Children and Youth

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=180 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1b776ba3.gif"> <div> <I>A SPRING SCENE</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="18195bf0.gif" border=0 width="149" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </I></div> <div> By Ian M.</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#A0A0A4" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1b876bc1etbzwo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Avondale Presbyterian Church</B></FONT><B>   |   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Avondale Presbyterian Church"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adult"><U>Adult</U></A>   |   <B>Children and Youth</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#6666FF" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><B>  </B></FONT><B> |    </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Book Antiqua" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Avondale Presbyterian Church"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1b876ba3.gif"> <bR> <div> <I>Classes for children and youth</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Since its founding in 1944, Avondale has cherished the role of children in the life of the congregation.  We provide a range of Christian education activities (including music) for our youngsters.</div> <bR> <div> Sunday School is the cornerstone of the children's program.  Each Sunday, a committed group of Christian men and women teach these classes for the 2007-08 church education year:</div> <bR> <div> Ages 2-3</div> <div> Kindgarten-1st grade</div> <div> 2nd-3rd grades</div> <div> 4th-5th grades</div> <div> 6th-8th grades</div> <div> 9th-12 grades.</div> <bR> <div> Children younger than three years old may attend the nursery or the toddlers' class, where paid workers and volunteers work with the children.  Sunday School is from 9:45 a.m.-10:40 a.m. each Sunday (9:00-9:45 in summer).  </div> <bR> <div> During the worship service, children ages 6 and above are encouraged to sit with their parents during the 8:30 and 11 a.m. worship services.  Children are also encouraged to participate in the service by reading the Old Testament lesson, presenting the Bible, assisting with taking the offering, etc.</div> <bR> <div> For other activities for children and youth, go to the <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ministries"><U><B>MINISTRIES</B></U></A> page.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>