Children & Teen Ministries
Nursery
Who | All children up to 3 years old (visitors welcome!)
When | Sunday morning worship service
Where | Downstairs
Sunday School
Who | All children PK-6th grade (visitors welcome!)
When | During Sunday morning service (September - May)
Where | Downstairs *gather after opening songs
GEMS
Rise Up: Lessons from Queen Esther
Who | Girls in grades 2-8
When | 6:15p - 8:15p (1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month, September - May)
Where | First Christian Reformed Church
“Girls face unique challenges and unsustainable pressures in a culture of confusion about who they are and what is Truth. Queen Esther got it. She may not have been perfect, but she is a perfect example to today's girls of how to live set apart in a faithless culture. When girls learn who God is and what He says about them, they will rise up in His strength and stand strong in their faith, having complete confidence that they will be okay, no matter what.”
Club Website | https://gemsgc.org/
Cadets
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, ... to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ - Ephesians 3:17-18
Who | Boys in grades 2-8
When | 6:15p - 8:15p (2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month, September - May)
Where | First Christian Reformed Church
We have special activities planned throughout the year; the Illiana Council Campout, Christmas party, and a Pinewood Derby race.
Cadeting is an outgrowth of a boy's organization known as the "Christian Boys Club League" which began in the early 1950's. The Calvinist Cadet Corps was actually formed when the name and first constitution were adopted on October 16, 1952. The goal of the Calvinist Cadet Corps is to help boys grow spiritually in areas of life, (devotional, mental, physical and social) by providing Christian men with a uniquely designed structure, program and materials.
Club Website | https://www.calvinistcadets.org/
Young People's Society
Who | High school students
When | TBD (September - May)
Where | First Christian Reformed Church