Children
Suzanne Williams, Children’s Pastor
Suzanne has been on the IVC staff since 2002. She graduated from Samford University with a degree in Human Development and Family Studies. She has completed counseling courses at Reformed Seminary in Orlando, Florida, and has served as a Montessori school teacher, Middle School guidance counselor, Laity Lodge Youth Camp counselor, and a county mental health service provider. Suzanne is our children’s pastor and is the director of our Vineyard Learning Center. Suzanne and her husband Ward have two sons, Tate and Carson, and a daughter, Sarah Paige. Ward Williams is the director of Vineyard Family Services.
Our goal in the children’s ministry is to give your child a full understanding and biblical knowledge about God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. We want your children to fall in love with God, to do God’s work everyday of their lives, and to listen to the Holy Spirit. Our hope is that your kids will become a generation on fire for the Lord that will grow up to want to “give their all to Jesus” and influence others to want to know God.
Awana clubs meet during the school year on Wednesday nights from 6:30- 8:00pm. Please refer to the Awana page on this website for more information. You may also visit www.awana.org.
Sunday Morning Children’s Ministry – 10:30am
Preschool
Ministries- Education Building
Nursery- Birth to 12 months and 12 months to 36 months
In our nursery every Sunday, we have a full time staff member and a volunteer. When you visit on Sunday morning, you will be greeted by Ms. Bea in our baby room and Ms. Sarah in our walker room. In our nurseries, we provide a fun, safe environmen
t so that you can feel comfortable and enjoy going to church and worshipping God. Both nurseries do their best to make sure that you child enjoys coming to church and that your child begins to learn about God’s love and His word.
Three, Four, and Five year olds
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FUEL (Fueling our Hearts to do God’s Word) Children’s Ministry – Student Center
Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade
Our Sunda
y morning program for Kindergarten through second grade, starts off every week in the Student center with worship. During worship your child will enter into God’s presence through music, dance, and song. They will learn how to hear God’s voice. It is also a time of short Holy Spirit inspired teaching. At the end of worship, your child will have a time to receiv
e prayer and also learn how to pray for others. Our worship leaders are Nate and Sandra Martin.
After worship, we divide into classrooms. Kindergarten and First Grade will be together. Second grade will meet separately. During our lesson time, we are currently studying about God’s character through the various names of God. So far our children have learned about God as Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, Jehovah Nissi, our Battle Fighter, Jehovah Shalom, our Peace, and Jehovah Rophe, our Healer. At the end of the church service, you will pick up your child from their classroo
m located in the education building.
Third through Fifth Grade
Our third through fifth graders start the morning in the Student center. This class begins by going to the main service and worships as a group. They will also participate in communion with the whole church body. At the end of announcem
ents, they are dismissed to go to their lesson time. At the end of the service, please pick your child up from the student ce
nter. Ray and Marta Parker enjoy teaching this class every Sunday. Their goals as teachers are to equip their students to be mighty warriors for God. Ray and Marta hope that they can serve as ambassadors for God by presenting the word, praying, and worshipping with their students in such a manner that it will prompt the children to seek and maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We believe that the learning process doesn’t end with Sunday school class. Each child should be memorizing bible verses and praying on a regular basis at home. We want to empower each child
to spread the gospel in their community.
Children’s Small Groups for Winter/Spring 2011
Thunderfeet
A worship Hip H
op dance group for boys and girls ages 3 years old through 5th grade. This group meets on Sunday nights at 5pm. Part of our meeting time will be spent learning why we worship God and the different ways we worship God. We will look at the words in the particular song we are dancing to and discuss the meaning behind the words. The second part of our meeting time is spent learning the moves to the dance. This group will perform at the Easter service, Mother’s day, various outreaches, Light the Night Community Carnival, and at Christmas.
