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; please see the adult ministry information for more details. 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 2026-2027 volunteers. Please keep this ministry in your prayers.

Our Sunday Morning Team 2026-2027

Nursery Coordinator: Louise Van Iseghem

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

Music (3-year-olds – 5th grade): Jen Callard, Stephanie Cheney, Amelia Cunningham, and Anna Zajac

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

Learning to Worship/Understanding your Faith (3rd-5th grade): Nancy Abdallah and Lauren Slomski

Adult Sunday school: Nancy Abdallah, Levi Allen, Pastor Wade Allen, Gail Benjamin, Bob and Brenda Cunningham, Steve Simpson

Children’s Sunday school classes:

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

K, 1st and 2nd grade: Jen Eveleigh and Julie Zajac; Prayer Partner: Roberta O’Brien

3rd, 4th & 5th grade: Ryan Marshall and Mack Williamson; Prayer Partner: Sharon Erb

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

HS (9th - 12th grade): Ray McMillen and Lauren Slomski; Prayer Partner: Gail Benjamin

Mark your calendar…

Sunday, October 11 – Intergenerational, missions-focused Sunday school at 9:45am in the downstairs dining room.

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 60 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-May

Please join us during either service on October 4 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 7, 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. 7) 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 look forward to seeing you there!

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. Would you be willing to provide stocking stuffers for this project?

Items must be new, small and able to fit into a 5”x9” stocking. 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 and most small puzzles are too large for these stockings. Please no toy weapons or violent action figures. Thank you!!

Please bring your donations to Deb’s office. Items need to be donated by November 1. Thank you!!

Important dates…

Sunday, October 4 - During both services: Dedicate LOGOS volunteers
Wednesday, October 7 - Youth Club begins! (Register online by Sept 30th)

Family Ministries Director

Deb Marshall