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 to make it fresh and immerse the kids into the Living Word of God.
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 opportunity that God has blessed them with. Their backgrounds deeply rooted in the Nazarene church and education are a tribue to God truly equipping those He has called.
Happening Now
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Happening Now ---
In this 6-week series we are learning all the events leading up to the GREATEST moment in Christianity….EASTER SUNDAY!!
Week 1 - Den of Robbers - Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers. We are learning about Honoring and Respecting God.
Week 2 - Two Reactions - Mary washes Jesus feet with her hair. Judas agrees to betray Jesus.
Week 3 - In Remembrance of Me - Jesus shows that we lead by serving as He washs the disciples’ feet. We also learn the importance of community as they share in the Last Supper.
Week 4 - The Only Way - Jesus appears before Pilate is beaten and is sentenced to be crucified. Jesus went willingly knowing that death and resurrection was the only salvation from our sin once and for all.
Week 5 - All Hail the King - Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. The people were so excited for His arrival and just a short time later would plot and celebrate His death.
Week 6 - Easter Sunday - we will learn how Jesus suffered and died to take away the sin of the world. We will celebrate His resurrection marking the conquering of sin and the grave.
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!!