Island kids from four years through sixth grade are invited to attend weekly Pioneer Clubs at Orcas Island Community Church this school year.

Clubs will be divided by age into Skippers (ages four and five); Scooters (kindergarten); Voyagers (first and second grade); Pathfinders (third and fourth grade); and Trailblazers (fifth and sixth grade). The clubbers will spend 20 minutes at rotations for skill-building activities, games, Bible exploration, and Bible memory and prayer.

Churches across the U.S. host Pioneer Clubs for kids in their communities. The curriculum is provided by Pioneer Ministries of Wheaton, Illinois, which has been leading clubs for kids since 1939.

OICC has chosen to offer Pioneer Clubs again this year because the program focuses on all the areas in which children grow: social, physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Pioneer Clubs is non-competitive, allowing all children to succeed and feel included; it offers a wide range of skill-building activities like crafts, games, baking, music, drama, carpentry and more; and its flexibility can accommodate busy families.

Clubs will run every Monday that school is in session, from 6 to 7:20 p.m., September 28 through the month of May. On kickoff night, Monday, Sept. 28, children will register for clubs and a dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. The first club meeting will start at 6 p.m.

Families can register at the Orcas Island Community Church office or online at www.orcaschurch.org. For more information on Pioneer Clubs, call 376-6422 or visit http://www.pioneerclubs.org/.