CHILDREN

Children participate in worship and in all aspects of church life.

Our children benefit from living in our multi-generational community. We know we benefit from their presence. We are happy to be their village.

We think it is important to help our children develop a faith of their own that will withstand the questions of their adolescence and adulthood. We aim to make them feel safe and loved, so that they can be curious and questioning; we want them to feel that the church is the proper place for their questions. Music, drama, prayer, art, and Bible stories are emphasized as ways of internalizing the presence of God.

Infants to preschool. The littlest ones are cared for in an adult-staffed nursery from 9 am until after worship. Parents can choose to have their young children join them for the beginning of the service so they can participate in the “Children’s Moment” and then proceed to the nursery.

Kindergarten through 5th grade. After participating in the early part of the worship service and the “Children’s Moment”, older children attend our multi-grade Sunday School. Emphasis is on their beginning to grasp both the enormity of God and the personal experience of the Holy in their daily lives.