Leading worship

Children and youth learn the skills of leading worship from the earliest ages. At children-led worship services, children grow from handing out bulletins with Mom or Dad to ringing the gong and collecting the offering to reading scripture and participating in sermon puppet shows or processional pageants. Throughout the year, the Deacons invite children and youth to join the rota of worship leaders by playing instruments, singing with the choirs, reading scripture, and collecting the offering.  Let a Deacon know if a young CUCCer at your home would like to assist with worship.

Being together

The playground is the gathering place for young children and their parents after worship. This is a time for play and friendships while parents compare notes and make plans.

For youth fifth grade and up, youth group is the place to make friends and tackle larger projects.

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Fifth Sundays -- All Youth Group Sundays

Being the next generation of justice people

Through fourth grade, service projects are led by and done with adults. In ongoing projects the children have:

• collected school supplies for an orphanage in Chichicastenango, Guatemala,  visited our elders at Morningside
• Convalescent Center with valentines,
• collected children's books for WakeMed's children's department,
• and joined the Retired Peoples' Group in giving gifts to those who receive Meals on Wheels.

For youth fifth grade through high school, youth group is the place to make friends and tackle larger projects.  Youth choose and run their own service projects with adult support.

• Joining youth at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church's In Our Own Back Yard (IOOBY) camp this summer to spend a week caring for the environment. 
• Joining youth and adults from The Prince of Peace Episcopal Church to repair homes with Appalachia Service Project.
• Raising funds to help those with mental illness through the Walk for Hope.
• Preparing and serving meals at the Helen Wright Center for Women.
• A recent HUGE project: repairing CUCC's Pilgrim House basement after flood damage.