During the 9:00 service we feature “Generations of Grace,” a curriculum which takes students on a 3-year journey through the Bible. Each Pre-K through 6th grade student in your family will be covering the same passage of Scripture each Sunday so that parents can lead a family discussion. (Click here to view the curriculum at Generations of Grace.)
During the 10:30 service, we invite the children to worship alongside their parents. Before the sermon begins, we dismiss children up to 4th grade to Children’s classes that feature lessons designed to teach biblical principles from God’s Word. Students may bring home a craft which includes information about the lesson so that, again, parents can lead a discussion in the home.
We also welcome families who prefer to keep their children with them during the entire worship service. Whichever option you choose, our goal is to help parents fulfill their role as the primary disciplers of their own children
Taught by church family who love to share Jesus and the love of Christ with children, Country Oaks provides a safe environment for our children to learn and grow. Volunteers and staff are all background checked through “Clearstar” and their references are confirmed by our Children’s Ministry Director, Mike Owens. Additionally, no one is invited to volunteer in this ministry unless they have been around COBC and are known here.
Our computerized check-in program, located in the Chapel, guarantees that children end up in the right Sunday School class and go home with the right parents.
Although we believe that the best way to teach God’s Word to children is through training and instruction by their parents in the home (see Deut. 6:4-9 and Eph. 6:4), the church definitely has a role to play in coming alongside Christian parents and reaching out to children that do not have the benefit of receiving biblical teaching in the home.