Genesis 8: 1-9:17
- Bible Story Focus: God keeps his promises.

Memory Verse: “Trust the LORD with all your heart.” Proverbs 3:5, NCV