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K.I.D.S. is the new Sunday Church School program of First Presbyterian Church, Bridgeton, NJ

K is for Kindness

I is for Integrity

D is for Devotion

S is for Strength

KIDS got its start in the 2007/2008 school year

Each Sunday, the children sit in the front pews of the sanctuary with their teachers and parents for the first part of the worship service and the Children's Time. Then they go downstairs to the Rainbow Room for the rest of the hour.

The team of teachers and parents is led by Lisa Burgess and Sandra Zimmerman.

In the Rainbow Room, the children enjoy Bible stories and short lessons, crafts and pictures to color, stories, and songs. On special days, they have parties in one of the former nursery rooms, and the church's youth group provided them with an outdoor egg hunt on Easter Sunday.

The children's pictures are posted on the bulletin board at the Giles Street entrance to the church building. See more pictures on the walls outside the Rainbow Room and HERE on our pastor's Picasa site.

In December, 2007, the KIDS children helped decorate the church's Mitten Tree with warm mittens, gloves, scarves, and hats for children in the Bridgeton public schools.

Each KIDS family received a children's Bible to keep reading the stories at home.

The Children's Time in our worship services features the children's animal puppet friends:

Jedediah (Jed)
Minerva (Minnie)
Maximilian (Max)
Victoria (Fluffy)
and new friends -
Nick
Woodrow (Woody)

During Lent, the children "fed the fish," meaning they filled their coin-box fish for One Great Hour of Sharing so other children could have food, clean water, and medicines. The fish were dedicated with the grown-ups OGHS offerings on Easter Sunday.

In the summer of 2008, we plan to have three nights of Vacation Bible School for the children.