Workshop Rotation at Abington Presbyterian Church

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Abington Presbyterian Church Gets New Computers for Kids

With the help of an anonymous donor this fall, Abington Presbyterian Church purchased and installed brand new computers for their already top-of-the-line Church School computer lab. Children from Kindergarten through sixth grade use computers with Bible-based software as part of their Sunday school studies. Since its inception, the computer lab has become one of the most popular features of the Sunday morning program.

”We are so thankful for the opportunity to teach our children the biblical story using new technology”, said The Reverend Scott D. Nowack, Associate Pastor for Education at Abington Church. “These new teaching tools will certainly enhance our ability to share the Gospel with our children. It’s a win-win!”

Established in 2001, the computer lab is part of a rotation model of learning that allows kids to move to a different activity each week while following one biblically-based theme for 4-7 weeks. In addition to the computer lab, the workshops include storytelling, movie viewing, craft making, drama, music, dance, and many more. The rotation model allows kids to learn the same concept in a variety of ways and addresses differing learning styles in young children.

When the computer lab was established, the computers were donated by different families in the church. “They were all different,” said Nowack about the older model computers. “Each of them ran on different operating systems. This made it difficult to run many of the educational software programs our teachers needed to use.” Something needed to be done, but the cost of replacing the computers was too much.

That’s when Pastor Scott received an unexpected phone call. “The voice on the phone said their family wanted to buy all new computers for our church school computer lab. I was speechless! I couldn’t believe it! What a marvelous gift!” Within a few weeks, the new computers arrived just in time for Christmas.

The church has more plans for the lab in the future. “The Bible says that to whom much has been given, much is expected. To be good stewards of our resources, we will explore additional educational opportunities to help people of all ages in our church family and our community.”

Abington Presbyterian Church
On the corner of Old York & Susquehanna Roads
Abington, PA 19001
215-887-4530
www.apcusa.org