Children, Youth & Family Ministries

Welcome to Children, Youth & Family Ministries (CYFM) at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church - we're glad you're here! Our Saviour's offers weekend and midweek programming for ages 3 through high school to help young people grow in faith, celebrate being in community and do life together.


Programming includes:

  • Sunday School at 9 and 10 a.m. for ages three through 5th grade
  • Surge Confirmation (junior high)
  • Ignition faith, fellowship & service group (high school)
  • Seasonal events (including overnight retreats for jr/sr high students)
  • Summer high school mission trip
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Vacation Bible School (ages 4 through 5th grade, summer)
  • Children's Choir
  • Celebration Children's Center Preschool

Register anytime for Sunday School, our all-ages Midweek Meetups (intergenerational dinner followed by Children's Choir rehearsal, Surge confirmation class and adult small groups), or our junior high or high school groups! 

  • Click HERE to register for Sunday School.
  • Click HERE to register for Midweek Meetups.
  • Click HERE to register for Surge Confirmation (junior high, meets Wednesday evenings)
  • Click HERE to register for Ignition (high school, meets Sunday evenings).

Questions about Children's, Youth & Family Ministries at Our Saviour's? Contact CYFM director Brittany Sheldon at brittanysheldon@oursaviours.com.

CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

CHILDREN'S MINISTRY PROGRAMS:

Sunday School: Join us at 9 a.m. at the Our Saviour's Campus or at 10 a.m. at Celebration Campus

Purpose: to provide nurturing Christian education for young people, rooted in Gospel principles of love, service and justice, that they may grow in faith and Biblical understanding.

Age group: Ages 3 - 5th grade


Sunday schedule: 

Children begin in worship with their families and then go with their teachers and leaders during the children’s message time. Parents/guardians pick up their students from Sunday School classrooms at the end of worship. 


Midweek Meetup: Our Saviour’s Campus, 815 S. Washington St.

Purpose: to provide opportunities for the whole church to grow in Christian community across generations while we do life together.


Wednesday schedule: 

6-6:30 p.m.        Community meal in Nelson-Niemi Fellowship Hall & play space for kids

6:25-6:30        Cleanup & sending song or prayer for all groups

6:30-7:30        Kids Choir rehearsal, small groups, other meetings

6:30-7:45        Surge Confirmation

6:30-8:15        Childcare in nursery for ages 0-5 (pre-registration requested)

6:45-8:15        Sanctuary Choir rehearsal


NEW! Thursday Kids Club Open Gym @ Celebration Campus, 919 S. Washington St.

Purpose: to provide kids and families with a safe and positive place to play and grow in friendship. 

Age group: Kindergarten and up


Thursday schedule: 

4 p.m.           Doors open, check-in, snack

4:15-5:45   Open gym & quiet space/homework space in the conference room

5:45-6:00   Cleanup & pickup


To participate in open gym: 

  • Please sign up online as part of Midweek Meetup registration; you are then welcome to choose the Thursdays on which you want to participate! 
  • Guests and those who have not registered for Midweek Meetups can drop in for $5/session (as able to pay; helps cover snacks and materials)
  • Children in grades kindergarten and up are welcome to be dropped off; younger children must be supervised by a parent or adult guardian.
  • If you will not be staying with your child during open gym, check-in and check-out are required.  
  • Annual liability release on file with OSLC required.


    • In our Welcome Statement, Our Saviour's seeks, through the Holy Spirit, to “celebrate and affirm the sacredness, dignity, and equality of all persons…” This means that if your child needs accommodations in any of our Children, Youth & Family Ministry areas, we will work with you to make that happen! Click here for our Accommodations Practices.


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