Nursery #1 (until age 2)
Nursery #2 (age 2 through Pre-K)
Classes #1, #2, & #3 Three age-level groups in the activity-based God's Awesome
Place, or G.A.P. (K-1st, 2nd-3rd &4th-5th grades)
Class #4 (Middle School -- 6th, 7th, 8th grades)
Class #5 (High School -- 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grades)
Class #6 (Mixed Adults)
Class #7 (Mixed Adults)
Class #8 (Mixed Adults)
Class #9 (Women)
Class #10 (Women)
Class #11 (Men)
Class #12 (Young adults and those who prefer a more discussion-style
Sunday school)
Try them out and find the one that best fits you!
Worship (Sundays at 11am):
Worship with word and music, all ages.
Children's Church starts midway through regular worship service, twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month. Children from the ages of 4 to 12 are invited to engage in age-appropriate Bible Study, with songs, games, crafts, and lessons as a way to provide additional learning of God's Word at a child's level.
Sunday Night Programs:
Bible Adventure Club for children ages 3-11. Meets the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sundays of most months (taking a break in the summer.) The children learn Bible stories, make crafts, play games, and have a snack. Each year they perform in the Christmas program.
United Methodist Youth Fellowship (UMYF) for youth ages 12 through high school. Meets the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sundays of most months (taking a break in the summer.) Fellowship time, eating time, sports, and devotional time. In the past they have gone skiing, to the Tweetsie Ghost Train, attended Pilgramage, gone to football games, built a Memorial Prayer Garden, attended Judgment House, performed Celebrity Concerts, and conducted a haunted trail. They conduct Worship Service on Youth Sunday and perform a Christmas play each year.
Periodically there are specific topic Bible studies for adults on Sunday nights, lasting several weeks.
Smyrna Church loves Christian music!
Music Ministries:
Visits the rest home on the third Saturday of each month, to sing with the
residents there.
Concert Choir: A special occasion Adult Choir. They do a Christmas Cantata each
year, sometimes an Easter Cantata.
Youth Choir: For 10 year olds through high school who love to sing and want to use
their talents for the Lord! They sing throughout the year and do a
Cantata at Christmas.
Children's Choir: Children under age 12, singing songs they have learned in Bible
Adventure or Bible School.
Instrumental Ministry: Piano and organ regularly, often accompanied by violin and
the Concert Band that preforms at Christmas.
Special Music: Individuals and groups from within the church lift musical praise to God
during Worship Services throughout the year.
Concert Ministry: Brings in outside groups for concerts about twice a year, to spread
the word of Jesus in music. Concerts are often love offering events.
Past performances included The Greenes, The Harvesters, Jeff and
Sheri Easter, The Talley Trio, and Brian Free and Assurance.
United Methodist Men:
Meets 7am on the second Sunday of each month for breakfast and devotions. They support ministries and
United Methodist Women:
Meets 7pm on the Tuesday after the second Sunday of each month for fellowship and a lesson. Throughout the year UMW support various ministries, local and worldwide, and lift up church family members through stressful times.
help with various needs.
Resource Ministry:
Church Library: Open immediately after worship service each Sunday, so that materials can be checked out. Library materials include historical archives of the church, books on many subjects for adults, and religious books and videos for children.
CD Ministry:
Provides CD players, if needed, and weekly CDs of Sunday Worship Services to those unable to make it to church.
Vacation Bible School:
In the summer with groups for all ages -- even adults! VBS has a mix of activities -- singing, crafts, outdoor games, lessons, snacks. Older youth usually take the Backyard Busters on the road during Bible School.
Other Ministries and Programs:
Backyard Busters: Teenagers provide work throughout the community
several times a year, helping with yardwork, washing windows, cleaning
and beautifying, etc.
Harvest Son Festival: A time of fellowship and praise, held each year in the
fall, with barbeque, music, and games for kids.
Spiritual Tables: An annual event designed to bring Bible verses to life via the
decorations placed on each dinner table. After viewing all tables each
guest is treated to a great dinner and entertainment. Attending Spiritual
Tables will make you look at Bible verses in a totally different manner.
Robbins Area Christian Ministries (RACM): Smyrna joins
other area churches to show the love of Christ through outreach in our
community. RACM helps with assistance for those in need, staffing a thrift
store, collecting food for the Food Bank, community-wide Thanksgiving
and Easter services, and area high school Baccalaureate Service for
graduating seniors.
Operation Christmas Child: We participate actively in this ministry of
Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse. We provide gifts in a shoe box for
children thoughout the world at Christmas time, sending Jesus into the
world as the best gift of all. We are encouraged to "pray as we pack"
each box, and spend an evening together as a church packing boxes and
sharing a meal. Boxes are prayerfully dedicated during Worship Service.
There is also often a group from our church making a trip to the regional
Operation Christmas Child facility to help.
JOY Circle (Jesus . . . Others . . . Yourself): A group of
women, all ages, coming together for workouts, fellowship, bible study
and outreach in our church and community, working our minds, bodies,
and souls. Workout Classes are scheduled at various times.
