Children & Teens at Harlingen Reformed Church - Montgomery, NJ

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Children and Teens

Children are welcomed in the Worship Service! If needed, however, a Nursery for children under 3 years of age is available.

The Sunday School year begins in September, on the first Sunday after Labor Day. It ends on the second Sunday in June.
The LIFE Curriculum, "Living in Faith Everyday," is used in the Sunday School, for 3 year old children through 6th graders.
- The children learn that they should live out their faith everyday, not just on Sundays!
- This curriculum is biblically based.
- By the time children finish sixth grade they will study the key biblical
stories and themes from Genesis to Revelation.
LIFE is student-oriented. It gets the children involved in their lessons.
LIFE follows a two-year cycle.
On Sundays the children attend Morning Worship with their parents until they are called forward for a Children's Sermon. After this sermon they are dismissed to their classes.
In addition to classroom studies, the Sunday School offers many other activities throughout the year. For example:
  - Christmas programs and the End of the Year programs;
  - a year-long mission project;
  - several family activities, such as hiking, game nights, and picnics.
There are four holiday weekends: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Easter
On these Sundays, there are no regular Sunday School classes. However, there's usually a special program for children 3 years old through the 1st graders.
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Children's Church is designed as an introduction to worship.
The children discover that the purpose of worship is to give praise and thanks to God.
The children learn that worship is the deepest aspiration of the human heart.
The children are given opportunity to contribute to Children's Church.
Children's Church is held in the Church House on the first Sunday of each month.
The program in Children's Church is a patterned after the program used in the Morning Worship in the Sanctuary.

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The Confirmation Class meets at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings.
This class follows a two-year cycle:
- Year One: "A.D. - A Study of Church History"
- Year Two: "A Sure Thing - A Study of Church Doctrine"
Students are given the opportunity to confirm their faith in Jesus Christ and become confessing members of the Church after their second year of study.
Recreational events and service projects are typically planned for the members of this class.

The High School Youth Group meets from 6:00-7:15 p.m. on Sunday evenings in the Church House.
The programs typically include games and recreation, Bible discussion, and snacks.
During the 2005-06 school-year this group is led by Andrew Baker, a Princeton Seminary student.
Over the New Year's weekend, 2005-2006, this group went to "Winterfest," a Christian musical festival in Lynchburg, Virginia that drew 10,000 students.
In May, 2006 this group plans to attend "Acquire the Fire," a Christian Rock Concert in Philadelphia.
Besides recreational events, this group also undertakes service projects:
- for example, helping to build a house in Lambertville, New Jersey for "Habitat for Humanity."

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Harlingen's Vacation Bible School, held in July, is a week-long program of Bible lessons, songs, recreation, and crafts.
It's a popular program in the area that combines learning and fun for children in kindergarten through 6th grade.
Information about the program is available in May.
Registrations start in the month June.