WOW! What a packed weekend here at Sparta Church! Out first Fall Festival was a wonderful time for families to enjoy this fall season  and fellowship together. Thank you to all the ministries and individuals that hosted activties, trunks and helped make this a wonderful afternoon! 

Thank you to our volunteers and families for a great Fall Healthy Kids Running Series! The weather may have been a challenge, but it was still a great series cheering on kids and families.   Want to help out or get your kids running? Join us next Spring!

Serving together is a great way  to show our kids how to follow Jesus. If you're looking for a way to serve as a family, consider serving as Greeters on Sunday morning! Greeters simply open the doors and greet people on Sunday mornings.  Your family couls serve at 9am or 10:30 service. Greeters beging opening the door 15 minutes before service and stay at the doors to greet until 15 minutes after the service starts. 

Have you heard?!? Our Toddler classroom is BACK this Fall!

Starting September 13th, we will be restarting our 2-3 year old classroom for both 9:00 and 10:30 service. During this time, your toddler will play, hear a Bible story, do an activity, sing songs and be loved on by our wonderful Toddler Team.

Love working with babies or  2-3 year olds? We need more helping hands to our Nursery and Toddler Room!
Email [email protected] for more info!

November 11th 6-7:30pm

Mark your calendars! It's almost time to begin packing Operation Christmas child shoe boxes. This is a great project to do as a family with your kids. You also could join us at our annual Packing Party!  At the packing party, we take time to decorate shoe boxes and learn more about the kids who will receive them. Then, kids will fill box for a child of the age and gender of their choosing. After packing boxes, we'll enjoy some cookies and milk! Join us for a evening of learning how to love others and serve together!

Wednesdays 6:30-8pm

Rangers is an activity-based, small-group  program for boys and young men in grades Kindergarten and up with a mission to evangelize, equip and empower the next generation of Christlike men and lifelong servant leaders.   Registration will open in Augst 2026 and meetings will begin in September. Rangers will meet every other Wednesday evening from 6:30- 8:00pm, beginning September 23rd. Please complete all the applicable information below. Our Ranger Leaders will be in touch with more information on the program and registration! Registration is open and closes October 1st!

Upward Basketball runs from January-March 2027 grades Kindergarten-6th.
Registration is now open!
Love to work with kids? We need coaches, Referees and snack shop 

Children's CORE classes are for ages 4 years old to 5th grade. Offered during our 9am Worship Service, CORE classes are meant to teach our kids  all about the God who loves us and reveals Himself in Scripture! They will be reading the Bible and memorizing Scripture. All ages will continue to follow the Answers in Genesis Curriculum and are synchronized (meaning your 5 year old and your 10-year-old will be covering the same portion of the Bible each week).  

CORE age groups and locations:
PreK (4-5 years old): Room 304
Kindergarten/1st Grade: Room 303
2nd/3rd Grade: Room 306
4th/5th Grade: Multipurpose Room

Check the Children's Ministry email each week to see what your kids are learning in CORE! 

Welcome! As far as culture goes, November has become an extension of the holiday marketing machine. The general theme of every email and ad seems to be: “Buy more and buy it earlier!” That’s why November is the perfect month for us to pause and focus on gratitude and thanksgiving through THE GREAT GRATITUDE CHALLENGE - Thanking God for every good thing. We’ll start by remembering all the amazing good gifts that God has already given to us—and how we always have something to be grateful for. We’ll also dig into what it means to have a heart of gratitude and to regularly express our thanks to God. After all, God even set aside special times for His people to worship and celebrate! And speaking of celebration— Advent begins on Week 5 of this month. We want kids to know they can thank God for the incredible hope that He gave us in sending Jesus!

 Every Good Gift Is from God - It’s so easy to forget that every sunrise, every bite of food, every breath of air is a gracious gift from God. Kids will explore how, when we focus on things that are right and lovely and excellent, instead of on what’s wrong, our hearts follow with thanks and gratitude. This week's Bottom Line, "I can thank God."

Justin and Lindsey Holcomb

God Made All of Me s an invaluable resource and beautifully illustrated story to help families talk about sensitive issues with two- to eight-year-old children. 

Kristen Jenson

 Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr. is a book for paretns to read with their young kids ages 3 to 8. Using gentle, age-appropriate messages, children will learn to Turn, Run & Tell when they are accidentally exposed to inappropriate content.
Good Pictures, Bad Pictures is a read-aloud story about a mom and dad who explain what pornography is, why it’s dangerous, and how to reject it. The 5-point CAN DO Plan teaches kids exactly what to do to protect their young minds when they see pornography. For older kids ages 6 and up.

Elizabeth Urbanowicz

This one's for you, parents! This how-to handbook equips you to talk about sex, gender, and the Bible with children between the ages of 4 and 12 with confidence and nuance. Inside you’ll find biblically grounded answers to some of Christian parents’ most common questions