Ministries -> Children's Ministry

Children know they have a special place at the San Leandro Church of Christ. Each week we call them up on stage for a Children’s Sermon that presents the lesson of the morning at their level and in a manner that is fun for them. They participate in the first 45 minutes of corporate worship and feel that they are an important part of congregational worship and congregational life. The first Sunday of the month the children get the chance to recite their memory work in front of the congregation and earn recognition and rewards. Sunday morning classes at the 9:30 a.m. hour are clustered in groupings of 2-3 grades so that each child can learn at his/her level and interact with peers of a similar age. Children are dismissed to enjoy their own special classes at sermon time during Sunday morning worship.

From time to time we offer family fun activities like day trips to the snow, Santa Cruz beach boardwalk or an outing to the tide pools. We send workers and kids each summer to Adventure Camp, a 6-day Christian camp for 2nd-5th graders in the Santa Cruz mountains. Children work alongside adults in our service projects learning compassion for the needy and the aged. Every Easter weekend our 3rd-12th graders participate in the “Leadership Training for Christ” conference in San Jose where students display their talents in areas such as drama, singing, art, puppets, Bible reading, etc. Children often have the chance to perform a drama or sing during special services such as the ones done at Christmas and Easter. We set aside two Sundays in April as our “Children’s Emphasis” Sundays. We talk about the special ministry we have to kids and the children get to do many of the worship service duties such as announcements, prayer, Bible reading, serving communion, etc.

For more information about our ministries, please send an email to office@slcofc.org.