Welcome to the RCC Church School Program!
During the school year, we offer care and Christian Education for all ages Nursery through Grade 12. We begin our Church School year on Rally Day, September 11th, with an introduction to the teachers during the service, first day of classes, and a celebratory Potluck Cookout after service and class. We will supply the hamburgers, hotdogs, and drink, you bring the sides and desserts. Please stay and enjoy the food and games!

We meet each week except for holidays or other occasions as specified (see calendar), and finish our year with a special children's service and celebration on Children's Day. This year it will be on June 3, 2012.

We begin each week all together upstairs at the 10:00AM service. After the Prayer of Confession, there is a Children's Message, and then all the students, teachers, and helpers are dismissed to their classes: Nursery through Grade 8 are located downstairs, Senior High (grades 9-12) meets in Fellowship Hall (there is no Senior High on communion weeks). Class downstairs lasts until 11:15 and children must be signed out by a parent/guardian to be released; Senior High finishes at 11:00 (when service lets out). It is important to note that each week we have class, we need a volunteer helper in each class, for safety and support!

During the school year, our Nursery is staffed with a caregiver, and parents have the option of staying with their young child, or leaving him/her with the caregiver but taking a pager, so they can be reached if needed. During the summer and on holiday weekends, the Nursery is unstaffed, but open for use (see calendar).

Separate from Church School, we also offer Youth Group activities to the older children in the church, grouped by age: Middle School (Grades 5&6), Junior High (Grades 7&8), and Senior High (Grades 9- 12). These groups are registered for separately; more information can be found on the Youth Group page.

Registration Forms for Church School:
Nursery - 1st grade
2nd - 8th grade
Registration forms are also available in the Church School. All forms are to be handed in on the first day.

Care and Policies Form
To be read and acknowledged on Registration Form; does not need to be signed

Church School Calendar:
2011-2012 School Calendar

CHURCH SCHOOL NEWS & EVENTS

RALLY SUNDAY - Sept. 11, 2011 - 10:00AM
Back-to Church-School & Potluck Cookout
It will be here before we know it! Be sure to join us for the first day back to the 10:00 service, the first day of Church School classes, and a celebratory Rally Day potluck cookout after! We will all begin upstairs in service to begin worship together and meet the teachers. Then students, teachers, and helpers will head downstairs for our first class. After service and class (lets out at 11:15), please stay and enjoy a family cookout and games to celebrate the day. We will provide the burgers, hotdogs and drinks - you bring a side dish or a dessert to share. We look forward to greeting familiar faces, and welcoming new ones! Registration forms are available online (just scroll up a little) and will be available in class that Sunday. Contact Kilian with any questions. 

VBS - THANK YOU!
To all the adults and Jr/Sr High members who contributed to making our SCUBA VBS a great success this year, and to all the children who participated. We had record numbers - 43 kids participating, 15 Jr & Sr High students leading and teaching, and ~10 adults leading, teaching, decorating, preparing and serving, photographing, chaperoning,... whatever needed! It really was a wonderful family experience.

The children studied Bible stories teaching them to Believe in God, Obey God, Know God, Trust God, and Share God's Love, and they learned memory verses to reinforce the lessons:

During the week, the children climbed inside a whale, learned new songs (and belted out some old ones!), enjoyed some great activities and snacks, shared prayer time with Rev. Sarah each day, and witnessed Bruce taking a pie in the face! Each day the children also contributed to a School Supplies collection to benefit the Rehoboth Helping Hands Food Pantry. A photo album from the week is in the Narthex, so be sure to take a peek. Photographs will also be put on the website soon, too!  

VIDEO LENDING LIBRARY -
The Church school has a wonderful selection of movies (VHS and DVD) for children and families that you are invited to borrow. The Movie Cart is located in the Church School area. The Book Cart is currently being updated and will soon be available as well. Contact me with any questions.

IMPORTANT - Cancellation Notification Procedure for Weather/Church (School) Cancellation:
In the event of needing to cancel Church School (weather, other emergency), I will send out an email to all as soon as I know (usually that is not until late Sat. night or early Sun morning). Cancellation information will also be available on the church website (www.rehobothucc.org), and a phone message at the church (508-252-4545) usually pretty early. If you don't hear through any of those means, you can call me to check, 508-252-4413. (Usually Church Service and Church School are canceled together, but there have been bad weather occasions when a service was still offered but there was no Church School.)

CHURCH SCHOOL DESCRIPTION

The children are dismissed from service after the children's sermon at aproximately 10:15.

Nursery: ages newborn to ~ 3; full-time caregivers, a changing table, toys, activities, snacks. Parents may leave their child (pagers available), or are welcome to stay.

3 & 4 Year-Olds: a weekly Bible story with reinforcing activity (games or crafts), snack. Children also learn some beginning prayers and some basic Bible stories.

Kindergarten: ages 5 - 6: a weekly Bible story with related activity. Children learn some simple prayers, study some familiar Bible stories: Creation, Noah, the Christmas story, stories of Jesus.

1st & 2nd Grades: This age group begins studying with a children’s Bible. Children work on Mission projects, learn The Lord’s Prayer and the meaning of Communion.

3rd & 4th Grades: Lessons on the 10 Commandments, the Easter story, and the general organization of the Bible. Children also do some Mission work.

5th & 6th Grades: Lessons focus on Jesus’ life and ministry. Children study Bible maps, learn about Paul, study the meaning of Baptism. Children also continue work on Mission projects.

7th & 8th Grade: Review of previous years, and studies of the history of Rehoboth Congregational Church, UCC, and the parts of our worship service. Discussion also includes current world and personal events in relation to their Christianity. This class also spends time reviewing the basics of their faith in preparation for 9th grade Confirmation class, and in planning and overseeing the Children's Day service in June.

The Senior High students meet to enjoy a more in-depth, mature study of the Bible and review some major points from previous years. This year they will be studying The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the last book of the New Testament, which describes through visions, a coming, final confrontation between good and evil.