CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH FORMATION

Sunday Morning Christian Formation (Preschool to Grade 12)
11:05-11:50am | September – May

Grade Preschool through 2nd - Godly Play

Children are spiritual. They have incredible capacity to listen, wonder, and make meaning out of the biblical stories they hear. This is the foundation for Godly Play, our Montessori-based Christian formation program for children. In Godly Play, we teach children the art of using religious forms of expression, including parable, sacred story, silence and liturgical action. These are tools for them to articulate and wonder about the relationship they already have with God.

Registration is not required for Godly Play. Simply bring your child to the downstairs classrooms on Sunday at 11:05am, or let them run after the acolyte with the “Follow Me to Godly Play” sign after the 10:00 service.

At Godly Play, we believe that each child has their own God-language and can form community with peers in a setup deliberately arranged to achieve just that. Please come and see (which you are allowed to do as a parent), and better still, bring the little ones to come and see!

Grades 3-5 – Junior Youth Group

This curriculum utilizes the Godly Play stories as a foundation to participate in active discussion and hands-on engagement with the content. Youth bring their own perspectives of faith and make meaning of the liturgy. Additionally, Junior Youth Group begins their journey of service, participating in small church and community service projects, preparing them for more service-led activities in the Youth Group.

Grades 6-12 – Youth Group

Our Youth Group is a place and space for youth in Grades 6-12 to come together to discuss their faith, listen to one another, share their perspectives. They engage in a variety of activities – from Bible Studies to party planning, from centering prayers to conducting intergenerational interviews, from serving other during mission trips to serving others in their community, from inter-faith trips to international collaborations with youth in Haiti, and so much more. There is something for everyone!

If you’d like to find out more about Godly Play or Youth Formation, or helping as an adult volunteer, contact Lindsey Strieter, Director of Children’s Formation.