Downtown

Welcome to adventurous Downtown……. The home of Noah’s Landing and The Farmer’s Market, ministry areas designed to meet the age-appropriate needs of children aged newborn through pre-K, and G.R.A.C.E. Kids, a unique ministry designed for children with special needs. Explore Downtown and just imagine, from a child’s perspective, how fun and inviting it is. Come on, let’s go!

Once you arrive in Downtown, follow Downtown Boulevard to The Farmer’s Market. Here you’ll find Garden Lane, with a colorful English-garden welcome station and Tractor Trail, where a tractor has placed hay bales to form an information station.

The cozy, country setting of The Farmer’s Market is home to pre-schoolers from 3 through pre-K. Their bright eyes and eager minds are like fertile soil for the seeds of Christ’s love. Every week they are entertained with songs, puppet shows, and stories which cultivate a desire to grow in a relationship with God.

At the end of Downtown Boulevard, you’ll find Ark Avenue, and a passageway into Noah’s Landing, where even the youngest will embark on a journey with Jesus! Just as Noah cared for the animals in the Ark, Noah’s Landing babies and toddlers are lovingly cared for by people with a heart for God’s precious children. Here, they learn, play, and sleep in areas specially equipped to meet their needs.

At the corner of Downtown Boulevard and Garden Lane you’ll find a classroom dedicated to our G.R.A.C.E. Kids ministry (God Reaching All Children Everywhere). G.R.A.C.E. Kids focus on ministering to children with special needs by providing a unique introduction to the love Jesus Christ reserves just for them! (a pre-assessment is required prior to placing your special child in this class so that we will know how to best minister to his/her needs).

While visiting Downtown, don’t miss:

The Changing Station provides full diaper-changing facilities for up to six babies at once! We encourage parents to visit this room prior to dropping off your little one to see if a "change" in needed. (corner of Downtown Blvd. And Ark Ave.)

The Filling Station offers nursing moms a quiet, comfortable place to nurse their babies and view a live, closed-circuit broadcast of the worship service (access through the Changing Station)

The Lullaby Room is part of our nursery suite. It offers our sleeping babies a quiet, comfortable spot to snooze. (Room C1087)

Noah’s Playground A soft indoor playground for toddlers to play and explore indoors. (Room C1072)

One-way Mirrored Windows in Noah’s Landing rooms allow parents to check on babies and toddlers without being "caught".

Child-size Bathrooms in each pre-school room (Farmer’s Market) feature split "Dutch" doors to provide both privacy and monitored adult supervision.