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We want you and your family to feel welcomed and loved. The Children & Family Ministry strives to provide opportunities for Christian growth, service, and fellowship through high-quality programs and special events as well as opportunities for sharing faith at home. Together, we partner in the spiritual formation of your children.
We hope that your family will connect, grow, and serve with us at Incarnation!
Nursery
Birth to Age 5 | Education Building, First Floor Check-in
The nursery is open on Sunday from 8:45 am to 12:45 pm and 4:45 to 6:45 pm for parents participating in church programs on campus. Children of all ages are welcome in all worship services.
Nursery care is also available for various classes and activities throughout the year, usually with prior registration. See individual events for details.
Children's Chapel
Ages 3 to 1st Grade | Education Building, Room 102
Sundays at 9 & 11:15 am
Family worship is very important, but we realize that our youngest members have a difficult time sitting through an entire service. In Children’s Chapel, kids hear the Gospel story in child-friendly language, engage in worship through music, and learn the Lord’s Prayer.
Drop off your child right before the service, and at the appropriate time, they will be led into the service so that you may worship together as a family during the celebration of Holy Communion. Parents may allow their 3– to 5-year-olds to stay in the nursery during Communion by indicating this wish at check-in.
Sunday School
Sundays, 10:20 to 11:05 am
Classes are sandwiched between 9 & 11:15 am services with a moment to grab a cup of coffee in the Welcome Center, engage in fellowship, and drop your kids off at their class before settling in for an Adult Sunday School class.
Godly Play
Preschool to 1st Grade | Education Building, 2nd Floor
Three years old by September 1. Children discover and explore Biblical stories and our Anglican worship through the use of specially designed materials they are able to touch and feel. They are invited to respond creatively and then gather again to enjoy a feast.
Seedlings
2nd Grade | Education Building, Room 215
Children begin to understand the fundamentals of the Christian faith through this year-long class that focuses on baptism, prayer, and service. The last third of the year culminates in preparation for First Communion.
Connections
3rd Grade | Education Building, Basement, Room 026
Each lesson the children are introduced to Bible characters and their stories through watching an animated video. The children discuss what happened and how they feel about the story they just saw. Then, they open their Bibles and explore the day’s story, and reflect on the Bible story through hands-on activities or games using their learner leaflet.
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4th & 5th Grade | Education Building, Basement, Room 025
Throughout the year, children will study five Old Testament and five New Testament units. Each lesson, the children will start by watching an animated video that exposes a key biblical theme, use their Bibles as they search for passages that relate to the theme, and make associations to their own lives through activities.
Nursery
Birth to Age 5 | Rooms 104 & 105
Three years old by September 1. Children discover and explore Biblical stories and our Anglican worship through the use of specially designed materials they are able to touch and feel. They are invited to respond creatively and then gather again to enjoy a feast.
Sunday School
Sundays, 9:30 to 10:15 am
Sunday School for children and adults starts at 9:30 am, prior to the 10:30 am service. We have a time of fellowship after Sunday School, and we encourage you to join us!
Godly Play
Preschool to 1st Grade | Room 101
Three years old by September 1. Children discover and explore Biblical stories and our Anglican worship through the use of specially designed materials they are able to touch and feel. They are invited to respond creatively and then gather again to enjoy a feast.
Connections
2nd to 5th Grade | Room 109
Each lesson the children are introduced to Bible characters and their stories through watching an animated video. The children discuss what happened and how they feel about the story they just saw. Then, they open their Bibles and explore the day’s story, and reflect on the Bible story through hands-on activities or games using their learner leaflet.
Health & Well-being
The health and well-being of all children at Church of the Incarnation is a priority. To make sure that we are all working together to maintain a healthy environment, please follow the policies and procedures listed in the illness policy.
Church of the Incarnation Illness Policy
Please do not allow your child to attend the nursery or Sunday School, or we will call you to pick up your child if:
- The illness prevents the child from participating comfortably in nursery or Sunday school activities.
- The illness results in a greater need for care than our staff can provide without compromising the health, safety, and supervision of other students in their care.
- The child has any of the following symptoms: Temperature of 100.4 or greater, Signs and symptoms of illness such as lethargy, abnormal breathing, uncontrolled diarrhea, vomiting, rash with fever, mouth sores with drooling, behavior changes, or other signs that a child may be severely ill.
Children must be medication and symptom-free for 24 hours before returning to the church Nursery or Sunday School.
Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics-Committee on Infectious Diseases states that a child should remain home if any of the following conditions exist:
- Fever or Sore Throat
- Vomiting or Diarrhea
- Common Cold/Runny Nose from onset through one week
- Any unexplained rash
- Any Skin Infection— boils, ringworm, impetigo, etc..
- Pink eye or any other eye infection
- Symptoms of childhood diseases including
- Scarlet Fever
- German Measles
- Roseola
- Coxsackievirus
- Mumps
- Chicken Pox
- Croup
- Whooping Cough
