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Christian Education
The Christian Education Committee is responsible
for instructional programs for all ages from birth to adult.
The CE Ministry oversees the operation of the nursery, and Sunday School classes for
ages 3 through adult, including a confirmation class for 6th-7th
graders in alternate years. The committee also works with
church staff and volunteers to organize other programs such as
Sunday evening youth fellowship (UPY), Presbyterian Forum, mid-week
Bible Studies, and short-term series on Christian topics suggested
by members of the church.
Christian Education Offerings for Adults
9:30 a.m. -- Opening Exercises (Fellowship Hall)
9:45-10:30 a.m. -- Classses
Bible Discovery (Calvin 203)
Teachers: Dennis Brewer, Don and Jane Steinkraus
Curriculum: The Present Word
Theology (Calvin 201)
Facilitators: Sally Kelley, Itrel Monroe
Curriculum: Becoming a Blessed Church: Forming a Church of Spiritual
Purpose, Presence, and Power by N. Graham Standish, a Presbyterian pastor.
Current Issues (Calvin 202)
Shared Leadership
Curriculum: Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History
Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawkin
Contemporary Presbyterian Adults (Activity Center)
Teachers: Carol Van Scyoc, Tom Verdery, Manuel Rossetti, Philip Talbert, Jim
Price
Curriculum:The Gospel According to Andy Griffith: Lessons from Mayberry
Curriculum Material (www.barneyfife.com)
Christian Education Offerings for Children and Youth
Sunday School is offered to children ages 3 through the 12th grade from
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The children are divided into age appropriate classes in the
following locations:
- 3 and 4 year olds upstairs Knox Building
- K and 1st grade upstairs Knox Building
- 2nd and 3rd grade - downstairs Knox Building
- 4th and 5th grade - downstairs Knox Building
- 6th-8th grade- downstairs Knox Building
- 9th-12th grade- lower Activity Building
The Preschool and Younger Elementary classes
participate in the Rock Solid
Curriculum.
The 2nd through 5th grade classes participate
in the We Believe Curriculum
The 6th-8th grade class participates in the
We Believe Curriculum
The 9th-12th grade class is currently engaged in a study of comparitive
religions.
Nursery is available for infants and toddlers in lower Calvin Building during
both Worship services and Sunday School.
Summer Opportunities
Vacation Bible School for pre-school children through
sixth grade and church campus for all ages, including family camp.
The FUPC Library
General Information
The FUPC library is a resource and lending library for our members. It located
behind the church office and is open any time the church doors are open. You are
invited to come in to browse, borrow books or simply sit and enjoy the peace and
quiet of our beautiful room. The library is available for small group
activities; come to the church office to schedule your group.
You are invited:
- Visit the library and check out books of interest to you and your family. The
library uses a card system to check out books -- fill in your name and the
current date on the card found in the back of the book and drop the card in the
box on the card catalog.
- Donate gently used, good quality books. Leave books in the office or call
479-521-2910 for a volunteer to pick them up at your home. Proceeds from the
sale of used books are used to purchase new library books.
- Donate funds to purchase an honorarium or memorial in the name of a special
person. A bookplate listing the person and the donor will be inserted in the
book.
- Be a Library Volunteer—there’s a place for you! Contact Nancy Waite at
nwaite@cox.net or 479-521-2910.
Resources
Our library collection includes books on spirituality, religion, the Bible,
theology, and social justice. We also have books on self-help, and parenting.
Periodicals and a variety of children's books are available in addition to
biographies, fiction and crafts, and an archived audio tape file of sermons.
First School
» Visit The First School Website
First School is an Arkansas Quality Accredited program that strives to offer a
faith-based, nurturing Parent's Day Out, Preschool and Kindergarten. It is an
outreach of the First United Presbyterian Church to our community.
Our parents-day-out program is designed for children ages six months by
September 15 to two years. The program provides primary caregivers a respite
while their children are cared for in a creative, nurturing and safe
environment.
Preschool children participate in a balance of social, physical, cognitive,
artistic and spiritual activities, both structured and unstructured. First
School has the lowest child to teacher ratios in the area.
Kindergarten is a five-day program designed for children 5 years of age that
would benefit from another year in a lower child-to-teacher ratio setting before
attending public school.
Preschool and Parents Day Out classes on Monday-Wednesday-Friday or
Tuesday-Thursday during the school year, offer a half day of instruction time
from 8:00 a.m. - noon, or the option of an extended day lasting until 2:30 p.m.
The five-day Kindergarten program also has the option of instruction from 8 a.m.
- 12 noon, or the extended day until 2:30 p.m.
During the summer, classes are offered for infants through elementary ages,
either Monday-Wednesday or Tuesday-Thursday.
If you have questions, please contact First School at 571-4516. The director is
Cathy Hairston.
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