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Nursery Volunteers

By / Sundays at 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:30pm

All children who come through our doors experience loving care, a safe and encouraging environment, and early teaching about Jesus.



4 & 5 Year Old (Section 1) Bible School

By / Sundays at 9:00am, through June 2, 2024


Grade 4-5 Bible School

By / Sundays at 9:00am, through June 2, 2024


Evening Nursery

By / Sundays at 6:30pm

All children who come through our doors experience loving care, a safe and encouraging environment, and early teaching about Jesus.



Grade 2-3 Bible School

By / Sundays at 9:00am, through June 2, 2024


Grade 7 & 8 Bible School

By / Sundays at 9:00am, through June 2, 2024


Children & Youth Bible School

By / Sundays at 9:00am, through June 2, 2024

Teaching God’s Word to the Next Generation

Tenth’s Bible School for children and youth is a vital part of our ministry to the next generation. Bible School is held Sundays at 9 AM (with limited offerings at 11 AM) and 6:30 PM, providing something for every young person from the ages of 2 months to 18 years. Classes are divided by age or grade and are taught by competent and dedicated members from our congregation.

Children’s Bible School focuses on teaching children the truth of God’s Word to prepare them for ministry and personal witness in future years. In the early years lessons begin with an overview of both the Old and New Testaments, followed by more detailed stories, theology, and practical living applications in the later years. Lessons are accompanied by a robust memory work program including both scripture and catechism. For older students, we conduct an essay contest each year that gives them an opportunity to debate and explain a point of doctrine from the Westminster Confession of Faith.

Scripture Memory Program

Tenth’s Memory Work Program has been a feature of our Children’s Sunday School for more than 60 years. We understand that Bible memorization is a tool for making God’s word known to our covenant children. We hope and pray it helps them, “to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18).

Because it is much easier to absorb and retain the verses in youth than in later years, our Memory Work Program applies several basic principles:

  • Mastery of whole Bible passages and chapters
    The best approach to Bible memorization is for a child to learn longer and related passages of scripture over time so that the contextual meaning of each passage becomes apparent. This is more fruitful than memorizing dozens of important but unrelated verses which may be easily forgotten.
  • Sequential scope
    We gradually increase the length of passages over the course of the program. First graders, for example, begin to memorize Exodus 20. After they complete the passage in the later elementary years, they review the entire chapter. In the same way, children progressively memorize Romans 8. In the early years, they learn parts of a verse; then the entire verse; and finally, neighboring verses until the entire chapter is learned.
  • Developmentally appropriate, progressively accelerated pace
    Children’s ability to memorize increases with age. We aim to match the pace of memorization with their developmental ability. Our youngest children move slowly through verses and passages. We pick up the pace as children enter the elementary years while at the same time reviewing many of the earlier memorized passages.


First Corinthians: When the Church is Messy

By / Sundays at 9:00am, through November 26, 2023

Paul says the Church at Corinth is “Made Holy by Jesus Christ” but he writes to them because they asked him for help with problems that have arisen. They’re confronted by sexual chaos, manifestations of the Spirit, existing class distinctions and new divisions and heresies.  Paul’s response is to drive them back to the cross of Jesus: the wisdom of the cross is the way forward in life as the Body of Christ. As we look at Paul’s answers for Corinth, we will think practically how the cross disciples us with wisdom for us in Philadelphia.

Resources

  • Thiselton, Anthony The First Epistle to the Corinthians
  • Hays, Richard: First Corinthians: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching 

Schedule 

September 10: Intro: The City of Corinth; Acts: Paul in Corinth; “Someone else's mail”

September 17: 1:1-9 Greetings from Paul

September 24: 1: 10-31 Divisions in the church; Christ Crucified

October 1: 1 Cor 2 : The Wisdom of God 

October 8: 1 Cor 3: Building up or tearing down the Temple for the Spirit 

October 15: 1 Cor 4: Significance of Apostleship 

October 22: 1 Cor 5 Scandal: the scandal of tolerated impurity

October 29: 1 Cor 6 Scandal The Scandal of public lawsuits

November 5: 1 Cor 7: The Married and the Unmarried

November 12: 1 Cor 8: Food offered to Idols 

November 19: 1 Cor 9: Paul’s Apostleship and Freedom in Christ

December 26:  1 Cor 10: The Rock in the Wilderness 



Fall 2023

By / Sundays at 9:00am, through November 19, 2023


South Jersey Women

By / Thursdays at 10:00am