We utilize the workshop rotation method to teach our children about Jesus and give them a strong foundation in the bible. We began using this method in September 2002 and we hosted a training workshop for churches across New England in January 2004 that highlighted this method. The students and the Parent staff at Bethany Covenant Church have both benefited from the rotation model.
The Workshop Rotation Model, also popularly known as WORM, focuses on teaching utilizing a variety of different methods that take into consideration the different ways we all learn. Some of us remember well what we say or read and write (verbal), some learn better when we are actively involved (physical), others are analytical and want to know how and why (logical). There are also those who are learn best when they interact with others (interpersonal), or when they are viewing, or creating something (visual). Then there are those who learn the most when the explore an idea or project independently (reflective) and those who remember well what was presented to them musically (musical). Each person learns utilizing all of these methods but have strengths and weaknesses. Workshop rotation model helps us to address the strengths and reduce weaknesses. One great benefit is how very few behavior issues have been seen at BCC since we began this program.
Utilizing this method we organize our teaching to use multiple workshops for learning a bible story. The same bible story is learned over a three to four week period but each week it is presented in a different format; drama, cooking, art, Science, storytelling, puppetry, games and drama are all used.. The story and the accompanying bible memory verse are emphasized each week to maintain a connection through the rotation.
Some of the rotations we have taught include Abraham and Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Ruth, Gideon, Joshua, Josiah , Hezekiah, Miracles, Parables, The 12 disciples, The Resurrection, and the Christmas story using this method. Each week the students go to a different room depending on the rotation.
If your child has any food allergies please let us know.
One strength of this program is our Shepherd team. These committed volunteers devote one term to one year getting to know their “flock” of children. They make relationships that last long past Children’s Ministry and into youth ministry.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Parent responsibilites
*Parent Responsibilities and Expectations
Serving:
All families that are members of Bethany Covenant Church are expected to be part of our cooperative program. Please see attached form “Children’s Ministry Programs” for more details.
If you have a child(ren) participating in more than one program, you will be expected to serve in more than one program.
All volunteers working with children are expected to complete necessary paperwork for a background check. We will provide this to you if you are new or your previous paperwork is more than 5 years old.
If you cannot serve at this time or should not be around children, please speak confidentially with Kelly Tibbitts.
Supporting:
Express interest in your child’s class! Your child will come home with papers and crafts relating to the Bible lesson they just learned. This is material for you to see what they are learning and to use it in discussion and application throughout the week.
Express appreciation to your child’s volunteer teachers! All teachers spend time throughout the week preparing for Sunday morning and weekly events. They love to serve; however, it’s nice to receive recognition as well.
Communicating:
Please keep open communication with Kelly Tibbitts! Just like at school, there are personal family or developmental issues that may affect your child at church. We want to be able to provide the most appropriate environment and support for your child. If you also have any concerns, ideas, etc. about Children’s Ministry please let Kelly know.
Serving:
All families that are members of Bethany Covenant Church are expected to be part of our cooperative program. Please see attached form “Children’s Ministry Programs” for more details.
If you have a child(ren) participating in more than one program, you will be expected to serve in more than one program.
All volunteers working with children are expected to complete necessary paperwork for a background check. We will provide this to you if you are new or your previous paperwork is more than 5 years old.
If you cannot serve at this time or should not be around children, please speak confidentially with Kelly Tibbitts.
Supporting:
Express interest in your child’s class! Your child will come home with papers and crafts relating to the Bible lesson they just learned. This is material for you to see what they are learning and to use it in discussion and application throughout the week.
Express appreciation to your child’s volunteer teachers! All teachers spend time throughout the week preparing for Sunday morning and weekly events. They love to serve; however, it’s nice to receive recognition as well.
Communicating:
Please keep open communication with Kelly Tibbitts! Just like at school, there are personal family or developmental issues that may affect your child at church. We want to be able to provide the most appropriate environment and support for your child. If you also have any concerns, ideas, etc. about Children’s Ministry please let Kelly know.
Children's Activities at Bethany Covenant Church
Bethany offers lots of programs for children. Besides Sunday morning, please join us for the following:
• Covenant Kids – Kids in grades 7 or older may join a team that will use their gifts in Children’s church. Contact Kelly to apply to be part of this team.
• Club 56 – Kids in grades 5 & 6 meet Sunday morning at 9 and 10:30 and meet one Friday a month for discipleship, food and fun.
• Music – On Wednesday nights from October- April, Bethany has Carolers (Grades K-2), Choristers, (Grades 3-6), Alpha Bells (Grades 1-3), & Beta Bells (Grades 4-6).
• Preschool – The Lamb’s Workshop is a Christian Preschool and Kindergarten at Bethany. Please visit their website at www.lambsworkshop.com.
• Tuesday Morning – Bethany has a Women’s Bible Study and offers a children’s program for babies through Kindergarten.
• Other special children events include:Christmas event, Teddy Bear Picnic, Easter Sunday Morning program, and VBS.
• Covenant Kids – Kids in grades 7 or older may join a team that will use their gifts in Children’s church. Contact Kelly to apply to be part of this team.
• Club 56 – Kids in grades 5 & 6 meet Sunday morning at 9 and 10:30 and meet one Friday a month for discipleship, food and fun.
• Music – On Wednesday nights from October- April, Bethany has Carolers (Grades K-2), Choristers, (Grades 3-6), Alpha Bells (Grades 1-3), & Beta Bells (Grades 4-6).
• Preschool – The Lamb’s Workshop is a Christian Preschool and Kindergarten at Bethany. Please visit their website at www.lambsworkshop.com.
• Tuesday Morning – Bethany has a Women’s Bible Study and offers a children’s program for babies through Kindergarten.
• Other special children events include:Christmas event, Teddy Bear Picnic, Easter Sunday Morning program, and VBS.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
CM Fall 2010 information
Hello Parents,
Here is a overview of what we will do in CM this Fall.
9:00 service
In the sanctuary we will have a traditional worship service.
Children who attend that service will stay in the sanctuary for the service.
Children who wish to attend Sunday School should go to Fellowship Hall downstairs for an opening time from 8:50-9:05. Children will go to their class at 9:05 am.
Sunday School for ages 3 and 4 will be led by Diana Hutchinson.
Sunday School for Kindergarten and Age 5 will be led by Cindy Carlson
If you are planning on being a shepherd, or teacher, let me know.
Children in Grades 1-4 will spend 8 weeks studying the prophets
Club 56 will spend the Fall reviewing Bible Basics of the Old Testament
10:30 Service
In the sanctuary we will have a Contemporary Worship service.
Children will be dismissed after the Children's sermon for a time of children’s church.
Children enter the Sanctuary and stay until the Children's message and dismissal to Praise & Play (ages 3-5) and Children's Church (ages 6-10).
Another 10:30 option… If your family attends the traditional service together, we have one Sunday School option for children in grades 1-4.
Blessings,
Kelly
Here is a overview of what we will do in CM this Fall.
9:00 service
In the sanctuary we will have a traditional worship service.
Children who attend that service will stay in the sanctuary for the service.
Children who wish to attend Sunday School should go to Fellowship Hall downstairs for an opening time from 8:50-9:05. Children will go to their class at 9:05 am.
Sunday School for ages 3 and 4 will be led by Diana Hutchinson.
Sunday School for Kindergarten and Age 5 will be led by Cindy Carlson
If you are planning on being a shepherd, or teacher, let me know.
Children in Grades 1-4 will spend 8 weeks studying the prophets
Club 56 will spend the Fall reviewing Bible Basics of the Old Testament
10:30 Service
In the sanctuary we will have a Contemporary Worship service.
Children will be dismissed after the Children's sermon for a time of children’s church.
Children enter the Sanctuary and stay until the Children's message and dismissal to Praise & Play (ages 3-5) and Children's Church (ages 6-10).
Another 10:30 option… If your family attends the traditional service together, we have one Sunday School option for children in grades 1-4.
Blessings,
Kelly
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Children's church
10:30
Children’s Church
We are called to be God’s
Agents in Action
During Children’s Church we seek to apply the word of God to our lives. Fun, Bible based lessons will be taught downstairs for kids in grades 1-4. Helpers in Grade 5 or older may join our Covenant Kids program. See Mrs. Tibbitts for details .
September 20th Lesson 1: Families
September 27th Lesson 2 : Fighting
October 4th Lesson 3 : Honesty
October 11th Lesson 4 : Fear
October 18th Lesson 5 : Future
October 25th Lesson 6 : Temptation
November 1st Lesson 7 : Bullies
November 8th Lesson 8 : Choices
November 15th Lesson 9 : Money
November 22nd Lesson 10 : Friends
November 29th Lesson 11 : Evangelism
December 6th Lesson 12 : Getting Even
December 13th Lesson 13 : Trash Talk
Children’s Church
We are called to be God’s
Agents in Action
During Children’s Church we seek to apply the word of God to our lives. Fun, Bible based lessons will be taught downstairs for kids in grades 1-4. Helpers in Grade 5 or older may join our Covenant Kids program. See Mrs. Tibbitts for details .
September 20th Lesson 1: Families
September 27th Lesson 2 : Fighting
October 4th Lesson 3 : Honesty
October 11th Lesson 4 : Fear
October 18th Lesson 5 : Future
October 25th Lesson 6 : Temptation
November 1st Lesson 7 : Bullies
November 8th Lesson 8 : Choices
November 15th Lesson 9 : Money
November 22nd Lesson 10 : Friends
November 29th Lesson 11 : Evangelism
December 6th Lesson 12 : Getting Even
December 13th Lesson 13 : Trash Talk
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
How does Rotation Sunday school work
It's called the Workshop Rotation Model, and it works like this:
Children from first grade to fourth grade are divided into age-specific groups. Major Bible stories and concepts are presented through kid-friendly multimedia workshops, for example, Art, Drama, Games, Science, Puppets, Storytelling, Cooking, or any other educational media we can devise. We teach the same Bible story in each of the workshops for as 3-4 weeks, rotating the groups to a different workshop each week. One Scripture memory verse underlies the lessons during the entire rotation and is emphasized each week. In this way, children have opportunity to take in the lessons from Scripture over several weeks.
What's Great About Workshop Rotation?
The kids love it! Feedback has been positive - they're
clearly having a lot of fun in Sunday School, and are learning at the same time. They enjoy the variety (they all have their favorites) and have amazed their teachers and shepherds with what they have retained, including memorized Scriptures.
Repetition. The Workshop Rotation Model concentrates on the major stories of the Bible over and over again. The model's philosophy recognizes that kids not only love repetition, but they need it to develop a lasting memory and understanding of content.
Multi-modal learning.
Children learn in different ways.
The various approaches to learning employed over the 3 or 4 week presentation of a Bible story take advantage of this. Traditional Sunday School with one lead teacher requires a lesson with six or more different steps, a game, a craft, Bible study and music all in 45 minutes leaving only really organized, gifted teachers to teach the children. Parents are the ones called to raise their children into spiritual champions, and with The Rotation model, all parents can be a part of our Sunday morning team.With the workshop Rotation Model, teachers and shepherds can each do one thing, and do it well.
Teacher repetition.
By the second week of the rotation, the teacher is already improving the original lesson plan for the next class. Since each workshop uses essentially the same lesson plan for several weeks in a row, every week isn't a production. And because the teacher is assigned to teach in the creative mode they are comfortable with, the teaching and learning experience are enriched.
There are many websites – like www.rotation.org -- that feature complete rotation lesson plans, a resource directory and a creative ideas area for each workshop, all of which can be printed out for free. The lessons and ideas are contributed from other Workshop Rotation churches. Using on-line material allows us to update
for our needs as we wish.
Children from first grade to fourth grade are divided into age-specific groups. Major Bible stories and concepts are presented through kid-friendly multimedia workshops, for example, Art, Drama, Games, Science, Puppets, Storytelling, Cooking, or any other educational media we can devise. We teach the same Bible story in each of the workshops for as 3-4 weeks, rotating the groups to a different workshop each week. One Scripture memory verse underlies the lessons during the entire rotation and is emphasized each week. In this way, children have opportunity to take in the lessons from Scripture over several weeks.
What's Great About Workshop Rotation?
The kids love it! Feedback has been positive - they're
clearly having a lot of fun in Sunday School, and are learning at the same time. They enjoy the variety (they all have their favorites) and have amazed their teachers and shepherds with what they have retained, including memorized Scriptures.
Repetition. The Workshop Rotation Model concentrates on the major stories of the Bible over and over again. The model's philosophy recognizes that kids not only love repetition, but they need it to develop a lasting memory and understanding of content.
Multi-modal learning.
Children learn in different ways.
The various approaches to learning employed over the 3 or 4 week presentation of a Bible story take advantage of this. Traditional Sunday School with one lead teacher requires a lesson with six or more different steps, a game, a craft, Bible study and music all in 45 minutes leaving only really organized, gifted teachers to teach the children. Parents are the ones called to raise their children into spiritual champions, and with The Rotation model, all parents can be a part of our Sunday morning team.With the workshop Rotation Model, teachers and shepherds can each do one thing, and do it well.
Teacher repetition.
By the second week of the rotation, the teacher is already improving the original lesson plan for the next class. Since each workshop uses essentially the same lesson plan for several weeks in a row, every week isn't a production. And because the teacher is assigned to teach in the creative mode they are comfortable with, the teaching and learning experience are enriched.
There are many websites – like www.rotation.org -- that feature complete rotation lesson plans, a resource directory and a creative ideas area for each workshop, all of which can be printed out for free. The lessons and ideas are contributed from other Workshop Rotation churches. Using on-line material allows us to update
for our needs as we wish.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Children's Ministry Mission and Staff
Children's Ministry is led by
Kelly Tibbitts- Director of Children's Ministry
Cindy Carlson and Diana Hutchinson- Early Childhood Directors
Lis Hood and Jen Bless- Elementary Directors
and a Volunteer Support Team led by
Todd Wallace, Beth Fitzgerald , Sue Cassidy and David Cassidy
Our Mission is to help children take
Small Steps Closer to Christ
Our Objectives are:
• To make disciples of our children and their families by providing a safe, nurturing environment where children are accepted and loved.
• To make disciples of our children by intentionally shepherding them. This includes providing opportunities for children to accept Jesus as their Lord, be baptized, receive communion and grow in the knowledge of the Word.
• To make new disciples by reaching out to the community with programming that introduces children and their families to Jesus Christ.
• To make disciples of parents and other volunteers by providing opportunities to serve.
• To provide relevant, creative instruction in God’s Word. We desire that our children would observe all that God has commended. We also want them to take God’s promises and hide them in their hearts.
Kelly Tibbitts- Director of Children's Ministry
Cindy Carlson and Diana Hutchinson- Early Childhood Directors
Lis Hood and Jen Bless- Elementary Directors
and a Volunteer Support Team led by
Todd Wallace, Beth Fitzgerald , Sue Cassidy and David Cassidy
Our Mission is to help children take
Small Steps Closer to Christ
Our Objectives are:
• To make disciples of our children and their families by providing a safe, nurturing environment where children are accepted and loved.
• To make disciples of our children by intentionally shepherding them. This includes providing opportunities for children to accept Jesus as their Lord, be baptized, receive communion and grow in the knowledge of the Word.
• To make new disciples by reaching out to the community with programming that introduces children and their families to Jesus Christ.
• To make disciples of parents and other volunteers by providing opportunities to serve.
• To provide relevant, creative instruction in God’s Word. We desire that our children would observe all that God has commended. We also want them to take God’s promises and hide them in their hearts.
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