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The program life of Fort Washington Collegiate Church is a vibrant one, continuously changing to better meet the needs of our congregation and the Washington Heights community. These are some of the programs at Fort Washington. To find out when these groups meet or how to get involved, please call the church office at (212) 568-4014.
Children's Sunday Worship & Nursery
Children and youth then move into the
sanctuary at 10:30 am,
sitting with parents and friends to begin our worship celebration. After our call to worship and opening songs,
all the kids are invited to join our trained teachers and volunteers
for their
worship and learning activities… Nursery: Little ones up to age 3 Our nursery offers loving care provided by a nurturing staff starting at 9:30 am. Parents can then pick up their children immediately following our worship celebration. Children and Worship: ages 3 — 4 Children hear and see biblical stories in a way that allows them to enter into them and form responses out of their own life experiences using small wooden figures and various art materials. Godly Play: K — 3rd grade In their own worship center, children gather to experience the stories of the Bible in a multi-sensory way and respond using art materials. Godly Time: 4th — 6th grade Children continue their exploration of the parables of Jesus as well as explore other stories of the Bible in a thought-provoking and creative environment. Confirmation: 7th — 8th grade Confirmation provides faith formation for youth seeking a deeper commitment to God and their faith community. Young people gain a fuller acquaintance with the Christian faith and learn to express their knowledge of God in tangible ways such as planning and leading worship, and visiting other churches. Seeds of Hope: 9th — 12th grade Seeds of Hope is a Christian Education and spiritual formation group seeking to acquaint youth with an understanding of the Christian faith that would inspire self-realization, personal transformation and communal mobilization. Participants engage in leading and planning worship, sharing with youth in other worship settings and developing leadership skills. Teens encounter Holy Scripture from a modern perspective and are challenged to apply their knowledge to daily living. Youth CANDO! Leadership Initiative 9th — 12th grade Youth CANDO! is a youth leadership initiative that utilizes the talents and abilities of teens by developing their leadership and mentoring skills and allowing them to provide constructive fun and loving care for younger children. Teens work alongside adults and take on the responsibility of providing children, ages 5 to 13, with fun-filled structured activities during our Kidz Korner fellowship time.
Sunday WorshipREGULAR SUNDAY
SCHEDULE 9:30 -
10:15 Adult
Education 10:45
- 11:45 Worship 11:45
- 12:15 Fellowship Time 12:15
- 1:15 Special
Events, Luncheons, Adult Bible Study & Education ProgramNoon Bible Study: Wednesdays, 7:00 PM
Christian Women's FellowshipMeetings Once a Month
Vacation Bible SchoolOne-week Summer Bible Program for elementary
aged
children.
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Thrift Sale
First Friday and Saturday of each
month.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Kindly call the church office for more information - 212-568-4014
Youth Group
Youth Group – Activities for Young People
X-Press Power: 9th — 12th grade
This creative arts program is for young people who seek to cultivate dynamic self-expression through dramatic performance, dance, songwriting and visual arts. Youth will explore their personal identity by cultivating creativity, communication and cooperation; and will share their talents through a number of public performances.
Mondays, 4:00—7:00 pm
Strong In Grace: 9th — 12th grade
Strong in Grace is a community of youth who gather to develop leadership skills, enhance social-political awareness and engage in service projects for social change. Young people are empowered to build confidence, improve communication, gain self-awareness, and inspire positive change in themselves and others.
Wednesdays, 6:00—9:00 pm
It’s A Girls’ World: 9th — 12th grade
This program seeks to help teen women develop a positive self image, strong sense of identity, responsibility, self-esteem and a sense of achievement and leadership abilities. As teen women transition into young womanhood, we provide them with mentors who guide, model supportive and responsible behavior, listen, share life stories, and offer exciting opportunities through workshops, cultural trip, retreats, leadership training and community service projects. This program begins in November and runs through May.
Thursdays, 6:30—8:00 pm
Venture Prep: 5th — 8th grade
Venture Prep is a program for younger girls that encourage leadership, community involvement, and environmental awareness. Adult volunteer leadership helps girls learn to work as a team to tackle anything from a 10-mile hike to a community service project.
Saturdays, 12 noon —2:00 pm
SUNDAY
MORNING
PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Every Sunday Morning beginning at 10:45 am
Confirmation: 7th — 8th grade
Confirmation provides faith formation for youth seeking a deeper commitment to God and their faith community. Young people gain a fuller acquaintance with the Christian faith and learn to express their knowledge of God in tangible ways such as planning and leading worship, and visiting other churches.
Seeds of Hope: 9th — 12th grade
Seeds of Hope is a Christian Education and spiritual formation group seeking to acquaint youth with an understanding of the Christian faith that would inspire self-realization, personal transformation and communal mobilization. Participants engage in leading and planning worship, sharing with youth in other worship settings and developing leadership skills. Teens encounter Holy Scripture from a modern perspective and are challenged to apply their knowledge to daily living.
Food Pantry
Our food pantry is available to those members
of our
community
who are in need of essential food items.
Donations are accepted during regular office hours, M-F 10:00 - 6:00.
Narcotics Anonymous
Saturdays 10:00am
Narcotics Anonymous sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous Program of the late 1940s, with meetings first emerging in the Los Angeles area of California, USA, in the early Fifties. The NA program started as a small US movement that has grown into one of the world's oldest and largest organizations of its type.
NA's earliest self-titled pamphlet, known among members as "the White Booklet," describes Narcotics Anonymous this way:
"NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We . meet regularly to help each other stay clean. ... We are not interested in what or how much you used ... but only in what you want to do about your problem and how we can help."
Membership is open to all drug addicts, regardless of the particular drug or combination of drugs used. When adapting AA's First Step, the word "addiction" was substituted for "alcohol," thus removing drug-specific language and reflecting the "disease concept" of
addiction.
There are no social, religious, economic, racial, ethnic, national, gender, or class-status membership restrictions. There are no dues or fees for membership.
Narcotics Anonymous provides a recovery process and support network inextricably linked together. One of the keys to NA's success is the therapeutic value of addicts working with other addicts. Members share their successes and challenges in overcoming active addiction and living drug-free productive lives through the application of the principles contained within the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of NA. These principles are the core of the Narcotics Anonymous recovery program.
Principles incorporated within the steps
include:
. admitting there is a problem;
. seeking help;
. engaging in a thorough self-examination;
. confidential self-disclosure;
. making amends for harm done; and
. helping other drug addicts who want to recover.
Narcotics Anonymous meets regularly at Fort Washington Collegiate
Church on Saturday mornings from 10:00am until noon.
For more information about NA, please visit their website at:
http://www.na.org
Scouts
Boy Scouts
Fridays, 6:00 PM
Cub Scouts
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 PM
Venture Prep
Saturdays,12 PM
Concerts in the Heights
Call church office (212) 568-4014 for more details.
Once a month - The Second week of the
month. Wednesdays at Noon and
Thursdays 8 PM
Neighborhood Shoppe
Thursdays, 9:30 AM to noon.
Tuesday Toddler Playgroup
Tuesday Mornings
9:30 - 11:30 am
Rain or shine
Outside in the garden or
inside our fellowship hall and playrooms.
Come join the fun and sing songs
and hear stories and play, play, play
with other little children in our neighborhood.
All families are welcome!
This program is free and open to all children 3 years of age and younger who come to play accompanied by a parent of adult caregiver.
Call Troy Schremmer at 212-568-4014 x. 224 for more information
Fort Washington Collegiate Church 729 West 181 Street, NYC 10033 | 212-568-4014 | 212-568-4741(fax)