Children and Youth

Ages 3 - Grade 6:

 

At FCC Natick, our Faith Formation program uses the Godly Play curriculum for 

children ages 3 to grade 4 and the Connect curriculum for children in grades 5-6.  Our Godly Play and Connect ministry teams combine an interest in children with an eagerness to explore their personal spirituality through the lessons of Godly Play and Connect. 

 

We provide opportunities for leaders to attend both internal and external workshops to enhance their ministries and deepen their own spirituality.  We welcome your participation in this vibrant ministry!  Come visit one 


of our Godly Play or Connect Worship Centers to witness what we are excited about!

 

For additional information about our Godly Play and Connect Ministries, please contact Sarallyn Keller, Director of Spiritual Vitality and Congregational Care, at sarallyn@FirstChurchNatick.org or (508) 653-0971.

 

Explore our Faith Formation program.

 

Grades 7 - 8:  

The Junior Youth Group, for those in grades 7 - 8, meets two Sundays a month from 5:00 - 6:30 PM. The Our Whole Lives (OWL) sexuality education program is offered every other year. It will next be offered in Fall 2023.

 

Grades 9 - 12:

The Senior Youth Group, for those in grades 9-12, meets twice a month on Sunday evenings from 7:00 - 8:30 PM to spend time in a safe space with their peers and leaders.  

 

These Sunday night meetings are a safe space for:

  • worshipping in a relaxed and interactive style
  • forming deeper relationships with each other
  • sharing about the stresses and challenges of their lives
  • celebrating their victories and milestones
  • learning to look for God in unexpected places
  • growing in faith and in group leadership
  • serving their community together

 

Members of both youth groups also participate in worship leadership during our Sunday morning worship services, as well as our annual Maundy Thursday intergenerational worship service and potluck dinner.

 

A Confirmation class is offered every other year for our 10th and 11th graders. It will be offered next in Fall 2024.

 

For more information, contact Sarallyn Keller, Director of Faith Formation and Congregational Care.

 

Download the Youth Program brochure.

 

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Join Sarallyn for Godly Play!

 

Lesson One ~ How the Church Tells Time

Lesson Two ~ Creation

Lesson Three ~ The Flood & the Ark 

Lesson Four ~ The Great Family

Lesson Five ~  Exodus

Lesson Six ~  The Ten Best Ways

Lesson Seven ~ The Ark and the Tent

Lesson Eight ~ The Promised Land

Lesson Nine ~ Exile and Return

Lesson Ten ~ Jonah the Backward Prophet

Lesson Eleven ~ The Peacable Kingdom

Lesson Twelve ~ Elijah's Angel 

Lesson Thirteen ~ The Stone

Lesson Fourteen ~ Boy Jesus at the Temple

Lesson Fifteen ~ Jesus is Baptized

Lesson Sixteen ~ Jesus in the Wilderness

Lesson Seventeen ~ The Call of the Disciples 
Lesson Eighteen ~ Feeding the 5000
Lesson Nineteen ~ "Jairus' Daughter"

Lesson Twenty ~ "The Lord's Prayer"

Lesson Twenty-One ~ "Jesus and the Children"
Lesson Twenty-Two ~ "Jesus & Bartimaeus"

Lesson Twenty-Three ~ "Jesus & Zaccheus"

Lesson Twenty-Four ~ "Jesus, Mary & Martha"

Lesson Twenty-Five ~ "Jesus the King"

Lesson Twenty-Six ~ "Final Journey to Jerusalem"

Lesson Twenty-Seven ~ "The Parable of the Good Shepherd"

Lesson Twenty-Eight ~ "The Parable of the Mustard Seed"

Lesson Twenty-Nine ~ "The Parabale of the Great Pearl"

Lesson Thirty ~ "Parabale of the Sower"

Lesson Thirty One ~ "Parable of the Good Samaritan"

Lesson Thirty-Two ~ "Parable of the Great Banquet"

Lesson Thirty-Three ~ "Pentecost"

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