Youth and Children's Ministries
The Nursery
There are two caregivers available from 8:45 - 11:45 am on Sunday's. Care is given downstairs in the Blue Room - room 019 in the Sunday school area. tn_100_9525-1

Children's Sunday school (3 years old-6th grade )
10:15- 11:15am. Children attend the 10am service, come forward for the children's moment and leave for Sunday school classes afterward. Children gather together downstairs for a few minutes of singing and are then split into age groups and taken to their respective classrooms.

Our children have a great time learning tried and true spiritual concepts taught by our enthusiastic teachers! Currently, we are following along with the service teachings, in addition to utilizing science and creativity to connect with God in our everyday lives.

By spring, we hope to have a fully comprehensive Godly Play curriculum implemented within our Sunday school program. More on that to come...

A registration form must be filled out by each family the first day a child attends Sunday school. Registration forms can be found by contacting Sarah or at the front desk. Children must be picked up from their classrooms after service. Below is a list of where you can find our children. Follow the rainbow to our colored rooms.

3-kindergarten: room 015 (Red room)

First-Third grades: room 018 (Orange room)

Fourth-Sixth grades: room 023 (Purple room)

Children's Program (K-6th )
Throughout the year, children of Reno FUMC enjoy a wide variety of programs. This year we are reintroducing the much missed Vacation Bible School (VBS) and Quarterly Parent's Night Out. Other programs children can participate in include acolyte training and participation, Sweet Vibrations bell choir, not to mention the various other seasonal activities around Christmas, Easter and other important holidays. 

We are currently working hard on this year's Children's Pageant. Children rehears in the mornings at the beginning of Sunday school and again in the evening on Sunday. Most children have taken their scripts and music sheets home to practice during the week!

tn_youth 1G.I.A.N.T.S (God Is A Never-ending Teen Support) – aka UMYF

We meet every Sunday evening from 6:30- 8:30 p.m. Together we enjoy dinner, fellowship, games, art opportunities, and Sanctuary time focusing on discussion and spiritual exploration with the use of video and music. We are also learning about service with different projects that will benifite our families, church and our community.  There are have a Summer Middle School Mission trip as well as a High School Mission trip to various places. White Water Rafting is a big event during our summer with class 3 and 4 rapids on the American river. We camp, do Ropes courses, have a Youth Retreats and lock-ins.

Currently we are gearing up for our advent season, with a play and different service projects.  Hope to see you there!tn_youth 2

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