Grades 5-6
Meets in the Fellowship Hall
The preteen years are unique. Children enter these years believing and behaving like their families, but then they start believing and behaving more like their peers. This is why we also invite the parents to join our class. We want the Sunday morning faith conversation to set a tone that will help our preteens stay in touch with their faith as they become more independent.
This is a great age, by the way, for a Bible overview. We don’t want Sunday School to give the impression that the Bible is simply a rulebook. In fact, one of the main themes of the Old Testament is that rules cannot really help us become the kind of people God meant us to be. When God’s rules were broken it was evidence that his people that needed fixing. In the Big Picture we want to highlight how the God of the Bible has taken it upon himself to repair broken people, which he accomplishes through his Son and the Holy Spirit.
We want kids and their parents to grasp how deep and wide and broad is the love of God, and how we can know him personally. We will show how the many stories in the Bible form one big story. Each year we rotate between the Old and New Testament, covering the whole Bible in two years. We don’t just try to fit pieces of the Bible’s truth into our lives, we learn to see our lives in the Bible’s Big Picture. With this practical foundation laid early on, students will find it easier to understand and apply the Word of God for the rest of their lives.
Meets in the Fellowship Hall
The preteen years are unique. Children enter these years believing and behaving like their families, but then they start believing and behaving more like their peers. This is why we also invite the parents to join our class. We want the Sunday morning faith conversation to set a tone that will help our preteens stay in touch with their faith as they become more independent.
This is a great age, by the way, for a Bible overview. We don’t want Sunday School to give the impression that the Bible is simply a rulebook. In fact, one of the main themes of the Old Testament is that rules cannot really help us become the kind of people God meant us to be. When God’s rules were broken it was evidence that his people that needed fixing. In the Big Picture we want to highlight how the God of the Bible has taken it upon himself to repair broken people, which he accomplishes through his Son and the Holy Spirit.
We want kids and their parents to grasp how deep and wide and broad is the love of God, and how we can know him personally. We will show how the many stories in the Bible form one big story. Each year we rotate between the Old and New Testament, covering the whole Bible in two years. We don’t just try to fit pieces of the Bible’s truth into our lives, we learn to see our lives in the Bible’s Big Picture. With this practical foundation laid early on, students will find it easier to understand and apply the Word of God for the rest of their lives.
Ablaze is our 6th-8th grade ministry! We are dedicated to forming strong faith foundations through our 9:10 hour, Confirmation program, and our events.
9:10 hour is our Sunday morning Bible Time titled as “Encounter”. We believe that God’s Word is active and applicable for our lives today, and this is our space to dive into that. We join together for some time of worship, games, and our topic of the day.
Confirmation is special to us as this is our opportunity to dive into what we believe as Lutherans, and confirm the faith we were baptized in. We do this through a two year program that hones in on reading our Bible critically and learning what we believe about the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, the Ten Commandments, Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper. We believe all of these things give us good foundations as a Christian and help us to live out our various callings in our life. For more information on this, check out our website.
In addition to forming strong faith foundations, we focus on creating strong relationship bonds. At CTK we believe that Together>Alone, so how do we tackle that? By doing fun things together! Sharing meals, doing ridiculous activities, and spending time with each other remind us that the church is not only a place to grow your faith, but a place to experience God’s love through his people.
With these two approaches, we strive to instill strong faith foundations to live for CTK’s mission and the Christian life: Engaging people to recognize, receive, and release the joy of Christ’s love.
9:10 hour is our Sunday morning Bible Time titled as “Encounter”. We believe that God’s Word is active and applicable for our lives today, and this is our space to dive into that. We join together for some time of worship, games, and our topic of the day.
Confirmation is special to us as this is our opportunity to dive into what we believe as Lutherans, and confirm the faith we were baptized in. We do this through a two year program that hones in on reading our Bible critically and learning what we believe about the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, the Ten Commandments, Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper. We believe all of these things give us good foundations as a Christian and help us to live out our various callings in our life. For more information on this, check out our website.
In addition to forming strong faith foundations, we focus on creating strong relationship bonds. At CTK we believe that Together>Alone, so how do we tackle that? By doing fun things together! Sharing meals, doing ridiculous activities, and spending time with each other remind us that the church is not only a place to grow your faith, but a place to experience God’s love through his people.
With these two approaches, we strive to instill strong faith foundations to live for CTK’s mission and the Christian life: Engaging people to recognize, receive, and release the joy of Christ’s love.
Abide 9-12th Grade
During these years, we build off the foundation we built in Ablaze by tackling what it means to live out what we believe. Having come off the back of confirming what they believe in Confirmation: High school is a time for students to learn and live out their faith amidst their friends and community, offering lots of opportunities to impact those around them with the joy that Christ gives us.
In Abide we continue to build off the faith foundation they have built up to accomplish the mission of CTK in new ways. We continue to build community through fun and ridiculous events, while also offering more time to dig into God’s Word together. Two new ways we do that is CORE Group and our Summer Trips.
CORE Group is our intentional time together on Wednesday evenings to read and digest God’s Word, and talk about life with trusted leaders in our church and each other. This is a community that continues to remind each other that they are not alone in their walk with God, while also using a practice we do at CTK called Lectio Devina; divine reading of God’s Word to hear what God has to say to us through His word.
Summer Trips are opportunities for our high school students to experience serving others, growing their faith with God, and connecting with others around the United States. We rotate between three different trips: Mission Trip, Colorado Trip, and LCMS National Youth Gathering. We believe that these trips are important for our students because it leads them to experience God’s love in new ways, share God’s love in new ways, and connect with others in new ways.
Each of these are unique experiences and produce life and faith changing experiences for our students. All of these things help to ensure students are confident in their faith, live out their faith, and embody CTK’s mission: Engaging people to recognize, receive, and release the joy of Christ’s love.
During these years, we build off the foundation we built in Ablaze by tackling what it means to live out what we believe. Having come off the back of confirming what they believe in Confirmation: High school is a time for students to learn and live out their faith amidst their friends and community, offering lots of opportunities to impact those around them with the joy that Christ gives us.
In Abide we continue to build off the faith foundation they have built up to accomplish the mission of CTK in new ways. We continue to build community through fun and ridiculous events, while also offering more time to dig into God’s Word together. Two new ways we do that is CORE Group and our Summer Trips.
CORE Group is our intentional time together on Wednesday evenings to read and digest God’s Word, and talk about life with trusted leaders in our church and each other. This is a community that continues to remind each other that they are not alone in their walk with God, while also using a practice we do at CTK called Lectio Devina; divine reading of God’s Word to hear what God has to say to us through His word.
Summer Trips are opportunities for our high school students to experience serving others, growing their faith with God, and connecting with others around the United States. We rotate between three different trips: Mission Trip, Colorado Trip, and LCMS National Youth Gathering. We believe that these trips are important for our students because it leads them to experience God’s love in new ways, share God’s love in new ways, and connect with others in new ways.
Each of these are unique experiences and produce life and faith changing experiences for our students. All of these things help to ensure students are confident in their faith, live out their faith, and embody CTK’s mission: Engaging people to recognize, receive, and release the joy of Christ’s love.