Age 3-Kindergarten: The Ark

Held from 9:15 am to 10 am before the 10:15 am service on Sunday mornings

Children will learn important Bible stories and church practices, as well as crafts and songs. They will explore the importance of prayer by learning the Lord’s Prayer.

1st-4th Grade: Godly Play

Held from 9:15 am to 10 am before the 10:15 am service on Sunday mornings

This type of class is interactive with the children. The storyteller will use objects that represent aspects of the story and make it easier to visualize for them. The teacher will end with “wondering” questions to help the children try to connect with the story in their own way and find their own way into their own faith.

5th – 8th Grade: Shine

Held from 9:15 am to 10 am before the 10:15 am service on Sunday mornings

In this class, youth become familiar with the overall narrative of the Bible by proceeding through essential Bible stories. The curriculum uses thoughtful lessons that help youth connect what they’re reading with their daily lives.

9th – 12th Grade: Hands, Feet, and Fun

Held from 9:15 am to 10 am before the 10:15 am service on Sunday morning

Our High School youth engage in fellowship and outreach projects on a rotating basis.

  • First Sunday – Youth will hear about that month’s 2nd Offering Partner at our First Sunday Breakfast.
  • Second Sunday – Youth will help package meals in the Parish Hall for Joppa, a nonprofit organization serving the homeless community. They will then go out to breakfast during the worship service time. After breakfast, they will deliver the meals they prepared to Joppa.
  • Third Sunday – Youth will participate in an outreach project.
  • Fourth and Fifth Sunday – Youth choice: youth may volunteer in one of the other formation classes, join the adults for Adult Forum, or spend unstructered time in the Youth Hangout Room.

Children Living the Word

Held during the 10:15 am worship service on Sunday mornings.

Intended for children who are not yet ready to sit through the worship service (4 years old through 4th grade), CLW is a mini-liturgical lesson combined with showing our children how we become the “hands and feet of Christ” in our everyday lives. Each week the children read the same Gospel lesson that is read in worship, but in a kid-focused paraphrase, then do an activity related to the story.

For more information about Children’s Formation at St. Timothy’s, contact Kyle Carswell at formation@sttimothysiowa.org.