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Children's Ministries
Book of Common Prayer, Service of Holy Baptism
All Children and youth are welcome at St.
John's!
We value and honor them for their gentle spirits, for their
unconditional love, their expanding and inquiring minds, and because
they too belong to God and His Church. We are all members of one
body - Jesus Christ our Lord.
Children and youth are a dynamic part of the life of St. John's.
From the day they are born, through the pitter-patter of their first
steps in the church nursery, their journey through Vacation Bible
School and Sunday Church School, their participation in receiving
Holy Communion and making joyful noises in singing of hymns - this
church is filled with the glorious sounds of children.
Whether members or visitors, all children are welcome among us.
We invite you and your children to St. John's.
Worship is God-centered praise and
adoration. The church's worship service is also one basic
way by which people learn what it means to be Christian.
Children learn worship by worshipping with the congregation
Sunday after Sunday.
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They learn that they belong to
Christ and are welcome in Christ's church.
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They come to know The Lord's
Prayer, The Creed, the Eucharistic responses and other parts of
the service from memory.
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They build a memory bank of
memorable shared experiences of Christian community from which
they may draw when they are older.
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They are enriched by the beauty of
music and art as expressions of praise and as human responses to
God
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They hear stories from the Bible
read and interpreted; and they begin to see Christian worship as
one place where God may speak to them.
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They participate in Holy Communion
and Holy Baptism, celebrations of God's goodness and loving
kindness..
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They discover that they are valued
as persons by God and by God's people at church.
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Bringing children to worship may
not always be easy, but it is an essential part of their growth
toward God in Christ.
Statement on Children Receiving Communion
| Church School
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Children's Chapel & Vacation
Bible School
Acolytes
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Junior Choir
| Youth Group
| Child Care
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