Kindergarten Worship Education

October is Kindergarten Worship Education month at RPC!

*Kindergarten Parents! Don't forget to complete this survey about the Worship Education series. We need your feedback!!!
Kindergarten Worship Education Survey

Each Sunday in October both of our kindergarten classes are engaging in special lessons that have been written specifically for them. This past Sunday the children learned why we worship. They were read the story of Palm Sunday about Jesus triumpantly riding into Jerusalem on a donkey to prepare for Passover with the Disciples.

The children then formed two lines facing each other and took turns coming through the middle while their classmates cheered for them.

We then discussed their feelings during this activity and related them to how Jesus felt doing the same thing and how God feels when we praise God in worship.

They were asked the question, how did you feel when you were coming through the middle and everyone was watching you and cheering for you?

Some of their responses were:

"I felt shy"

"I was so excited I did this [shook head and arms and jumped up and down]"

"I was bashful"

"I was excited"

I encourage every kindergarten parent to make sure to get a parent handout from their child's Sunday school teacher. This handout will help you talk to your child at home about what they are learning on Sundays.

And don't forget about the parent class that Lyndsay is teaching at 9:45 in the Fellowship Hall on Sundays!

Some of the resources that I used to compile these lesson plans for the series are:

Get Ready, Get Set, Worship! by Jean Floyd Love

Including Children in Worship by Elizabeth J. Sandell

Gateways to Worship by Carolyn C. Brown

Presbyterian Questions, Presbyterian Answers by Donald K. McKim

Parenting in the Pew by Robbie Castleman

The Humongous book of Games for Children's Ministry published by Group

Experiencing the Bible With Children by Dorothy Jean Furnish