Kids

What an exciting year for CATC Kids!   

For nine years, our ministry has walked through the Gospel Project on Sunday mornings.  That means we have studied our way through the Bible three times, looking at the big picture of the gospel story and learning about the Christ connection throughout the Bible. In August of 2024, we made a carefully considered decision to switch to Hyfi curriculum, which is also by Lifeway. Hyfi teaches the truths of Scripture in a way that helps preschoolers and kids understand that their true identity is in Christ.. Hyfi is tons of fun while remaining faithful to the Bible. Every lesson provides biblically sound content with a clear picture of Jesus and the gospel. Kids and teachers alike are enjoying and learning from our new curriculum that is rich in Scripture and life application yet relevant to church and unchurched children.   

Preschool Playdates this year focused on the Fruit of the Spirit and preschoolers had loads of fun with puzzles, games, books, crafts and more while mothers had an opportunity to visit with other mothers.  We are looking forward to growing this monthly event and reaching even more families in our community. 

Magnified! VBS encouraged our children to look closely at the details of God’s amazing world and magnify, or proclaim, the greatness of God. We learned that God made us, cares about us, loves us, forgives us, and is faithful to keep all His promises to us.  

Between the morning and evening VBS’s, we had 397 children attend at least once.  Most of them all of the days!  (That's 40 more kids than last year!) We also had 90 visitors that had no connection to our church other than hearing about our VBS and coming! 

The VBS kids also raised $1838.45 to send to Jivino Verde, our Compassion Center in Ecuador. 

God has also been moving in the hearts of our children to be follow Jesus in baptism.  Since our last annual conference, 16 children have been baptized and every other month, our Gospel and Baptism for Kids class is well attended. 

On August 17, Promotion Sunday, we opened several new classes so we between the two gathering times, we now have 12 nursery classes, 16 preschool classes, and 10 elementary classes. We regularly have more than 250 kids on Sunday mornings, and we look forward to that number growing in the new year. We need more covenant members to join the CATC Kids team so we can reach more children! 

We are excited about the year ahead and appreciate the church-wide support given to our Kids’ Ministry. To learn more about CATC Kids or to find information about joining our team, visit catc.church/kids