Maureen Harshman
Director of Children & Family Ministry
maureen@allentownpresbyterian.org

R.O.C.K. provides an opportunity for children to build and strengthen friendships with other Christians making church feel like a friendly, comfortable place to be and encouraging life-long participation in the Christian community.

R.O.C.K. (Rock on Christian Kids!)

R.O.C.K. is a fellowship program for children in 3rd-5th grade. From September through May, we gather from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday evening to share fun and friendship while playing games, making crafts, learning a Bible lesson, eating, and, either singing or working on service projects!

 

A typical evening of R.O.C.K.

5:00: Game

5:15: Bible Study

5:35: Craft

6:00: Dinner

6:30-7:30: Choose to be a “Choir Kid” or a “Caring Kid"

 

Choir Kids

Learn fun, worship songs; prepare to lead worship; participate in annual church musical.

 

Caring Kids

Learn about service/mission opportunities on local, national, and international levels. Develop sense of empathy, generosity, and teamwork.

The objectives of the Caring Kids program are:

• To raise caring kids by overcoming obstacles of greed, suspicion, and lack of trust.
• To instill ideals of empathy, generosity, justice, and righteousness.
• To develop skills such as persuasiveness, marketing, teamwork, and citizenship, among others.

 

ROCK Spring musical:
"Holy Moses!"

The ROCK Choir  program from APC invites you to join the cast of "Trading Places" at a Hebrew home and an Egyptian palace where Page Turner, Hildi Vine, Frank Incense and Ty Kwando assist kids in discovering the story of Moses. But there's no redesigning history in this musical as kids learn about the plagues, the Passover, the Exodus and the Ten Commandments through clever lyrics and memorable music. As in his own life, the emphasis of this musical is not on Moses, but the God of Moses -- the Great I AM! 

Evening Performance: Friday, May 21 at 7:30 PM
Sunday Performances:  May 23 at 8:30 AM and 11:00 AM

What Kids Are Saying About R.O.C.K.

“R.O.C.K. makes me feel close to God.”

“I learned things in R.O.C.K. that help me make better decisions in everyday life!”

“It’s a fun and spiritual place to sing.”

“All the dinners are great!”

“R.O.C.K. has meant everything to me because I got to learn about God.”

“R.O.C.K helps me learn the message of God in a fun way!”