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10:00am-11:00am
Preschool Class 3-6 years Room 3
Kinder-5th Room 2
Nursery Birth- 2 Years
Gateway Church offers nursery care for children from birth to age two during Sunday services. Our caring volunteers and staff provide a safe, clean, and welcoming environment so you can enjoy the service worry-free. With secure check-in and age-appropriate toys, your little ones are in good hands!
Gateway Kids is a fun, Christ-centered program for ages 3 through 5th grade. During Sunday services, kids enjoy Bible stories, hands-on activities, and time to connect with friends. Throughout the year, we also host events and meet-ups that help kids build friendships and grow in their faith. It’s a great place for children to feel known, valued, and part of the church family.
Awana at Gateway Church is a fun, Christ-centered program for kids ages 3 through 6th grade. Our 2025–2026 season runs Wednesday nights at 6:30pm, from September 3, 2025 to May 6, 2026. Each week includes Bible lessons, games, and activities that help kids grow in their faith.
Emily Holland brings energy, joy, and a heart full of faith to Gateway Church’s Children’s Ministry! A California native, Emily was born and raised in Pasadena, where her journey with Jesus began early. By 4th grade, she was already teaching Sunday School to preschoolers at her small Armenian Evangelical Church (yes, you read that right—4th grade!).
Emily’s passion for ministry kept growing, from serving in Awana and special needs ministry at PazNaz to eventually sensing God’s call to pastor His church. She earned her degree in Elementary and Special Education at Grand Canyon University, but just before graduating, God nudged her in a different direction: *not the classroom—*but the church. That leap of faith led her to a summer internship and then a pastoral role at PazNaz, where she served as the Family Life Associate Pastor and later as the Special Needs Pastor.
In 2020, during the uncertainty of the pandemic, God called Emily to a new church home—Gateway! A year later, she completed her Master’s in Pastoral Ministry at Northwest Nazarene University and stepped into her dream of pastoring children full-time.
When she’s not leading Sunday school, planning epic kids’ events, or sharing the love of Jesus, you’ll find Emily bargain shopping, going to Disneyland, or snuggling with her two pups, Roxy and Ash. She’s been married to her wonderful husband Ryan for four years, and she loves to travel and go on adventures—her dream destination? Greece!
Emily’s heart is to help kids build a strong foundation of faith, know that they are deeply loved by God, and grow in their relationship with Him from an early age.
Her favorite verse: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord…” —Jeremiah 29:11
Gateway Church of the Nazarene
23560 JEFFERSON AVE MURRIETA, CA 92562
Sunday Services: 10am In English, 12pm In Spanish
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