Children's Ministries are focused to provide children with foundations for spiritual growth through education, service-oriented programs, camps, scouting, music and special events. These events can be accessed as follows:

Sunday Worship, Education and Activities

Weekday Worship, Education and Activities

Annual Worship, Education and Activities

OUMC is a Safe Sanctuary for Children and Youth

OUMC Children's Sick Policy and Discipline Policy

Sunday Worship, Education and Activities

Sunday School classes are offered between 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. for three year olds through youth and adults. OUMC is staffed with loving teachers eager to share God's word. Classes begin meeting at 9:00 a.m. in the Education wings.

9:00 a.m.
Sunday School – Ages 3–4 years – room #203
Sunday School – Ages 4–5 years – room #204
the Zone – children’s arts ministry – Ages K–5th grade – downstairs – room #106

10:00 a.m.
Sonbeams Music and Choir – ages 3–5 years – room #202
Crosswired – small groups – Ages K–5th grade – downstairs
Middle School – 6th–8th grade – Samaria Room #111
High School – Emmaus Room #113

Nursery Care
Care is provided for all Sunday services

Youth - Sunday Fellowship

Genesis – Middle School – 4:30 p.m. – Educations rooms
Thrive – High School – 6:00 p.m. – Education rooms

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Weekday Worship, Education and Activities

Vacation Bible School – "Avalanche Ranch" – Over a hundred children joined us as we took "a wild ride through God's word" with cool western–themed crafts, games and foot–stomping music.
Vacation Bible School photos

Camp Chestnut Ridge – Church sponsored week at Camp Chestnut Ridge is scheduled for August 6–10. This camp is for ages of completed kindergarten up to rising 5th graders. Cost is $150 for the week. Camp will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. each day with lunch and a snack provided. Bus transportation from the church is available each day. Pick up your application from the church office.

PreSchool Summer Camp – 3–year, 4–year and rising Kindergarteners. July 30–August 3 or August 6–August 10 are still available for your child to come have fun at our summer camp. Contact Melissa Knight.

CrossWired is a high energy program with music, drama and break–out small groups. We end our morning with team games. This hour is spent teaching our children solid bible truths and building positive relationships with their leaders and peers. Our goal is to transform our children into spiritual leaders.
CrossWired flyer

The Zone is a children’s performing arts ministry. This is an extra curricular activity for children ages kindergarten–5th grade. Children will study scripture while participating in the arts and using their talents in all areas of performance art.
the Zone flyer

Eating and Thinking 101 – Middle School – Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Youth suite. This small group will help students learn how to keep their faith and still be cool in middle school by referencing the book of Luke.

AfterSchool
AfterSchool is designed to provide a warm and safe environment for children needing after school care until 6:00 p.m. Children are picked up at their school by the church bus at 2:45 p.m. and are delivered to the church.

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Annual Worship, Education and Activities

Advent Workshop is a workshop with crafts, activities, and refreshments for all the children and families of Orange United Methodist Church and their friends to prepare their hearts and minds for the season of Advent.

Camp Chestnut Ridge Day Camp is a one–week day camp, in August, for children grades 1 – 5. The camp includes Christian educations, swimming, arts and crafts, canoeing, cookouts and archery.

Chapel Hill Holiday Parade and Party is a community–wide parade in which Orange Church sponsors a float. Church members are invited to ride on or walk with the float and pass out the story of the candy cane to parade watchers. Children under the age of 7 years need to be accompanied by an adult during the parade. We will carpool to the parade site and back to the church. We join back together at the church after the parade for a luncheon. All participants are asked to bring a beverage and dessert to share for the luncheon. These items can be left in the church kitchen prior to the parade.

Children's Christmas Eve Service is a special event for our children of OUMC and for visitors. It is a shortened worship service full of storytelling, singing and the praising of our Savior, Baby Jesus !

Christmas Pageant – Angel Alert!
This yearly pageant is a mixture of Christmas messages, music and acting performed by the children of Orange.

Confirmation
Confirmation Class is a 32 week series of lessons designed for youths who are in 6th grade or above. Youth will be encouraged to take personal responsibility for their faith as they prepare to make firm the vows made at their baptism.

Easter Workshop and Egg Hunt is held on the Saturday afternoon before Easter Weekend. Children learn about Easter through an involved and symbolic crafts project. At the end of the day, the children participate in a traditional Easter egg hunt.

Heifer Project is a mission project in which the children collect donations in small plastic "Ark" Banks. The offering is then donated to the Heifer Project which raises money to support the purchase of farm animals for poor villages in third world countries.

Operation Christmas Child is a 3-week mission which asks children to collect items, in a shoe box, for disadvantaged children. The boxes are sent around the world in time for Christmas Day ! Kickoff is October 24 and collection of these boxes will end Nov. 21 so they can be transported to Charlotte for shipment. Please leave boxes in Fellowship Hall.

Vacation Bible School is always in June, usually the first week after school is out. This is a special week in the life of the church where the children enjoy an intense Biblical learning experience. Bible study, arts and crafts, sports, music, chapel time, puppet shows and drama are all a part of this GREAT week. Click Media Gallery for pictures from VBS 2006.

North Carolina Conference Camps
OUMC has many camps for our children and youth. For more information, forms, and directions, check out our North Carolina Conference Camps.

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