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Children's Ministries

Youth activities have been temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Facebook for updates as the church works toward a safe and healthy reopening.

Sunday School -- 10:00am on Sunday Mornings (during the school year)

Preschool Sunday School

​We offer Sunday school for 2-year olds (those who are 2 years old by August 31), 3-year olds, Pre-K (those that are 4/5 years old – depending on if they went to kindergarten) and Kindergarten age children.
Their rooms are on the first floor of the education building.  The 2’s and 3’s are together in a class and the Pre-K/Kind are together in another class. 
We focus on introducing concepts such as God loves us, God made the earth, as well as Bible stories.  The lesson plans allow for many different activities – understanding the needs of preschool and kindergarten children.  Music is also a part of their morning and they will periodically sing at one of the church services on Sunday morning.
To enroll your child in preschool Sunday school, you may either call the church office, or you may simply bring your child to Sunday school at 10am on Sunday morning.  Either way works!

Rotation Sunday School (1st - 5th grades)

The 1st and 2nd graders experience Rotation Sunday school.  They experience the same Bible story in different mediums each week.  For example- they could learn about Jesus with the Children through Art, Storytelling, Games, and Science.  It’s a hands-on way of learning and appeals to different learning styles.
 
The 3rd graders receive their Bible early in the year and then spend the year diving deeper into their Bible, learning how to use it, where to find Bible stories and generally getting more comfortable with their Bible
 
The 4th and 5th graders continue using their Bible also with a hands-on approach and dig into how the Bible applies to their life.  Research has show that the pre-teen years are found to be the time where children decide to be a Christian – much earlier than a decade ago.  So this is an important time for them to discover how the Bible can be guide to them as they navigate this life.

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Wednesday After School Programs

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Wednesday Afternoon Schedule:
Kids arrive between 2:45-3pm and gather in the Community Life Center for snack.
3:00 - 4:00 pm -- WAM! (Wednesday Afternoon Music for K-5)
4:00 - 4:45 pm -- Chiming Children (chime choir for 3rd-5th graders)
4:00 - 5:00 pm -- Wednesday Afternoon Kids (see below)
Wednesday Afternoon Kids
This program is for children who attend WAM! (Wednesday Afternoon Music) and need a place to be until parents are able to pick them up.  At the conclusion of WAM! the children are taken over to the education building (upstairs) where there are activities available such as boards games, homework room, art activities, computer room, and sometimes they play hide and seek!  When weather permits, they go outside to play on a playground. 
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Are you a family whose schedule doesn’t allow attending Sunday school on Sunday morning? We are in a very different world than a decade ago and Sunday mornings aren’t always available to attend church. We’ll have just the thing for you! We offer a Wednesday evening Christian education program for children in the elementary grades. It will be held on the second floor of the education building from 6:45—7:30pm. Please call the church office to enroll your child—692-4345.

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Find Us

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First United Methodist Church
625 5th St
Brookings, SD 57006
​605-692-4345

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30am-Noon

worship times

 Sundays - 
  9:30am  Radio Broadcast (KRBK 1430AM)
10:00am  Blended Worship- Comm. Life Center
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Wednesdays -
  6:00pm  Virtual Bible Study
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