Children's Chapel
Children's
Chapel is designed for children age 4 years through 3rd grade. This
age-appropriate worship is part of the 10:30 service on Sundays.
Following the Epistle, children leave the Cathedral and process to
Cummings Chapel. Children return to their families at the passing of
the Peace.
The
children's own Sunday bulletin guides them from the Opening Sentences
and Offertory through the reading of and response to the Gospel.
Children's Chapel concludes with the Prayers of the People and the
Passing of the Peace. Music is a part of every chapel time with
liturgically appropriate hymns and other church songs that are "child
friendly".
Godly Play
Sunday mornings, 9 AM
We have chosen Godly
Play as the curriculum for our children ages 4 years - 6th grade
because it is a wonderful hands-on, interactive method of Christian
education and spiritual formation 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 in their lives.
In Godly Play, we
tell Bible stories to children to encourage them to enter into the
stories and relate them to their own lives. Each session follows the
pattern of the Church's Sunday service, so children will have a deeper
understanding and enjoy fuller participation in worship.
Pre-K 3 and 4
Cathedral House, lower level
Room 4 | K and 1st grade
Cathedral House, 2nd floor
Room 201 | 2nd and 3rd grade
Cathedral House, second floor
Room 202 | 4th and 5th grade
Cathedral House, third floor
Room 302 |
The ABC's of Shepherding a Young Child in Worship
A - Arrive in time to find a good
place to sit. Sitting near the front provides young children with a
better view of the Sanctuary.
B - Be sure, before entering the
church, to pick up a pew bag from the ushers. This bag contains quiet
toys, books and drawing materials to enhance children's worship.
C - Clue the children as to what
will happen next during the worship service. Children who can read will
want to follow the service in the bulletin and find hymns in the
hymnal. They like to be ready.
D - Discuss worship at home or on
the way to church to prepare children for any departures from the
routine, such as baptisms, special guests, intergenerational events or
major Feast days of the Church. Allow time to answer questions about
their worship experience.
E - Express your gladness at being
at church and having your children with you. During the Passing of the
Peace, be sure to welcome all the children that sit next to you.
Include them in your conversations after worship and let them know that
they belong.
F - Free yourself from worry about the child's behavior and be open to receiving their ministry to you.