Sunday Morning Spiritual Formation (September-May)

FOR CHILDREN

Learning Centers 1) for 0-2 and 2) for older children
Learning Centers are designed to utilize developmentally appropriate materials and equipment carefully arranged into activity areas which will provide an atmosphere encouraging engagement, exploration and creaive expression. Our Learning Centers are decorated with children's themes, color and light to bring comfort, joy and inspiration to our children's environment. Each center is filled with age appropriate activities, equipment and resources, and care is provided by trained staff. The Nursery Learning Center will serve our newborns to 2 year olds and our Children's Learning Center will serve our elementary age children.

Godly Play for 3 to 5 year olds
Godly Play is a method of Christian education and spiritual direction primarily for children. The goal of Godly Play is to teach children the art of using religious language, parable, sacred story, silence, and liturgical action to help them become more fully aware of the mystery of God’s presence around them and in their lives.

CHILDCARE

Available in our nursery and children's room from 9:00 AM until the conclusion of the 11:00 AM service

 

 

 

 

FOR YOUTH

Wednesday Night Youth Gathering from 7-9 pm

Junior and Senior high youth meet each Wednesdays for food, fellowship and formation in the Labyrinth area. All are welcome to join us!

6 PM LifeStreams Music Rehearsal - come join us!

Contact Gayle Gottlich (563-1452) for details on activities.

Journey to Adulthood (J2A) is a complete youth ministry program of spiritual formation for 6th - 12th grades. It uses Bible study, prayer, rites of passage, outreach ministries and both serious and playful activities to underscore its core messages:
1) Manhood and womanhood are free gifts from God.
2) Adulthood must be earned.

There are three phases of the program:

Rite 13 for all Junior High youth
Rite 13 is the first year of the Journey to Adulthood program (J2A). J2A is a program through the national Episcopal Church that helps youht develop their own faith as well as be accompanied on their journey into adulthood, becoming adults in the church and feeling as though they own their faith as they leave for college.

We cover topics including:

  • Prayer
  • Social justice
  • Ourselves in the image of God
  • Images of God
  • Decision making
  • Gender stereotypes
  • Faith and trust

We will use creative ways to learn about all aspects of faith and living a life of faith. We will periodically have special classes that relate to the LifeStreams service. Classes will be taught either by the Youth Mentors or parishioners who are specifically skilled at the topic at hand.

J2A for 9th and 10th grades
This is a continuation of the topics discussed in Rite 13, but on a more mature and deeper level appropriate to older youth. We will periodically have supplemental lessons outside of Sunday morning. Additional topics include:

  • Christian Meditation and Prayer
  • Sexuality

YAC (Young Adults in Church) for 11th grade and above
Our focus for the YAC group this year is to help them find ministries within the church of which they can be a part. The first six weeks will be spent in developing their leadership and ministry skills and interests. They they will spend formation time in service and ministry or visiting in the adult or intergenerational formation classes. We will have monthly YAC meetings on Sunday mornings to guide them in their ministry as well as occasionally during Wednesday Night Live and Sunday afternoons.

The youth will have personal mentors to help them in their ministry. They will have the chance to change ministries or add onto their first choice as well. Our goal is to support our older youth as they become adults in the church and discover their minsitry.