Children’s Director: Josh Hutton with his wife Kristie Hutton
At GLOW Kids we learn how God Lights Our Way through a world filled with darkness!
Our Mission:
GROW in our Faith
LEARN to Trust God
OBEY God’s Holy Word
WITNESS to other kids
Our Scripture is John 8:12b where Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the Light of Life.”
We meet on Sunday’s at 10 AM and Wednesday’s at 7 PM in the GLOW Zone and would love for you to join us!
We focus on lesson series that help apply Biblical principles to kid’s daily lives. Our goal is that they grow and share God’s love with their friends and families. We also decorate the GLOW Zone to match each lesson series that we are learning.
Josh and Kristie have been members of Apopka Calvary since the mid 1990’s. They are high school sweethearts and graduates of Apopka High School (Josh in 2002 and Kristie in 2003). They were married in May 2007 at Apopka Calvary. They have four daughters Aria, Brinlee, Caelyn and Dawsyn.
Josh is a 3rd generation pastor and graduated from Warner Southern College (now Warner University) in May of 2007 with a Bachelor’s in Church Ministry. Josh currently works at Apopka High School teaching in the Engineering Magnet.
Kristie graduated in December of 2007 from the University of Central Florida with her Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education. She has been teaching at Apopka Elementary School since 2009 and currently teaches 2nd grade.
Together they have been active in the church in many areas. They have both worked with the youth group since graduating high school. They have taught Sunday School classes for the 2’s and 3’s, worked in the nursery and helped in Children’s Church when Josh’s dad was the Children’s Pastor.
Josh and Kristie have always felt called to working with kids and youth and are ecstatic for this new opportunity that God has blessed them with. Their backgrounds deeply rooted in the Nazarene church and education are a tribue to God equipping those He has called.
In this 4-week series we are learning how God is calling us to live using 4 different types of penguins!
Week 1 - Gentoo Penguins are excellent at catching fish because of their speed. Jesus calls us to be fishers of men.
Week 2 - Emperor Penguins tower over the other penguins, but still waddle like the others. God wants us to be humble and put others first.
Week 3 - Galapagos Penguins live on the equator in the warmth. God wants us to have warm, loving hearts and not to be cold to others.
Week 4 - Rockhopper Penguins love hopping to rocky peaks. God wants us to keep our eyes on Jesus and not be distracted by the world.
Happening Now:
Upcoming Events
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Easter Sunday, April 5th
We will have an Easter lesson series leading up to our Easter Sunday celebration.
We are celebrating our risen Savior with a lesson, craft and an egg hunt for our preschool - 5th graders! Bring your friends for a great time.
All kids will leave with a goody bag of candy and goodies!
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Kids Camp 2026
Best Week Ever this year will be Saturday, Jun 6th - Tuesday, June 9th.
Early Registration is open now until January 31st. Make sure you register to secure your spot and your discount.
Camp is open for students who have completed Kindergarten through those who have completed 6th grade and are not yet 13.
You will need my email (pastorjoshapk@gmal.com) to register.
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VBS 2026
VBS will be Wednesday, June 24th - Sunday, June 28th.
We are still looking at all the options for VBS themes and will update when we have made the decision.
Stay tuned for our registration link and volunteer opportuniies!
GLOW Kids kick off Event
Silent Disco
Highlighter Coloring
Games and Pizza
Previous Events
Our Spaghetti Showdown Fundraiser and Family Sunday were a huge success! We want to thank everyone for coming and participating. Our GLOW Kids started off the service as greeters and handed out the bulletins, they served as ushers, recited TWO memory verses and did church clap and BIG House!
At lunch the GLOW Kids served salad, breadsticks, tea, lemonade, water spaghetti and cookies. We played Christian song BINGO, “What to Bring to Camp”, and had a great time.
We hope you enjoy our slideshow and we’ll see you at our next event!!
Easter Season:
Escape the Tomb Series, Palm Sunday and Resurrection Eggs

