Pictured above: Preschool Music with Youth Music Director Molly Jo.
Our Youth Music Director, Molly Jo, teaches music to our very youngest preschool kids on Sunday mornings. Molly Jo also teaches our elementary children, and teens in high school. Molly Jo uses the Kodaly method, and runs her own Music School.
During rehearsals, the youth practice singing in parts, and learn vocal technique, sight-singing, and rhythm reading through a repertoire of various styles from folk songs, classical pieces, contemporary praise songs, spirituals, and traditional African music. They use hand drums, hand bells and percussion instruments to enhance these musical concepts. Our Children's Choirs sing in worship on a regular basis. Please email Molly Jo at ymdirector@paysonpark.org, for more info on our youth & children's choirs.
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God's Garden Church School Sunday mornings during the school year
9:15 am Music for Teens
10:00 am Music for Pre Teens
10:30 am Worship for all
10:45 am Children invited to God's Garden
11:00 am Music for Nursery
11:15 am Music for Elementary
Our Christian Education Director, Cindy Lou, oversees God's Garden, for children aged 12 and under. Our Church School program is designed to welcome children into the full life of the church as they grow and mature in faith.
In addition to learning the stories of our faith in Sunday school, children participate in worship, volunteer through our Mission and Outreach programs, sing in our Teen, Youth, or Cherub Choirs, and serve as greeters and Acolytes. Please scroll down for our VBS registration form. Please email Cindy Lou at cedirector@paysonpark.org for more information about God's Garden and our children's programs.
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Teens with YCOM (Youth & Community Outreach Minster) Katherine on a Sunday.
Payson Park Church has begun a wonderful new tradition of a YCOM - a Youth & Community Outreach Minister - to meet with our teens each Sunday. Our previous YCOM Katherine encouraged our teens to ask questions and explore our faith. She led our teens in outreach, from Cradles to Crayons to The Outdoor Church to the 2020 Interfaith Service trip with Habitat for Humanity. Katherine also engaged with our whole congregation, in connecting us to our wider communities, making a difference for the world in Christ's name. Godspeed our beloved Katherine! We look forward to God's gift of our next YCOM!
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Please click to watch these brief Videos. Interfaith Youth Service trip with Habitat for Humanity, Feb 15-22, 2020. CityReach Overnight Retreat, walking with & serving the homeless, Dec 14-15, 2019. Youth Sunday speakers, Part 1 on May 10, 2020, and Part 2 on June 14, 2020.
Vacation Bible School, August 2019. The best ever! Due to the global pandemic, we skipped our 2020 VBS. We invite you back in 2021 to the Best VBS Ever!
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First Saturdays. Pre-Teen Youth Group
Way too much fun!
Jenga, Pizza, Games in the Fellowship Hall, Service project, Candles Prayer.
The First Saturday of the month, 6:00 to 7:30 pm. aka - Date night for Parents.