Children
&Youth
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&Youth
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Babies Kids' Club Sunday School Middle School Youth Children's Choir Faith-Full Families Permission Slips
Summer Sunday School
by Evelyn SherrySummer Sunday School offers a wonderful opportunity to show children that leading the Christian life is what they are doing every day. One way to help them understand this is through an interesting book. This summer at St. Jude’s, beginning 6/22 at 10:30 am in Room 5, Because of Winn-Dixie, the award winning book by Kate Di Camillo will be read aloud to the K-5 children, followed by their discussion. It is an engaging story of Opal, the preacher’s daughter, and the big ugly suffering dog she names Winn-Dixie. The preacher taught her to help the less fortunate and clearly Winn-Dixie is that. Opal is lonely and missing her mother. Because of Winn-Dixie, she makes many friends. Because of Winn-Dixie, she lovingly learns about her absent mother; she learns to take action, to pray, and to forgive. All these themes are present in the humorous day-to-day adventures of Opal and beloved Winn-Dixie. The children will have a fun summer Sunday School experience and grow in their understanding of living the Christian life. Don't miss it. (If you might be interested in reading aloud to the children one Sunday, please contact Linda Morris)
We highly encourage parents to drop their younger children off for the Nursery or the Kids' Club while the parents attend the spiritually nurturing Adult Forum in the parish hall.
| 9:00 | Child care for age 0-2 | ♥ Nursery (#4 - yellow door) |
| 9:10 | Kids' Club for age 3-11 | ♥ Activity room (#2 - blue door or #4 or playground) |
| 9:10 | Children's Choir - all children who want to sing | ♥ Choir room (#5 - orange door) |
| 9:55 | Snack/Free Play | ♥ Outside Nursery door or in Rm 2 if rainy |
| 10:15 | Gathering for Pre-K through Grade 5 for singing, prayer and sharing the offering | Rm #5(orange door) |
| Middle School Chat Room & Bible Discussion | East Conference Room (parish hall) | |
| 10:25 | Children are led to their classes for Sunday School | |
| Grades K-2 Rm #6 - red door | ||
| Grades 3-5 Rm #1 - purple door | ||
| 11:05 | Children and youth follow the acolyte into the church to join their parents for Communion. Parents may retrieve infants from the nursery for Communion as they deem appropriate. | Church |
| 11:45 | Youth Group | Fireside Room/Youth Room |
Nursery Tam Tran provides a loving environment for children ages 0-2. Tam has years of experience working with children. She is the mother of two children, elementary age and young adult. She is loving, attentive, responsible, calm, and responsive. She has been working at St. Jude's for several years. We gladly trust her with our young.
Kids' Club Erika Domokos cares for the children age 3-11. Erika came to us through Faith-Full Families and has two children of her own, elementary age and young adult. She has varied experience working in the classroom setting and is a natural with children. She provides art activities and games during the forum.
Snack/Free Play Erika Domokos supervises healthy snacks on the table outside the Nursery door or in Rm 2 if rainy. Parents sign up by contacting Linda Morris.. See schedule of signups.
Gathering --Pre-K through Grade 5 meet in Rm #5(orange door) for singing, prayer, and sharing the offering. Then children are led to their classes for Sunday School:
Grades K-2 Rm #6 - red door Our lectionary-based curriculum follows the Lesson Plans by Church Season and Godly Play materials are available for response time.
Grades 3-5 Rm #1 - purple door Our lectionary-based curriculum follows the Lesson Plans by Church Season.
Middle School Chat Room & Bible Discussion East Conference Room (parish hall) Discussions are led by Barbara Simmons, High School Counselor and English teacher.
Youth 6th-12th grade regularly meet for spiritual formation/bible study, service, and fun throughout the year @ St. Jude's. We currently have an active group of 10-20 youth who participate in
Sunday lunches, monthly lock-ins, monthly off-site fun activities, and various service projects. We have experienced adult mentors supervising activities and our Associate Pastor both overseeing and
involved in the program. See calendar of events below. New youth are welcome. If you are interested in learning more about the program, call St. Jude's @ 408.252.4166 or email PastorDawn. See the Event Schedule
Faith-Full Families meet one Sunday early evening each month from Oct. through May; a special time for the whole family to share activities, fellowship, fun, and food. Contact church office, Becky Davis or Tim Iben . More background information for those new to the program is available here here.
Please complete a Registration Form/Permission slip for each child or teen. Forms are in the Narthex or can be downloaded here and printed. Please return forms to class, or in the box provided in the Parish Hall, or in the marked mailbox in the Farmhouse.
The members of the Youth Group wrote prayers on Sunday, the 4th of May, 2008.
| Updated 5/26/2007 |
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