Last Updated May 6, 2007Summer Childrens Programs

Children’s Activities (ages 5-12)

Fun Fitness (new!)

This summer we are excited to offer a new program that encourages children to develop healthy eating and physical activity habits. The program will run two (2) hours a day, four (4) days a week, for six (6) weeks of the summer. It will include a nutrition curriculum, sport clinics that will introduce our children to novel sports such as double dutch, step and tennis, and a healthy snack at the end of each day.

Fine Arts (new!)

We are introducing another new component to our summer activities for children this year, fine arts. Neighbors will be partnering with our staff to expose our children to arts such as drawing, and playing steel drums!

Bible CLUB

Bible CLUB has been going on in our backyard for years! It introduces the foundational teachings of the Bible to urban children. We are excited to move the CLUB down the street to the site of Elmhurst Street Children’s Park this summer as we anticipate our numbers increasing significantly. Please pray that many children will decide to follow Jesus this summer.

Special Events

Psalm 24:1 says: “The earth belongs to the Lord, the whole world and all the people in it.” We want to explore what it means to be a part of God’s creation. Our field trips will encourage the children to think about the largeness of what God owns. We will visit the Franklin Park Zoo to see the animals, the Children Museum’s to see the exhibit of the solar system and take a hike in the Blue Hills Reservation. Some of our special events this year will explore this in other ways, such as giving away bikes on Bike Day continuing to encourage physical wellness or celebrating the talents God has put in us during the summer’s closing Big Event!