Children’s Ministry

Children's Worship meets September through May. Children ages 3-4 are dismissed during the morning worship service to the children's worship center. Contact Melanie Beckman for more information.

This fall, Sunday School will start on September 11. During the school year, they will meet downstairs in the Children’s Center following the morning service. They will be dismissed from there to their classes and will be released to parents at 11:45am.

Teacher: Beth Vanden Broek
Assistants: Melanie Beckman & Rachel Mitchell

The goal of the Calvinist Cadet Corps is to provide Christian men with a structure, program, and materials that are uniquely designed to help boys grow spiritually in all areas of life - devotional, mental, physical, and social. May our men and boys truly be Christ-like as we are "Living for Jesus." They meet on Wednesday Activity Nights throughout the school year for boys 1st grade—8th grade.

They will take part in a yearly service project of raking leaves and end their year with the annual Pinewood Derby—which will be open to ALL members of the congregation!

Counselors: Nick Hoekstra, Tom Pifer, Aidan Hollebeek, Jack Allen.
Contact cadets@centralavecrc.org

GEMS Girls’ Club meets on Wednesday Activity Nights throughout the school year for girls 1st grade - 8th grade.

Their theme for the 2023-2024 season is “Rise Up: Lessons from Queen Esther.” Through "Rise Up", girls will learn Queen Esther was more than an orphan or a beauty queen. She was a girl who put her hope in God, which changed everything for her and God’s people.

Girls will also will also take part in the annual service project of packing shoe-boxes for Operation Christmas Child.

Head Counselor: Kris Bruinsma

Counselors: Susan Urbytes, Amy Sterenberg, Margo Hoekstra

Craft Helper: Hope Bruinsma

Contact: gems@centralavecrc.org

Learn more about our Wednesday Night Activities here.