“It Takes a Church....”

St. Paul’s both treasures its kids and relies on them for tasks.

How are our children involved in the life of St. Paul’s?

• Preschoolers may join parents at the services or participate in the child care activities.
• At baptisms kids gather at the baptismal font.
• Kids serve as bell-ringers, crucifers, and acolytes.
• At least once a year kids take charge of the principal service--as far as is possible canonically.
• The Junior Choir performs monthly during the school year.
• Kids join with adults in outreach projects such as recycling redeemable cans for a project in Belize.
• Kids have created UTO boxes and brought them to UTO Sunday.
• Kids join adults at social events such as potlucks.
• In spring and fall at a local park kids and adults take part in a combined service, picnic, and softball game.
• To honor St. Francis of Assisi in the fall, kids and adults bring live or stuffed creatures to be blessed at the principal service.
• In the spring kids and adults mark Earth Day with projects such as planting bulbs or by taking trips to the Aquarium or an Audubon Sanctuary.
  

St. Paul’s Church School’s Simpler and Greener Christmas