of Christ Church, United Methodist
CONNECT, CELEBRATE, CREATE
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Building relationships with others and making new friends
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Celebrate God, Creation, all his gifts and each other.
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Encouraging arts and creativity
Kid's Connect!
NEWS
St Patrick's Party Sun 3/12 right after 11:00 am service
Next Kid's Connect Sunday 3/26 9:45 am
St Patrick's Party Sun 3/12 right after 11:00 am service Next Kid's Connect Sunday 3/26 9:45 am
Holiday Event
St Patrick’s Party Sunday 3/12 right after 11 am service.
Weekly programs:
Crib Nursery care is offered to our youngest each Sunday morning. From birth to 3 years we have a paid, trained staff that will care for your little ones and help them begin their understanding of God’s love. The nursery staff uses cell phones to contact parents in case a problem arises. Please note due to current staffing shortages we may not always have nursery care available. Please contact the church before Sunday to confirm that the nursery will be open
Moments with Children is a special time during each service of interactive learning for the children during the actual service. The goal is to engage our children in the worship experience and make the message fun, meaningful, and relevant to their lives. This occurs each week at both the 8:30 and 11:00 worship service, right before Children’s Church and is usually led personally by the Children’s Director.
Children’s Church meets following Moments with Children at the 8:30 and 11:00 worship service. We gather to worship God on the 2nd floor in Room 208 right next to the nursery. We are currently using the celebrate wonder curriculum as well, but we will be moving to more unique programing in 2023 based upon parents feedback!
Kid’s Connect: This event happens the last Sunday of each month at 9:45am in between services. We have special guest speakers, exciting interactive activities, and free play time for children to make friends and fellowship.
Children’s Music begins at 5:00pm on Sunday for all ages. We learn stories from the Bible, songs, and how to play the drums! We meet in the Children’s Choir Room on the 1st floor for 30 mins.
Weekly Chapel: A weekly Chapel Service is offered each week on Thursday Mornings by the Children’s Director located inside the church chapel at 10:30am for children who attend our pre-school program.
Other Opportunities:
Basketball Program – For Kindergarten thru 12th grade
Children’s Library – Located on the 2nd floor. Filled with children’s books for all ages to enjoy.
Worship- We have opportunities for children to participate in worship through acolyting, cross-bearing, scripture reading, and Moments with Children. We offer a Children’s Worship Center filled with items to help our young worshipers enjoy their time in church on Sunday mornings.
Special Programs: Throughout the year special children’s programs are offered including vacation bible school, camps, and family events focused on children. Check out or events page to stay updated.
For More information contact:
Director of Children & Youth Ministries
Tony Losacco tony@ccumwv.org
304-342-0192 ext. 205
Cell 727-859-6925
Ministry Team
Tommy Mastracci-
Tommy Mastracci has been a part of the CCUM community since moving to the area in 2018. She and her husband, Joseph, have 5 children.
Tommy holds degrees in Early Childhood Education and Educational Sign Language Interpreting. She worked many years as a sign language interpreter in public schools for students ranging from PK to 12th grade. More recently, Tommy taught sign language classes at the West Virginia Dept. of Education. She has also served many years in nursery and elementary age children’s ministry.
Tommy enjoys spending time with her family hiking, camping, birding, gardening, and reading.
Tommy’s can be reached at:
304-530-1627
or by emailing:
tommymastracci@gmail.com
Nan McDaniel
Nan and her husband Perry raised two children (Kate and Jess) at CCUM. Nan wanted to give back to the Sunday School ministry that was so wonderful for her children, by volunteering as an elementary Sunday School teacher. Nan has been volunteering as a SS teacher at CCUM for the past five years. She enjoys interacting with this age group, as two of her three grandchildren are in this same age range. When not teaching Sunday School, Nan enjoys fellowship with the Cana class, birding, sewing, crafting and traveling. Nan enjoys teaching your children about God by using a combination of lessons, crafts, plays and science experiments. Her past experience in teaching includes volunteering in the elementary school system as a reading tutor for first graders and as a weekly science teacher for second graders. She also worked a semester as a substitute teacher for KCS. Currently, Nan works as an attorney for the federal government
Nan can be reached at:
304-552-1468
or by emailing:
fordrun@suddenlink.net
Ilene Beckett
Illene is a member of Christ Church with years of experience in teaching and children’s ministry. She has her masters degree in elementary education, and taught second, third and fourth graders in Kanawha County Schools. Illene directed the children’s education program at Cross Lanes UWC for 35 years Her passion is to help the less fortunate and educate children. She says of her new role, “Teaching is my calling. Creating meaningful and fun lessons for children is a joy! I look forward to the opportunity to work with our children at Christ Church.”
Illene can be reached at:
304-546-4326
or by emailing:
ibeckett02@suddenlink.net