{"id":2499,"date":"2023-11-08T17:08:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T22:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portagefaith.preview.do01.spirecloud.net\/?page_id=2499"},"modified":"2024-01-08T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T17:54:13","slug":"children-youth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/children-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"CHILDREN &#038; YOUTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:1;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><h1>Children &amp; Youth<\/h1>\n<p>Portage Faith Church offers Children &amp; Youth the following programs during Sunday Worship Services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Nursery Care<\/strong> is available for children ages 4 and under during Worship Services. Guests desiring to use this service will be directed to the Nursery Room by an Usher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Children&#8217;s Church<\/strong> is offered during <a href=\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/worship\/\">Worship Services<\/a> for children in Grades K-5. At the appropriate time during the Worship Service, children are directed by an Usher to the Children&#8217;s Church room just off the Sanctuary. Children&#8217;s Church is not held the 1st Sunday of each month to encourage children to participate in Holy Communion with their parents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Youth Confirmation Classes<\/strong> are offered for children and youth in Grades 5 \u2013 12 in years when a sufficient class size of students can be gathered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:20px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element sm-text-align-center\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-max-width:1024px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" title=\"PF11.pexels-yan-krukau-8613057\" src=\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PF11.pexels-yan-krukau-8613057.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PF11.pexels-yan-krukau-8613057.jpeg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-1990\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27853%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201280%20853%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27853%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PF11.pexels-yan-krukau-8613057-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PF11.pexels-yan-krukau-8613057-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PF11.pexels-yan-krukau-8613057-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PF11.pexels-yan-krukau-8613057-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PF11.pexels-yan-krukau-8613057-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PF11.pexels-yan-krukau-8613057.jpeg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:1;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;\"><p>Portage Faith also offers a variety of events for Children &amp; Youth to enjoy \u2013 including our annual Christmas Play, our Living Christmas Card event, Trunk or Treat, Easter Bunny visits with an Egg Hunt, Vacation Bible School each summer, and pizza nights.<\/p>\n<p>Portage Faith volunteers who work directly with children and youth annually complete Safe Sanctuary training. A copy of our Safe Sanctuary policy is available by request from our <a href=\"mailto:pfumcoffice@gmail.com\">Church Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CHILDREN &amp; YOUTH - Portage Faith United Methodist Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/children-youth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CHILDREN &amp; YOUTH - Portage Faith United Methodist Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/children-youth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Portage Faith United Methodist Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-08T17:54:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/children-youth\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/children-youth\/\",\"name\":\"CHILDREN & YOUTH - Portage Faith United Methodist Church\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-08T22:08:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-08T17:54:13+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/children-youth\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/children-youth\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/children-youth\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/portagefaith.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CHILDREN &#038; 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