Children

We believe children come to us as fresh gifts from God’s magnificent grace, entrusted to us to love and nurture, as well as be nurtured by them. Members joyfully embrace God’s call to care for each child’s gift of faith and to help provide means for enhancing their gifts of the Spirit. We believe that the interaction of all age levels provides spiritual development for everyone involved. Children are models of discipleship in their sense of assuredness, strength, and spiritedness as they seek to understand God’s essence and power in their lives.

As a congregation, we seek to be agents of reconciling transformation, to share God’s love for the world, and our Christian experience includes children in all aspects of faith and worship. We seek to understand God’s mystery together,confess our trust together to be nourished by God’s Word in a variety of ways of living worship – both within the walls of the sanctuary and beyond.

Ministries with Children

Sunday School Wish List

Sunday Morning Educational Opportunities begin the Sunday after Labor Day and end the Sunday before Memorial Day, roughly September – May. We offer opportunities for all ages every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. All children and youth classes are led by a team of volunteer teachers.

Nursery care begins at 10:00 a.m.

Pre-school – 6th grade follow a lectionary-based inclusive curriculum in a traditional classroom setting. This means their lessons follow the scriptures of the day and thus help to provide a fuller richer worship experience.

Confirmation Class begins in the 7th grade and is a two-year program of preparation for affirmation of the baptismal vows. This class participates in a variety of activities in addition to the traditional classroom setting – visits to other churches, retreats, a mentoring program and more. Children are welcome to join the class midway through the program.

Senior High Youth study a variety of topics throughout the year, including preparing and leading the worship service on Youth Sunday, usually sometime in February.

Where to Find. . .
Pre-school – 6th grade meet on the third floor of our Fellowship Hall. To reach the Fellowship Hall proceed through the sanctuary or through the courtyard (accessed through a wrought-iron fence to the left of the Sanctuary Building) to the glass double doors. In either case, follow the stairs up to the third floor.

Our Confirmation and Senior High classes meet in the Church House, the building to the left of the Sanctuary Building. Once inside, signs will direct you to the appropriate spaces.

For more information on children and family programs please contact Rachel Cunningham, Director of Children and Family Ministries. rachel@browndowntown.org

For more information on youth programs please contact Kate Foster Connors, Youth Director, akfc@verizon.net.

Other Opportunities for children include: Children’s Choir, Ring and Sing Choir, Wednesday Night at Brown activities and Vacation Bible School.

Children’s Music
Do your children love to sing?

The Children’s Choir meets on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:00. Children sing and enhance musical skills in a fun and exciting environment. For more information on how your children can participate please contact Rob Tracy, Director of Children’s Music Education, rtracy@bcps.org. Click Here for a complete list of practice dates.

The Ring and Sing Choir meets in November to rehearse for their Christmas performances. They generally sing at the Presbyterian Home in Towson, MD and the Ronald McDonald House in Baltimore. They also participate in the annual Christmas Pageant. For more information on how your children can participate please contact Chrystie Adams, Director of Handbells, dougadams@comcast.net.

Wednesday Night at Brown – After sharing a meal together children participate in art and music activities as part of the Wednesday Night at Brown programs. More information about the Wednesday Night at Brown program.

Vacation Bible School is the last full week of June each year. Children Preschool through 4th grade participate in a week long “camp” experience learning about different Bible Stories. This years theme is Camp E.D.G.E. an extreme adventure camp where children will learn that their strength comes from God. Children will be introduced to different people from the Bible who have experienced and discovered God in many ways.