Families are an integral part of our community, from Sunday Eucharist & Christian Education, to family-friendly games, activities & events.
Families at St. Chrysostom's
Families are an integral part of our community. St. Chrysostom's offers a Sunday Nursery for infants & toddlers during morning worship and we include families in our weekly celebration of the Eucharist. Older children are invited to serve as Acolytes, Ushers, and Readers. Baptism and Confirmation classes help bring our children fully into the life of the church . We also hold a variety of family-friendly activities throughout the year. Please Join Us!
Sunday School
All children ages K through 5th grade are invited to join us for Sunday School! We will go to the downstairs classroom from the Children’s Blessing (about 5 mins into the service) until the peace. Children will then go back upstairs to join the worship service for Communion with their families. Sunday school is currently offered as a "one room" school house. After the story we will break out into age-appropriate groups for reflection and responses to the lesson.
Children have an innate sense of the presence of God. Sunday School helps them to explore their faith through story, to gain religious language and to enhance their Christian experience though wonder and play. Sunday School serves children throughout their Childhood and provides a foundation for Christian faith in the liturgical context of worship and community. The form of the curriculum mirrors the liturgical action of our worship service. Children hear a "sacred story" (scripture), and respond to the story through play or creative expression during the "work time" (prayers of the people). This pattern of learning works to nurture our children's spirituality using a pattern of exploration that dovetails with the historic liturgy of the Church. Come and learn about the living God who dwells among us!
Sunday School starts at the beginning of the Program Year (with Homecoming Sunday in September) until the beginning of the Summer Schedule. In the off season, there are children’s activity books offered in the narthex of the church.
