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Children at LCHChristian Education: Creating disciples through learning, service, and hospitalityAt the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, we take seriously the teaching ministry of Jesus for all ages but especially for the children and youth of our congregation. We know that the values and the life-style of faith, taught and modeled at a young age, will serve as a foundation for their entire lives. We invite your children to participate in Christian Education each Sunday. LCH Learning Ministries encourages children’s spiritual growth and awareness through Bible study, music, crafts and play activities, and interaction with the entire congregation. Heifer Project International is the children’s major service project. With the younger children we use the “Witness Sunday School Curriculum: Learning for the Bible to Live the Good News” from Augsburg Fortress Press, which features age appropriate Bible stories and activities that teach children about being God’s people in today’s world. Sunday School is coordinated by Linda Miller and Laurie Leach
Special EventsSpecial events are planned each fall and spring. The highlight of the fall is the preparations for the Jesse Tree liturgy presented during Advent (the four Sundays before Christmas). Highlights for spring include the benefit concert, Seder Meal on Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter), Earth Day Sunday in April, and the Family Fun Day at the end of the school year. We look forward to a fun and exciting year, exploring new ways to learn, serve and share our hospitality. We hope you can be a part of it all!Youth and Family Ministry Schedule—Spring 2008Sunday School is on hiatus for the summer and will resume in the fall. The spring schedule will give you an idea of the kinds of activities children can expect in Sunday School.
Tentative Fall schedule: Rally day Aug. 30; First Fall lesson Sept. 7 Making Music to the Lord!
F.R.O.G.S. Ensemble—Music helps children learn the basics of Christian faith and encourages them to participate in group activities. Each Sunday, the children learn songs accompanied by Orff instruments. Xylophones of different sizes and percussion instruments enable children to quickly become part of ensemble music making. The music ensemble for elementary school children and their parents is called F.R.O.G.S. (Families Revering Our God in Song). The F.R.O.G.S. ensemble presents their musical offerings in worship services several times a year. Organ Assistants—In addition, a new program began this fall for children ages six through eleven years old to assist our organist, Katherine Crosier, as she plays. These children will have responsibilities as “page turners,” “toe stud stampers,” “stop pullers,” and “piston pushers.” Organ assistants will have a special practice time ahead of the service to become familiar with their organ responsibilities, and they will rotate the Sundays they assist. Interested children should talk with Kathy at church. As a thank you, Kathy will offer a free organ lesson to those who assist her and serve as an organ assistant six times. Benefit Concerts—Sunday School children had been designating their offerings for the Heifer Project for several years when during Lent 2005, they challenged the adults of the congregation to raise $4,000 to go with the children’s $1,000 to buy an Ark of Animals. Having been successful with this effort, in 2006 they decided to go one step farther and hold their own benefit concert to help raise the money. The concert on Saturday, March 4, 2006, was such a success—with almost $2,000 pledged or contributed on that day—that it has become an annual tradition. Follow these links for details about the 2006 Benefit Concert, 2007 Benefit Concert, and the 2008 Benefit Concert.Children at Worship Services
LCH is a family friendly congregation. Parents are encouraged to bring their children to Sunday services. A special Children’s Conversation or “sermon” is given at both the 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM services. Children come forward to gather around the Pastor for a retelling of the Gospel with age-specific language and emphasis. Some parents accompany their children to the Children’s Conversation, but many come on their own. Visiting families will find their children warmly welcomed in the circle of young active participants. Follow this link to listen to Pastor Jeff’s children’s conversations. A nursery attendant is available each Sunday. Parents may safely leave their children with the nursery attendant or take them to the nursery at any time during the service. A small snack is served during the Christian education hour.  Copyright © 2008 Lutheran Church of HonoluluComments welcome at webmaster@lchwelcome.org |
The 3 year old and Pre-K–Grade 1 classes—These two classes begin with rhythm and song led by Stephanie Miller in the 3 year old classroom to the right of the front entrance and left of Isenberg Hall. Interested parents or other adult family members are welcome to join in this class with their children, especially those under three or those who are participating in a school experience for the first time. Music time is followed by Bible stories and activities: