Ministries for Children

Awana is a national ministry which teaches verse memorization and large group lessons. In addition, each meeting contains a game time. Awana meets Wednesday nights from 6:25 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and is open to children aged 3 through 6th grade.

If you would like more details on Awana, please feel free to contact the church office to ask specific questions.

Each Sunday morning, Walnut Creek Community Church has sunday school classes for children from age 3 through 5th grade. The goal of our Sunday school program is to teach children the truth found in the Bible starting at a young age. Our Sunday school classes are a fun way for children grow in their knowledge of God.

Upward is a national program that teaches character, self-esteem, biblical lessons, sportsmanship, teamwork, and the fundamentals of the game. Nationally, there are over 400,000 kids involved in Upward leagues. In every Upward league, every child is a winner. All participants have equal playing time and teams are divided equally to maximize every child’s opportunity to learn and thrive in soccer, basketball or cheerleading. For more information about Upward visit www.upward.org.

More information available at: Upward Sports

Each Summer, since 2005, Walnut Creek has sponsored a children’s soccer league in central Des Moines. The Central City Soccer league provides an opportunity for church members to volunteer and for children in the area to develop their soccer skills in an environment that encourages good sportsmanship and honorable character.

More information available at: Central City Soccer