Nursery (Infants - 3s)

The youngest among us are warmly welcomed at East Cobb Presbyterian Church! We offer nurseries for infants through age 3 during the Sunday morning worship service. Children may be dropped off beginning at 10:15 a.m. We know that when you understand your kids are being lovingly cared for, you can focus your hearts and minds more fully on corporate worship. If your infant will be joining you in the worship service, we have an Infant Care Room available at the rear of the sanctuary if you would like some privacy to feed or care for your child.

Gospel Kids

During the school year, our Sunday morning program for students in pre-k (4yrs old by Sept 1) through 5th grade provides an opportunity for your kids to worship and learn alongside their peers in fun and engaging ways. We encourage our families to go to worship together at 10:30am, and then children are invited to join us for Gospel Kids during the offering (around 10:45am).

This program runs from August - May.

Foundations

Fourth and Fifth graders learn why the gospel is relevant to their lives, are equipped to identify the lies of our culture and counter them with truth, and get answers to tough questions about the Christian faith in the safe and loving context of our Foundations discipleship class. These lessons will take them beyond a head knowledge of the gospel and challenge them to think deeply about what the truth of the Scripture and the person and work of Jesus means for their lives. 

This program runs from August - April.

Gospel Kids - In our Bible lesson this week (Sept 21), Jacob is commanded to leave Laban. How does this week’s Bible story fit into God’s greater plan of redemption?

Read Matthew 2:13–16.

In a dream, God told Jacob to leave Laban so that Jacob could return to the land of promise. Only in this way could the generations promised to Abraham be born. Jesus was protected in a similar way when in a dream God told Joseph to take Jesus away from Herod. Neither Laban’s opposition to Jacob nor Herod’s opposition to Jesus could stop God’s plan.

God prospered Jacob, and many years later the Savior was one of Jacob’s descendants just as God promised. All of history moves in the direction of fulfilling God’s redemptive plan.

Sept 28’s Gospel Kids lesson will be about Jacob’s Wrestling Match. Can you imagine what Jacob must have thought when in the middle of the night a stranger appeared and began to wrestle with him? Jacob may have thought it was a robber or one of Esau’s men. They wrestled all night, but Jacob did not give in. Then, toward morning, the man put Jacob’s hip out of joint with one small touch. Suddenly Jacob realized he had been wrestling with God.

Despite the pain, Jacob held on and refused to let go until God blessed him. So God blessed Jacob and gave him a very special name: Israel. From that time on, God’s people would be known as the people of Israel. When Jesus came riding into Jerusalem just before going to the cross, the crowds waved palm branches and shouted, “Blessed is ... the King of Israel.”

Foundations - This week (September 21) students should be able to explain where important themes show up during the time of Slavery, the Exodus, and the Wilderness.

Next week (September 28) students should be able to explain where important themes show up during the times of the Conquest and Judges.

BIBLE VERSE

Our Bible Verse for this unit will be announced soon!

Summer Discipleship

During the summer months, our students who are finishing PreK rising 3rd grade are invited to join us for our summer discipleship program during the worship service. We encourage our families to go to worship together at 10:30am, and then children are invited to join us for Gospel Kids during the offering (around 10:45am). Students who are finishing up 4th and 5th grades join us for the full worship service.

This program runs from June 1 — July 29.

TINY SYSTEMATICS WORKBOOK 

This workbook is designed for ages 5-12, and we recommend it as a helpful resource for our rising fourth and fifth graders who are worshipping alongside us on Sundays this summer. We have a limited number of workbooks available. You can pick up your copy from the Children's Ministries office at East Cobb Presbyterian Church after purchase. 

From the publisher: Each lesson in this 95+ page workbook is designed to teach your child rich, biblical theology in an engaging way. Alongside each section of teaching is an activity to engage them in the process as they learn more of who God is through studying his Word. And each day has a Memory Challenge in which they are encouraged to recall a simple concept in response to that day's lesson. Read more here.

Click to purchase here.