Education Team

Anchored Kids
There are many opportunities to serve with our Anchored Kids program. We are looking for Christ-centered adults for jobs such as small group/large group leaders, providing snacks, riding our bus, helping with games, and simply praying with and for our kids.

Anchored Youth
Since We provide the Youth with a meal each Thursday, we are in need of volunteers to provide those meals. There are suggestions for meals based on the likes of the students. If you would like, you can stay and participate in the events of the night but it is not required.
Being a prayer partner for one of the teens is also an important way to be involved.
The bus needs an adult besides the driver to go along to pick up and take home the kids. The kids are well behaved and like to sing or just talk during the trips back and forth. If you could only do the one way, that would really help.

Hope Academy Partnership
Grace Children’s Education team and church members partner with Hope Academy throughout the year.
We pray for them weekly in front of the school building, while also helping to encourage the staff with Scripture cards. Prayer time begins at 7:45 AM on Monday mornings. We bring goodies for their staff meeting and provide them with a luncheon during Teacher’s Appreciation Week.

If you would like to join in any of these efforts in loving this school, please contact the church office at 217-429-5374.

Sunday School
Each week our children are able to discover Jesus’ love for them and grow in their faith through our Anchored Kids and Sunday School ministries for children in Kindergarten to 5th grade. These ministries provide a fun learning environment to help children engage in God’s word through Bible verse learning, songs, crafts, videos, games, and lessons. Our children’s ministry has different programs throughout the year aside from weekly gatherings on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings. We can always use more helpers in this area – Christ-loving adults who love children.

Nursery
We have a fully-equipped nursery during Sunday morning worship. We can always use more helpers in this area as well.