Welcome to the SCC Children's Ministries page! Here you will find resources for VBS as well as other children's ministry-related documents to help you in your ministry.
The mission of Children's Ministries is Empowering Leaders. Impacting Kids. (www.childmin.org)
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The first of two Children’s Ministries trainings this year took place at San Gabriel Academy, offering NAD Track 3 certification to more than 100...
Get ready for VBS this summer! Our Children's Ministries team recently organized a VBS workshop that included training for two different VBS programs. Watch...
Attendees participated in various activities throughout the training, such as icebreakers, an interactive storytelling challenge, worship through music and...
205 attendees, 37 churches represented
On Friday evening Jaime and Jenny Heras shared the philosophy, dynamics and components of our Adventist Sabbath School curriculum for children: Gracelink. Sherri Uhrig and Gerry Lopez from the NAD Children's Ministries Department taught the class of ministry description for Sabbath school leaders and teachers.
On Sabbath there were four trainings:
Presenters
We are thankful to all the experts in Sabbath School that taught all the Master classes. They demonstrated their talent and expertise, but above all their passion for sharing the gospel to children:
january 11-14
NAD Children’s Ministry Retreat
Greensboro, NC
january 27-29
Pathfinder TLT Weekend
White Memorial Weekend
february 12
Group VBS Workshop Training by Group
NAD VBS Workshop Training by SCC
February 19
2023 NAD Certification for Pastors & First Elders
Vallejo Drive Church
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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February 25
Pathfinder Convocation
White Memorial Church
10:00 a.m.
March 18
Adventurer Rally
3:30 p.m.
April 16
Pathfinder Fair
May 19-21
Adventurer Club Family Camp
September 15-17
Pathfinder Honor Camp
Camp Cedar Falls
October 6-8
Pathfinder Leadership Convention
Camp Cedar Falls
October 13
GraceLink
In Person & virtual (English & Spanish)
October 13-14
Children's Ministries Training
San Gabriel Academy
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Click here to register
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October 14
A Day in Sabbath School: SS Master Classes (English & Spanish) / Model Children's Church Program / Go Fish: Spiritual Gift Lab for Kids
All day
October 15
Adventurer Leadership Day Training
December 3-5
Journey to Bethlehem
San Gabriel Academy
6:00 p.m.
TBD
Adventurer Fun Day
By club-family any day of club year.
COVID-19 Resources
Do you have questions about VBS or children's ministry?
Contact us at children@sccsda.org.
Jaime Heras
Director
jheras@sccsda.org
Jenny Martin-Heras
Departmental Assistant
EHeras@sccsda.org
Bob Cañete
Asian-Pacific Region
Sierra Hathorne
Greater L.A. Region
Avangie Guzman
Hispanic Region
Audrey Zorek
L.A. Metro Region
Sarah Grover
West Region
The Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists exists to exalt Christ by serving its diverse communities through networked and creatively engaged churches and schools.
