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CUMC's Christian Education program is comprised of three main components:
Sunday School, Vacation Bible
School, and Adult Bible Studies.
Here at CUMC we believe that learning about God and deepening our faith
is a life long journey. From our youngest child in our nursery to our
oldest member of our adult classes, we strive to show the love of God and
the hope that He gave us in His Son Jesus Christ. Here we are truly
committed to living as faithful disciples of Christ and showing His love
and grace to all His children. Whether it is in a Sunday School class or
one of our other studies we hope that you will join us.
Sunday School
We
offer Sunday School for children and youth at both the 8:30AM & 10:00AM
services. Our volunteers that work
 with our children and youth have all
been active with CUMC for at least 6 months and have had a background
check. We hope that you will come and see if our church is the right fit
for you and your family.
Nursery care is provided at the 10:00AM service for infants and
children up to three years
of age. Our nursery is staffed with caring people who offer a wonderfully
warm, inviting, and loving setting to allow babies and toddlers time to
become adjusted to being away from their parents who are attending
services on Sunday morning. Every Sunday, stories are
read and small activities are offered to enrich the religious experience
of the little ones.
Children's Sunday School (ages 3 through 5th grade):
Children attend worship with their families then are excused to
Sunday school after the Moments With Children part of the service;
children are always welcome to stay in worship, if they would like.
8:30 AM:
Following the Moments with Children in the sanctuary we have a One Room
Sunday School format where all
 children attend
Sunday School together. We meet in the gathering room which is painted as
the Sea of Galilee. We use curriculum from Cokesbury and offer several
different activities that are appropriate for all ages 3 years old to 5th
grade. Our goal in Sunday School is to learn
about God’s love for us through play and different activities that speak
to children at their level. We explore Bible stories from the Old and New
Testaments.
10:30 AM:
Following the Moments with Children we again meet in the gathering room
where we have prayer time, take the offering and review the lesson from
the week before. We introduce the lesson for this week and review our
bible verse. The children are then excused to their classrooms where
children participate in age appropriate Sunday School activities.
Youth Sunday School:
8:30 AM:
We have a combined Jr. and Sr. High class that meets to discuss current
events and fellowship. We have use different curriculum options for this
age group to encourage discussion on relevant topics.
10:00 AM:
To accommodate the typically larger number of youth at this service we
have different rooms for Jr. High and Sr. High and we again foster
meaningful conversation and fellowship using curriculum designed for the
teenage youth.
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Vacation Bible School
(VBS)
VBS
is the last week of July from 9:00AM - noon and is for children four years
of age through entering fifth grade. It is a fun filled week of learning
about the Bible and God’s love for us through music, crafts, games and
much more.
Come and Join us this
summer for
July 25 - 29, 2011
9:00AM - Noon
$35 per child/$75 max. per family
More information and registration will be available soon.
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Adult Bible Studies
We
 have
many different Bible Study classes that you may attend, both long and
short term classes. There are classes for those who are just
beginning to study the scriptures and classes that are for those who that
have been studying the Bible for years. The list below is not a
complete list of studies we offer, as the United Methodist Women offer
many studies as well. For a more complete list of current studies please check our
monthly newsletter, the
Chimes.
Kindlers:
Meets on Sundays at the 8:30AM in Room 9. This study group studies a
specific book from the Bible for a more in-depth look at the Scriptures.
Young
Adult Sunday School Class: This class is for young adults 18 – 25and meets in the
library/fireside room during the 10:00am service. A variety of study
materials are used for this class varying from Bible to study to DVD
studies.
Mother and Others:
Meets during the
school calendar year on Tuesday mornings in Room 18. We have coffee and
fellowship from 9:30 to 10:00, with Bible study from 10:00 to 11:00 and
sharing of joys, concerns and group prayer at 11:00. This group is a
fellowship group and a Bible study, all rolled into one. We study
specific books of the Bible and also books that are topical, with a
scriptural base.
Mothers
and Others (Evening): This women’s study and support group meets on the 1st & 3rd
Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm – 8:30pm. This group follows the same
format as the daytime Mothers and Others group, but is especially suited
for working women. This group meets in room 18 (The Cove).
Wednesday Evening Study:
Meets on Wednesday nights at 7:00pm in room 8/9. We currently are
using several of Adam Hamilton’s studies, as well as other studies.
We have studied both individual books of the Bible and other books that
are scripture based. In the summer, we hold “movie and discussion” nights
and talk about how faith was represented in that particular movie. Come
early at 6:30pm with your brown bag dinner and join us for fellowship
time.
Thursday
Morning Study:
Meets 9:30am – 10:30pm in room 8/9. This group uses the Short Term
Disciple Series.
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