Monday, March 30, 2009

Next Children's Ministry Meeting: May 4, 2009

May 4, 2009
7:00 p.m.



Agenda:

  1. May 24 -- need teacher for CC (no SS; Sharon Cooper shepherding CC)
  2. Discuss May 30 -- Recruitment Sunday
  3. Discuss Summer Issues -- Proposed Sunday Morning Schedule. Snacks?
  4. Discuss Summer Parenting Class Options -- what to provide over the summer, and how often?
  5. Training Opportunity -- who will follow up? “Safeguarding God’s Children”. There is a trainer here in Midland who is a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church. She has done the training with her church and others and it has received very high grades. She is willing to do a session for our folks if we’re interested. Her name is Kathy

Break Out Session #1: Summer Planning -- Asssemble Elementary Lessons & Toddler/PreK Lessons.

  • Break Out Session #2: Shepherd Guidelines and Training. Modify existing documents to create an "Expectations Sheet" for our shepherds. Discuss training that is needed for 2009-10 school year.
  • Break Out Session #3: Summer Parenting Classes. Will vote as a group on the classes to be offered, and when. This group will pull it together and begin executing (setting dates, publicity, contacting ESA, etc.).

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About the Rotation Workshop Model:

Sunday mornings, children in Pre-Kindergarten and older stay with with their parents in the worship service until "the Children's Conversation" is finished. Then the children break out into classes by the following age groups:

* Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten (David C. Cook curriculum)
* Grades 1-2 (David C. Cook Curriculum)
* Grades 3-5 -- Rotation Model

Our church uses the "Rotation Model" to teach the elementary children. We teach one Bible story per month through kid-friendly multimedia workshops: Art, Drama, Music, Games, Video, Puppets, Storytelling, Computers, etc.

The model's philosophy recognizes that kids learn from repetition, and that it helps develop a lasting memory and understanding of content.

The multi-intelligences (creative methods) approach also recognizes that all children (as well as adults!) learn and retain information in different ways.