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We welcome all children to our church school program at Pilgrim Church. The most important part of our children’s program is our Sunday morning worship and class time.

Our mission is to provide an opportunity for our children to grow in their relationship with God, to experience and reflect on the Bible, and to share in the life of this community of faith.

It is our hope that our young people will then sense and respond to God’s call to live out their faith in works of justice, mercy, and peace at church, at home, and in their community.

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Pilgrim Church School

Our Sunday School program is detailed below. Click here to learn more about our youth program.

We offer five (5) Sunday School classes:

	Preschool (ages 3 and up)/Kindergarten
	First, Second & Third Grade
	Fourth, Fifth, & Sixth Grade
	Junior High
	High School

Classes are taught by volunteers from the congregation. During the 2006-07 school year, high school students will be engaged in a thought provoking study of biblical and modern day prophets. Younger students will be guided through an enlightening curriculum called Gather Round. A joint project of Brethren Press and the Mennonite Publishing Network, this Bible story-centered curriculum emphasizes strengthening the connection between church and home, discipleship, and peace and justice issues.

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In addition, Pilgrim Church offers a nursery for children up to age 3 on a weekly basis. Click here for more information.

Children in the Sunday School program attend the first part of worship with the congregation, then go to their classrooms with their teachers at a designated point in the service. Other opportunities for children to participate in worship are the Children's Choir and Children's Message.

Our children participate in the worship life of Pilgrim Church with activities such as:

	Collecting the "One Great Hour of Sharing" offering in the March of 2006
	Planning and leading a worship service the first Sunday in September 2006
	Regional youth events designed to help them grow in their faith
	Participation in Communion

Pilgrim Youth Groups

Pilgrim is pleased to offer our young people the opportunity to participate in one of three (3) youth groups:

	Fourth, Fifth, & Sixth Grade
	Sixth, Seventh, & Eighth Grade
	High School (Grades 9 through 12)

Our youth also engaged in mission and social justice projects, including:

	Growing fresh vegetables for the food pantry
	Preparing and serving breakfast following the Tremont Ecumenical Sunrise service
	An intergenerational Mission Trip in June of 2006 to Port Charlotte, Florida to assist in Hurricane relief efforts
	A youth Mission Trip in July of 2006 to Lotts Creek Community School near Hazard, Kentucky to aid the people of Appalachia

To support these mission trips and other activities our young people organize successful annual fundraising projects, including:

	A silent pumpkin auction each October
	A Super Bowl submarine sandwich sale in January
	"Souper" bowl fundraisers to benefit hunger programs

Please join our youth as they enjoy many fellowship activities, including:
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	Bowling
	Movies
	Lock-ins
	Museum visits
	Swimming, and, of course,
	Eating!