Christus Victor
Lutheran Church

Apple Valley, MN

Children and Family

Faith Formation for ALL

Christus Victor is a church where the Holy Spirit is moving!

“Faith Formation for ALL” is a time to gather all ages together for learning, time for small group discussion, and time to invite new people into relationships with Christ and each other. Whether you are a first-time worshiper or a long-time member, there will be opportunities for intentional spiritual growth for the whole congregation.

Note: Faith Formation For All & GLOW on one form (multiple kids in the same family can register all on one form)

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Glow

Elementary school age kids (grades 1-5) gather together for, pizza, activities, music, and fellowship Wednesdays at 6:00 pm.

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Holiday Break
Wednesday CYF Ministries are OFF for two weeks around the holidays, and will return on Wednesday, January 11th. Merry Christmas!

Paternity Leave
Josh will be going on Paternity Leave throughout January and February. While he is gone, a strong group of staff and volunteers will be helping run our CYF ministries. If you have any question about Confirmation, please contact pastor.kent@christusvictor.org, questions about Youth Group, stacey@christusvictor.org, or Faith Formation, kristinschulz1@gmail.com.

Faith Formation Summer Sunday!
Summer is coming! At least on Sunday, January 8th. We will have Pastor Suzi here from Camp Wapo as well as our Faith Formation Team to run Summer Sunday, promoting all the upcoming Summer activities.
Summer Dates!
1. Vacation Bible School – Week of June 11 with Camp Green Lake**
2. Wapo Seeds Weekend – June 23-25
3. Wilderness Canoe Base High School Trip – Week of July 16**
4. Wapo Youth Weeklong – August 6-11
5. Summer Stretch – Most Thursdays throughout the summer
6. Garage Sale – August 11-12
7. 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans – July 16-20, 2024
**Still determining final date details.

 

Nursery
Charmaine Harrell is our current nursery attendant. She is available in the nursery during the 11 am worship service (9:30 am during the summer) and during special events. We also have volunteers with completed background checks and nursery experience who help out in the nursery. We love seeing kids in our worship services as much as possible, but we also know that sometimes parents/kids need a safe place and designated place to be while at CLVC.
Prayground

We have a specially designated area in our sanctuary for kids 0-3 called the prayground. This area has quiet play items, a coloring table, and books for little ones. This area is designed to give parents an option to closely supervise their children in a kid-friendly environment during the worship service.

Busy Bags
In the back of the sanctuary, we have bags with quiet play items for kids to play with during the worship service.
Camp Wapo

Every year we send kids to Wapo Bible camp in Amery, Wisconsin. If kids have completed 1st-3rd grade they can join us for a weekend with SEEDS camp. Kids who have completed 4th grade-high school join us for a week of camp every year. Check out http://campwapo.org/camp/wapo or register here http://lwlbci.com/christusvictor

VBS

Vacation Bible School will be the week of Aug. 7-11, Sunday – Thursday, 5:30 – 8 PM. Camp Counselors from Good Earth Village will be joining us this summer to help lead VBS. PreK through 6th grade children and friends are all welcome to sign up. We also need lots of volunteers! Help is needed with prep, decorating, snacks, music and tech, shepherding children from station to station, and tearing down.
Whether a volunteer or a child (or friends!) please register here: https://forms.gle/QxVHBapb9fxw7DsHA.

3 year old Bibles

3 Year olds at CVLC get Spark story Bibles to use at home. These Bibles are designed to help parents read Bibles with their kids at home.

3rd Grade Bibles
All of our 3rd graders and their families are invited to a three-week class on the Bible with the Pastors. At the end of this class, the receive a Bible as a gift from the congregation as well as a blessing during the service. 
4th Grade Advent Wreaths
Each year before advent starts 4th graders and families are invited to make Advent wreaths. The families are invited to take the Advent wreaths home to help with family devotions in the season before Christmas. 4th graders and families also help us light the Advent wreath over the course of the season.
5th Grade 1st Communion
Each year the pastors get together with 5th graders and families to teach them about communion. In these classes families learn more about the Lutheran tradition of communion and paint communion cups. 5th graders traditionally receive their first communion at the Maundy Thursday service.
Service Opportunities
We have lots of other ways kids can help out at church and in our community. We do FMSC mega packs and local packs, Armful of Love (Christmas gifts for those in need), Thanksgiving Baskets (for those who need a Thanksgiving meal), and much, much more.

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