SUNDAY SCHOOL

The Christian Education Ministry Team invites you to join us on September 12th as we kick of this year’s Sunday school program. We will gather in the Crawford Center at 10am for coffee, juice, and breakfast treats.. 

Children’s Ministries:

Nursery (Newborn through 4 years old)

Loving volunteers provide care and compassion for our youngest members during Sunday school and worship each week, including the summer months, as well as during special services.

Children in kindergarten through second grade are invited to come to the nursery during the worship service, following “A Time for the Child in Us All.” However, all of God’s children are welcome to stay in the sanctuary for the entire service.

Wee Believe (ages 3-5)

Wee Believe is a class for our three to five year olds, designed especially for them. Your child will have the opportunity to hear age-appropriate Bible Stories and be loved and nurtured in their faith. Wee Believe gathers on Sunday mornings from 10:00-10:45

Workshop Rotation (Grades K-5)

Children in grades K-5 will have the Bible come to life at WEPC’s workshop rotation. Each week, the children will experience the Bible through a different workshop, including Art, Cooking, Storytelling, Games, and many more. Bible stories this fall include the Creation story and the Christmas narrative. Children will gather in the Art Room each Sunday morning at 10:00, and will travel to that week’s workshop.

WEPC on Wednesdays (Grades K-5)

This afterschool program for the entire community, fondly called “WOW!”, meets every Wednesday that class is in session from 3-5PM, beginning in September through June 19. Children will have the opportunity to be a part of a youth choir, share in weekly devotionals, play lots of fun games, have free play, eat great snacks, and participate in a variety of Arts. Transportation provided from West End Elementary School.  Register by calling the church office at 673-4341.

Vacation Bible School (3 years old through fifth grade)

Each summer, children from the community gather for a week of fun and laughter and growing in God’s Word. Children engage in several stories of the Bible through crafts, music, recreation, storytelling, and snacks. More details about V.B.S 2011 will be coming soon.

Youth Ministries (grades 6-12):

P.Y.C. (Presbyterian Youth Connection) 

Our youth group meets each Sunday evening from 6-8PM for dinner, games and fellowship, faith conversations, and time to just hang out. Occasionally, we’ll break from our regular schedule for fellowship events, weekend retreats, and mission experiences.

Adult Ministries:

Down Under Class (meets in lower fellowship hall)

The "Down-Under" class meets in the basement where the old fellowship hall is located.  We started as the Young Adult class and progressed to the class known as parents with young children.  Now a few of us have school-age children and many of us are empty nesters (until our college students and/or adult children return home!).  Our class welcomes all, particularly those with open hearts and open minds.  We study topics that relate to the 21st century.  It can be current events, popular books or a Bible driven topic.  As someone in our class said "it's a time of fellowship interrupted by Christian studies."  Please feel free to join us and express yourself.

The Present Word (meets in church library)

The Arrowood class is made up primarily of senior citizens who are well-versed in Bible knowledge and who enjoy continuing, in-depth Bible studies and applications to current life. Lessons are based on The Present Word and follow the International Uniform Series; in a five-year cycle which surveys the entire Bible.

Coffee and Conversations  (meets in Crawford Center)

This new Sunday school class is open to all, but designed with the under-50 crowd in mind. We explore ways to recognize and appreciate God’s presence in our every day lives. Along the way, we will watch movie clips, listen to music, and use other forms of media together. Plus, there will be plenty of coffee to help start the morning!

Adult Academy of Religious Studies (meets in the Crawford Center)

The Adult Academy was founded in 2003 by the Reverend Don Welch at West End Presbyterian Church as a community outreach program for the theologically and intellectually curious disciple. The Academy provides three to four programs each year that are diverse in nature and require discussion,  study, and reflection by the participant. In  2008 the Adult Academy was also embraced and is now co-sponsored by the Chapel in the Pines.  The Academy's programs are open to all people of faith, seekers of faith, or of no faith in the West End/Seven Lakes community.