Family and Story Sundays 2017-18

Family Sundays 2017-18
Family Sundays take place five times each church year:

• Sunday, September 10: Merging of Waters
• Sunday, November 19: Thanksgiving
• Sunday, December 17: Carol Sing/Shout
• Sunday, April 1: Easter
• Sunday, May 20: Flower Communion

On Family Sundays, children experience the entire worship together with their families in the Sanctuary. A children’s message and activity books related to the stories and sermon help children to engage in the experience of worship. Regular religious education programming does not take place on Family Sundays; however, the nursery is open for children under three years of age.

Story Sundays 2017-18
Story Sundays happen frequently throughout the church year, with children in grades 1-8 beginning in worship with the congregation in the Sanctuary. After the opening hymn, prayers, and children’s message, Workshop Rotation children (grades 1-5) proceed with their Journey Guides to their classrooms for religious education programming while junior high youth (grades 6-8) remain in the sanctuary for the entire worship service.

• Sunday, October 29
• Sunday, January 14
• Sunday, February 11
• Sunday, March 11