Children & Youth
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Infants to 2 years
Room 308 of Family Life Center
Teachers see their role as a ministry...teaching our youngest children how to experience God through simple ways and providing them with a loving environment. They engage our busy little ones in learning to share and with music and simple Bible stories.
Contact: Suzanne Davidson, 941-228-0974
Preschool: 3 to pre-k
Room 309 of Family Life Center.
Our preschoolers are engaged in simple Bible stories, music, and activities planned around Sunday morning sermons. Children continue to learn of God's love through interaction with each other and their teachers.
Contact: Suzanne Davidson, 941-228-0974
Kindergarten - 5th grade
Upstairs in Family Life Center.
Children are taught Bible stories through many different methods which help to enforce the memory of a story for years to come. These children also participate in children's church during each church service. They are currently covering the New Testament.
Wednesday night classes are from 6:30pm to 7:30pm and include Bible lessons and games.
Contact: Travis Burnett, 865-607-2969
Youth Sunday School
Room 321 of Family Life Center
The Youth Sunday School hour is spent enjoying each other's company and focusing on key parts of our relationship with God. For the first 15 minutes, we share what's going on in our lives. Then we transition into Bible study time where we focus on personal and big questions facing our youth today. Every second Sunday, the youth usher offering during 9:00am service. If you would like to usher, let a youth worker know.
Contact: Erin Moore,
SWAT Team - Youth
A group of youth growing together as a family of believers. For anyone looking to have a blast, while growing as a Christian, SWAT is perfect.
MISSION: Epic
On Sunday nights, we have "Endless Possibilities in Christ." Meetings are on Sunday evenings from 5pm to 7pm. Our mission is to support, encourage, help, lead, and direct youth in spiritual and personal growth by providing youth programs based on the Word of God, where Christian ideas, values, and faith can be explored in a supportive group of peers and adults.
MISSION: Fuse
On Wednesday nights we take two things and fuse them together - play and word. Beginning at 6:30pm, we start out by dividing into the Word of God and finding out what it says about us, about God, and about how we can grow closer to God. Each night we also enjoy fellowship activities like ultimate frisbee and group games. We are done by 7:30pm.
Contact: Erin Moore,