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Summer Camps

Camps play a large role in our children’s ministry program and are offered each summer in a variety of forms. Scholarships are available for all camps.

Creation Camp

June 23-27, Monday-Friday

Register by June 1. Questions? Contact colin@faithatfirst.com .

First Church’s Children’s and Youth Ministry programs are returning to Camp Wesley Woods in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, June 23-27, 2024. Join us for an extended five-day overnight camp experience suitable for children and youth entering grades 2-8 in the fall of 2025 as together we seek to create life-giving relationships and life-changing memories.

Faith in the Wild: VBS

August 11-14, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m

Register before August 1

“Faith in the Wild” is an environmentally rooted Vacation Bible School program inspiring children to explore their place and relationships in creation. Through imaginative Bible storytelling and outdoor, immersive study of trees, water, birds, bugs and conservation, children will uncover elements of wildness and rootedness within and how experiences of wilderness can help us cultivate a deep and lasting connection with God.

Featuring daily ecological expeditions, multi-sensory activities, and special guests in partnership with the Evanston Ecology Center, Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary and more, families with children entering kindergarten through grade 4 won’t want to miss this free half-day program, with snacks and lunch provided!

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Children’s Service and Fellowship

Children in Action

Be yourself, not by yourself, and join us for Children in Action!

Children in grades 1-6 are invited to team up and jump into faithful service, with games, fellowship, and various mission and outreach activities working (and playing!) toward social justice. Plus, lunch is provided at no cost. Children in Action meets once a month on Sundays from 12-1:30 p.m.

First Steps to Faith

Children ages 0-3 and their parents gather once a month in the church nursery. Featuring stories, songs, snacks and play, this a special time for parents and caregivers to connect and grow in God’s love with our youngest disciples.

Family Events

Our children’s ministry program believes that children’s and family ministry go hand in hand. We work to support children and families in their shared journeys of discipleship and routinely offer family events such as Messy Church, First Wednesday Potluck, seasonal family workshops, parent groups and more.

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