Family Ministry October Update

Sunday school: Our Sunday school year is off to a great start! Children ages 3-years-old through High School are welcome to join their age/grade based class on any Sunday. We also offer classes for adults; right now we are offering small group studies on 2 Peter. Nursery care is offered for infants and toddlers so that everyone can participate in the Sunday school hour. When it works for your family’s schedule, we hope you will join us at 9:45am! We have many dedicated volunteers helping each week with Sunday school. Below is a list of our 2025-2026 volunteers. Please keep this ministry in your prayers.

Our Sunday Morning Team 2025-2026

Nursery Coordinators: Louise Van Iseghem

Nursery during Sunday School (infants — 2-years-old): Megan French and Claire Sheppard

Music (3-year-olds – 5th grade): Jim & Becky Boseck

Children’s Time (K-2nd during 11am Worship): Ric and Ellen Parsons

Learning to Worship (3rd grade): Julie Stave and Julie Stave (Prayer partner: Kathy Eagan)

Adult Sunday school: Nancy Abdallah, Gail Benjamin, Bob and Brenda Cunningham, Paul Johnson, Steve Simpson, Liz and Adam Thorman

Children’s Sunday school classes:

3 & 4 year olds: Jen Callard and Jinilee Hildebrant, Prayer Partner: Robin Payne

K, 1st and 2nd grade: Amy Beyrle and Cara Piper; Prayer Partner: Roberta O’Brien

3rd, 4th & 5th grade: Ali Boseck and Mary Wiser; Prayer Partner: Sharon Erb

MS (6th - 8th grade): Sandi DiCicco and Blair Posson; Prayer Partner: Sue Vadney

HS (9th - 12th grade): Ray McMillen; Prayer Partner: Marion Sumpter

Mark your calendar…

Sunday, October 12 – Intergenerational Sunday school at 9:45am in the downstairs dining room. Please bring a dish to pass if you are able.

Youth Club: What is LOGOS? LOGOS is a Christian ministry that works in partnership with local church leaders to build young disciples of Jesus Christ. We have been blessed to have Youth Club (LOGOS) at our church for 59 years!!! At The United Church, we have two LOGOS programs:

Youth Club for 2nd - 8th grade, Wednesdays after school until 6:30pm, October - April

The Cause for 9th-12th grade students, Sundays, 5:00-7:30pm, mid-September - mid-June

Please join us during either service on September 28 for our LOGOS dedication when we come before the Lord to ask His guidance and blessings upon our LOGOS students and workers for this coming year.

Needed: Pizza Servers and Kitchen “Cleaner Uppers” For the first Youth Club, October 1, from 5:15-6:15ish, 2 pizza servers are needed in the fellowship room to serve parents stopping by for a quick bite before our opening program. AND from 5:30-6:30ish 5 to work clean up in the downstairs dining room kitchen after our pizza dinner (we’ll use paper products this night), so YC students, workers and parents can all be part of our opening program in the sanctuary. Please sign up on Deb’s door. Thank you!

Parents of Youth Club Students ~ Please plan to join us by 6pm on the first day of Youth Club (Oct. 1) for our opening Youth Club. Beginning at 5:40pm, you can grab a quick slice of pizza in the fellowship room, then proceed to the sanctuary to sit with your child by 6pm. Our time should conclude at 6:30. We are planning something special for this time together.

Youth Club Mission Project: Christmas Stockings for NYC. Christmas, already???? Well, it’s almost time for our Youth Club mission project of making, filling and sending Christmas stockings to Metro Ministries in NYC in time for their special Christmas parties for inner-city children. Many inner-city children do not know what it’s like to receive something handmade with love and care. These filled stockings show we care….because Christ cares for them, we care. W_ould you be willing to provide stocking stuffers for this project?_ Items must be new, small and able to fit into a 5x9” stocking. Please bring your donations anytime to Deb’s office. Items need to be donated by November 2. Thank you!!

Items needed: toy cars, yo-yos, small games, bouncy balls, gum, socks, hard candy, hair accessories, jump ropes, coin purses, jewelry, watches, trading cards, pencils/pencil sharpeners, gloves, hats, small stuffed animals or dolls, etc!!! Note: Coloring books are too large for these stockings. Please no toy weapons or “GI Joe” type figures. Thank you!!

Important dates…

Sunday, September 28 - During both services: Dedicate LOGOS volunteers
Wednesday, October 1 - Youth Club begins! (Register online by Sept 22nd)

Family Ministries Director

Deb Marshall