Children and Youth Education
To provide educational and fellowship experiences that will support and stimulate our Christian faith.

Nursery Care
Infants and children up to  age 3 experience the love of God and the care and nurturing from members of our church family in our child care center during our 9:15 am and 11:00 am worship service. The availability of child care also makes it possible for parents and caregivers to spend time in quiet worship.

Sunday School
Programming is available for preschool through senior high. Our goal is to provide a meaningful age appropriate experience, that provides a basis for lifelong learning and a personal relationship with the church.

Curriculum varies by age and includes Children and Worship for preschool through second grade, Walk With Me, a new denominationally supported program for grades two through five, “Being There”, a Bible simulation series for middle school, and a movie/discussion series for our high school students.

Our second and third graders are invited to a three session Communion Class in the spring to help prepare for their participation in the Lord’s Supper.

Confirmation Class
Students in 9th grade or older are encouraged to confirm their baptismal vows on Pentecost Sunday near the end of the school year. These students meet with the Pastor and Christian Education Director weekly beginning in September, to study about the church, creeds, the Bible and other aspects of Reformed Church theology and faith. Mentored by a church elder of their choice, the students create their own creed and share it with the congregation on Pentecost.

Youth Fellowships

Our youth enjoy gathering in fellowship with a more noble goal – that of helping their neighbors and those less fortunate than themselves.  Our two mission clubs meet regularly to gather as young Christians, but also to provide services or create gifts for others. 

Our youth enjoy gathering in fellowship with a more noble goal – that of helping their neighbors and those less fortunate than themselves.  Our two mission clubs meet regularly to gather as young Christians, but also to provide services or create gifts for others.   

Salt Shakers – This club is for preschoolers through 5^th grade.  We meet monthly after school and its aim is to help our youngest learn that being mission minded can be a regular part of who they are!  At each meeting we focus on others but sneak in plenty of fun for ourselves! 

Mission Club – This group is for 6^th-12^th graders and offers involvement  in a number of different types of activities.   From serving at the City Mission, picking apples for a local food pantry, to visits to Adirondack Save-A-Stray, this group of teens works hard for others and realize the sense of wonder in looking beyond your own personal situation. 

For our very youngest, we offer two specific events yearly to help provide a fellowship setting with their church family: 

Easter Egg Hunt is held the Saturday before Palm Sunday and offers stories (including The Easter Story) , games, snacks, crafts and of course the Egg Hunt!   

In October our children take part in a Halloween Party.  Anyone who is young at heart is invited to join us as we decorate pumpkins, play games and enjoy a Halloween Parade, among other things! 

 Youth Mission
Our youth are involved in a variety of mission projects, including an annual school supply drive for a local district, Vacation Bible School mission project that supports the local food pantry,  Confirmation Class mission project and many short term projects.

Our largest mission project is a relationship with the youth of a church in Orange Farm, South Africa. We coordinate a pen pal program with their youth, provide funding for their schooling and recently forwarded six boxes of running shoes to them. Sharing what we have with others and learning from each other is realized on many levels!

Senior High School Mission Trip occurs during Spring Break each year.  In past years, groups of teens and chaperones have traveled to Tennessee, Mississippi, New Jersey and Washington, DC.   

Local Mission
Our middle and high school students work with local community service organizations. This allows our children to help others in ways that best fit their talents and strengths.

Special Events
Each year students from every grade level lead a portion of the worship service on Youth Sunday in February. The sermon is prepared and presented by one or several of our older teens.

Each year an Easter Egg Hunt is enjoyed by all ages, with the older students helping the youngest with egg hunt, games and other activities.

Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School runs for one week each summer during the month of July. Students enjoy crafts, music and other activities in a relaxed setting that helps them focus on God’s love for us all and our mission here in His name.

The 5:00 pm Christmas Eve Service
The 5:00 Christmas Eve Service is conducted by and for children. Our youth present a recreation of the nativity and all ages are welcome in the sanctuary for this service.