Our Focus:

Our mission is to provide a loving, caring and safe environment in which our preschoolers can learn and grow to love and serve God. We understand that children learn more effectively through relationships of love, trust, and acceptance than any other way. Even small infants begin forming attitudes and concepts that affect their spiritual and emotional growth. We believe that, as they grow and learn, preschoolers are capable of worship, and they want to have fun. Ultimately, we desire to see all children grow as Jesus did, “in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” (Luke 2:52)

Our Key Principles:

The following three Key Principles are the foundational building blocks that we feel every preschooler should know:

• God made me
• God loves me
• He wants to be my friend forever
  
  

We weave these principles into every aspect of our Sunday Morning Worship time. They are reinforced in the Sunday School lessons during small group activities, through “teachable moments” at play, and through child-friendly songs.

If you would like more information about the Preschool Ministry, or would like to find out how you can volunteer to teach our little ones about Jesus, please contact Lou Ann Upchurch at 772-5864 or by email at louann@mid-way.com.

Halloween 2007 - Orange You Glad You Know Jesus

Jonah Hall

We have a beautifully painted and decorated Birth - 2 year Preschool Sunday School area filled with fish, octopus, and whales. Click on the images below to see more.

Noah Hall

We have a beautifully painted and decorated K3-K5 Preschool Sunday School area filled with all the animals from Noah's Ark. Click on the images below to see more.

Our Leaders:

In order to provide a safe environment for our preschoolers, we have teacher to child ratios established for each age group. We require a large amount of teachers each hour in order to provide a safe and effective learning environment. We have teachers who are passionate about the children, and love teaching them about the Bible in small group settings. We also have a Parent Teaching Ministry (PTM) for the birth to K5 children where the parents and church members partner with us and assist in the classrooms on a rotating basis.

Our Programming:

Preschoolers want to have fun! They want to wiggle and giggle. And they want to worship. We have Sunday School with small group settings for all of our preschoolers. We have an excellent, Biblically based curriculum that is used throughout our preschool, from birth up to Kindergarten. In addition, our Waumba Land program on Sunday mornings rolls worship and fun together into a format with which both parents and preschoolers alike can enjoy and grow. This program is open to our three to five year olds and focuses on one theme and one Bible verse each month that ties in with the Sunday School lesson in a fun, exciting, and energetic way through music, movement, puppets, stories, and skits. For our IMPACT nights, we have designed a custom curriculum which helps older preschoolers learn the importance of missions and outreach at an early age.

AWANA

Awana is fun! That’s the bottom line for most kids. Of course, they’re learning and growing while they’re having fun. The Awana club for kids age 2 is called Puggles, and ages 3-4 is called Cubbies. Both of these groups teach children the truth of God’s word in a fun and interactive way.