Churches Partner With Schools To Host Daytime Bible Program

February 11, 2023205 views0

Churches Partner With Schools To Host Daytime Bible Program

2023-02-11T11:38:39+01:00

By Marie

Harvest Church is one of the latest Pennsylvania congregations partnering with local elementary schools to host a “Bible2School” program designed to teach children about the Bible and the Gospel during the school day.Each Wednesday, volunteers from the Harvest Church take nearly 50 kids from West Hills Primary School to the church campus during the students’ consecutive lunch and recess periods.The hour-long program includes a large group teaching time while the students eat lunch, a small group time featuring crafts and a lesson review as well as a closing time of worship complete with memory verses.Megan Caporali, children’s ministry director at Harvest Church and overseer of the “Bible2School” program, told Baptist Press the outreach is designed for children who may not be familiar with the Bible or the Gospel.“We were targeting the families in which the kids may not ever get to attend church, but could attend this during the school day,” Caporali said.“We don’t assume that the kids are coming in knowing any of the things we’re teaching, so it is a little bit different than a Sunday School in that we start more basic.”Caporali teaches during the program’s large group time, which focuses on foundational theological truths such as what the Bible is, what the Bible is about and how God created the world.She explained most of the parents marked on their child’s registration that the family did not regularly attend a church. This has not stopped the kids from eating up the lessons.“The kids seem to really enjoy the program and they are learning a lot,” Caporali said. “It has been really cool to see these students who have never heard anything about Jesus, the Bible or have never even been to church before, and now they love coming to this.“During our reviews of the previous week, I noticed at first that very few students would raise their hands to answer, but now it’s like I don’t know who to call on because they all have their hands raised to answer. It’s been really cool to see them grow and become more confident and know things about the Bible that they didn’t know before.”Bible2School began in Lancaster, Pa., and aims to provide biblical materials designed to teach the Gospel to public school children.ALSO READ Christian Music Band Announces New Children’s Book