The Early Childhood Ministry is where we begin laying the foundation for children to discover and develop a relationship with Jesus. Each of our rooms is designed for your children to seek, explore, discover, and become young Christ followers. We offer this opportunity through age appropriate learning activities, environments, toys, and the relationships between the children and leaders. Our rooms are staffed by trusted and caring individuals who model God’s love to your children.

For more information, please contact the Children’s Ministry Administrative Assistant, Tricia Benavente at tbenavente@thecrossingonline.com.

Early Childhood Ministry’s Current Series

May, 2013

Basic Truth: God Made Me

Key Question: Who can help others?

Bottom Line: I can help others.

This Month’s Curriculum

They cry. They eat. They play. They sleep. They cry. They eat. They play. They sleep. It’s almost a mantra isn’t it? Get them fed. Get them bathed. Get them to nap. The days become all about those things that HAVE to get done. They become less about what you WANT to get done. They become more about accomplishing a goal and less about enjoying a moment.
• Watching the block slide around the floor for hours just to see what it can do.
• Banging on a pot and making music in the kitchen.
• Splashing in the tub while you pour and pour and pour some more.
• Snuggling on the couch and reading the same book over and over.
Those moments are what keep our parent hearts soft and supple. They are what remind us why we had babies in the first place. They are what keep us vulnerable and open to the whispers of our heavenly Father. Because as much as you love that precious little person you’re snuggling, He loves you more. When our hearts become hardened to the ones we love, they become hardened to Him.

Week 1 | ACTS 2:42-47
The early church met together to pray, eat, worship and help each other in any way they could.

Week 2 | 2 KINGS 4:8-17
A woman helps Elisha by making a special room for him.

Week 3 | NEHEMIAH 1-6
Nehemiah leads his people in rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem.

Week 4 | EXODUS 17:8-13
Aaron and Hur help Moses by holding up his weak arms during the Israelites battle against the Amalekites.