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Shepherd’s Kid’s Sunday School is our fun, creative, and interactive Christian education program that runs during the school year. All children age three (by September 1) through third grade are invited. New students are welcome to join throughout the year until we reach capacity.
Shepherd’s Kids utilizes a highly relational large and small group model to nurture children in faith and community. Senior High youth and adults volunteer their time as leaders to help lead our children grow in their faith. To ensure a quality program, we:
We hope you will join us! We charge $60 per student for the school year, but don’t want money to be an obstacle. We provide grants to support your child’s faith formation. Complete the registration form, listing the grant amount needed in the space provided.
We intend to take photos and/or video during Shepherd’s Kids, which may appear in worship, social media, the website, or congregational communication without names listed. If you have a concern about this, please email Kelsey Young.
If the registration you are hoping to participate in is currently listed as “Sold Out” – PLEASE either:
Most programs are recruiting additional volunteers at all hours and will open spaces to the waitlist as soon as possible! If you are interested in volunteering, please register here.
Because our groups are led by amazing volunteers, we limit the number of students per group and groups per hour for the safety and enjoyment of all in our programs. Occasionally, a program hour may reach capacity and additional spaces cannot be opened. In this event, we will contact any families remaining on the waitlist for that hour to move them to an additional program time.
Volunteers of all ages and abilities make it possible to host HUNDREDS of students throughout the school year at SOTV! We’d love to have you join this amazing team and experience the joy of working together, sharing your faith, or giving a gift of your time, skills, or talents.
Any children interested in music groups, please consider registering for a Children’s Choir or a Children’s Handbell Choir. For more information, and to register follow the links below.
At Shepherd’s Kids, preschool and kindergarten age children will begin building their identity and sense of belonging in our church community. They will be given tools and opportunities to begin exploring their faith in Jesus. The goal of this program is for children to feel loved and at home at church.
Children will experience Jesus in the following ways…
Large Group
Small Group Time
Preschool – Grade 3 Shepherd’s Kids Hours: Sundays at 8:30 am, 9:45 am or 11:00 am.
Children in Grades 1-3 will learn what it means to be a child of God! They will grow in their faith as they wonder together about bible stories and explore their own personal and unique relationship with God. They will begin to notice how present God is in their lives and how deeply they are loved. Kids will develop a sense of belonging as they build relationships with their peers, small group leaders, program director, and community members who are there to support them along their faith journey.
Children will experience Jesus in the following ways…
Large Group
Small Group Time
Preschool – Grade 3 Shepherd’s Kids Hours: Sundays at 8:30 am, 9:45 am or 11:00 am.
Kids in Grades 1 – 3 Shepherd’s Kids Sunday School are encouraged, but not required, to participate in our Squiggles Bible Reading Program. This is self-led and done entirely at home. There are 10 different bookmarks, with 15 bible stories on each. Once they’ve read the 15 stories, an adult signs the bottom of the card, they turn it into their leader, and they can move their name on the banner to show their progress. Then they pick up the next bookmark and continue through the program at their own pace. Once they’ve completed all 10 bookmarks they turn the last one into Kelsey and receive a prize! Kids can participate in the program and receive a new prize once each year.
Below are links to print bookmarks from home, if you wish.
Questions? Contact Andrew Kane, Children’s Ministry Director
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