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NOW IN ITS 4th SEASON AT Forest Grove, A place where kids K-5th Grade learn to trust God, make wise choices, and build lasting friendships.
What happens on UpStreet?
Kids are challenged every Sunday on UpStreet to trust God, make wise choices, and build lasting friendships. Here's what a typical morning on UpStreet looks like.
Welcome in Large Group Environment:
Shortly after arriving, the kids large group environment is where they hear the Bible story. We use costumes, props, and characters from the story - anything that makes the Bible come to life. We also carve out time each week for kids to sing as loud as they want and tell God how much they love Him. |
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Small Groups:
Shortly after their Large Group Welcome, each child is greeted at their classroom by their coach and small group leader. Kids participate with their small group in an activity meant to introduce the one TRUTH, or bottom line, we want kids to walk away with and remember that morning.
Small Group Environment:
After participating in worship, kids travel back to their small group classroom where their leaders help them understand how the day's bottom line can fit into their everyday life. Small group leaders on UpStreet are serious about having fun with kids and passionate about teaching the TRUTH. We want kids to see how God's Word fits into their lives, to learn how to talk to Him, and to build friendships that will last. Every Sunday they connect with the same small group of kids and the same small group leader. That way they get connected and we have the best chance to establish a relationship that's going to matter when they need it most. |
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Curriculum
We use 252 Basics, a web-based curriculum for K-5th graders. Based on Luke 2:52, the curriculum is built around our Three Basic Truths.
1. Wisdom: I need to make the wise choice.
2. Faith: I can trust God no matter what.
3. Friendship: I should treat others the way I want to be treated.
The Three Basic Truths are amplified through 36 monthly virtues (such as kindness, generosity and faith) and 150 Bible stories. Every week there is a key TRUTH or bottom line that we drive home. It's the ONE THING we want kids to understand and grab onto during their hour on UpStreet.
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252 Basics provides three tools that will help you take what we've talked about on UpStreet home with you so that you can talk about it all week long.
GodTime Cards (for Kids)
Four short devotions for children each week to focus their attention as they spend time reading the Bible and talking to God at home. Kids pick up their GodTime cards during small group time in UpStreet to help them establish a lifelong habit of spending regular time with God.
Refrigerator Door (for Parents)
When you drop off your kids at their UpStreet classrooms, we'll give you a printed piece that gives you the virtue and its definition, a monthly memory verse, the bottom line, a question to prompt discussion and a preview of what we'll be talking about next week.
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Contact Us
At Forest Grove we love to here from you. Wether it's just to chat, or you have a great story you would like to share with us or you just need someone to talk to....send us an email or drop us a line.
Marilyn Muller - Children's Ministry Pastor
Forest Grove Community Church
502 Webster Street
Saskatoon, SK
marilyn@forestgrovecc.com
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