Opportunities for Children at Westminster
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NaCoMe Camp and Conference Center Located in Pleasantville, Tennessee, NaCoMe serves both Middle Tennessee and Memphis Presbyteries. It offers retreat facilities (which Westminster uses for our annual all-church retreat) and summer camp opportunities for children. Visit www.nacome.org. During the Kindergarten year children participate with a parent in a series of special classes to help them prepare for corporate worship. Usually this is offered on Wednesday evenings during the five weeks of Lent at the children's choir time. Children learn prayers and responses, the order of worship, the place of the Bible in worship, and they tour the sanctuary. Parents learn how to encourage their children to participate, how to teach additional parts of the liturgy, and ways to help children feel engaged and welcome.
Third Grade Bibles Each September, usually on the third Sunday, Westminster presents children who have just begun the 3rd grade with a New Revised Standard Version Bible during the 8:30 worship service. Journey Through the Bible is an interactive event in the afternoon that same day to provide a way for 3rd graders and their families to learn about their new Bibles.
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