Four boys are sitting in the sand, smiling at the camera. They are under a makeshift shelter made from fabric or tarpaulin. One boy is wearing glasses, and they appear to be playing or working together in an outdoor setting.

Building
GOd’s creation:

A hands-on experience with God's earth

Explore our multigenerational interactive
4-week Christian Education Series launching Summer 2026.

A partnership between

Logo for Transformational Creation Care with green cross and text
Logo for Park Avenue United Methodist Church featuring a stylized outline of houses and a cross, with the church's name in bold letters.

During June and July, our kids and teens have something exciting planned for Sunday mornings—and we’d love your help! Building God’s Creation is a hands-on exploration of Genesis 1, where we’ll discover how God brings life out of lifelessness. Each week, we’ll work to transform one of our rooms into a growing, interactive representation of creation as our story unfolds. We’re looking for artists, creatives, and builders of all kinds to be part of this project—you won’t want to miss it! For more information, email Pastor Annie at anntaylor@parkavechurch.org

Interactive

✳︎

Explore

✳︎

Build

✳︎

4 Weeks

✳︎

Intergenerational

*

Interactive ✳︎ Explore ✳︎ Build ✳︎ 4 Weeks ✳︎ Intergenerational *

Meet the team

Black and white photo of smiling man with short hair, wearing a dark shirt, against a solid light background.

Dr. Jon Urban

Jon Urban, PhD, is a practicing scientist and engineer with extensive church leadership experience and is currently a Methodist Lay Speaker. His current project, Transformational Creation Care , is intended to shepherd churches facing modern problems toward sustainable abundance. Jon met his wife, Carla, in the Park Avenue Church parking lot. Two kids later, the Urban family has spent a lot of time in church, at church events and trips, and even on the church roof.

Black and white portrait of a smiling woman with long hair, wearing a floral headband

Rev. Annie Taylor

Diagram demonstrating the water cycle with labeled stages: land, water, plants, animals, sky; showing mountains, trees, a river, birds, and animals including antelopes and a lion under sunlight.

Follow along and explore the project!

(weekly updates coming soon…)

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Get In Touch!

If you're interested in participating, we’d love to hear from you!