St. Luke's Episcopal Church

To know Christ and to make Christ known

Service Times:

Early Service: 8AM - Family Service 10AM

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Children's Ministries:

Philosophy

Nursery

Sunday School

Special Events

Vacation Bible School

Volunteers

 Philosophy

The Children's Ministry Team truly believes that children are a gift from God!  We strive to teach our children the Lord's word and His love in a fun, safe, and warm atmosphere.  We believe that children come to us with a rich experience with the Holy Spirit. It is our job to help children understand the art of religious language – parables, sacred stories, and liturgical actions, in order to help them become more fully aware of the mystery of God’s presence in their lives.

Nursery

Safe, comfortable & professional Nursery Care, with Bible stories & crafts, is available during the 10 am service on Sundays and Wednesday 6-7 for adult classes with children through the age of six.  The nursery opens at 9:30 am. 

Sunday School

Sunday school is offered to all children and youth through 12th grade.  School takes place during the 10:00am service.  Children are brought into the 10 am service at the peace to sit with their families or may go to the nursery depending on parent’s wishes.  We use a combination of curriculum resources depending on the age group.   

Special Events

In addition to our regular Nursery and Sunday School program, Children's ministry constantly has exciting and fun events on the drawing board, such as our annual Christmas Pageant, Easter Party, Vacation Bible School and more.  Watch the weekly bulletin for dates and times, read your Parish Window Newsletter, and/or keep posted via our News & Events sections on our home page, or the Children & Youth News Blasts here at this website.  If you are not receiving the Parish Window, but would like to, please contact us at the office to request a copy.

In addition, you can get details on upcoming events through the following pages within this site:

Vacation Bible School

Each summer St. Luke's invites children preschool age through 5th grade to participate in a week long Vacation Bible School program, generally in the morning.  Planning for this annual program begins in the Spring each year.  If you are interested in being involved in this coming summer's VBS program, please contact the Director for Children and Youth Ministries.  For more information on this coming summer's VBS program, please click here.

Volunteers

Our special events as well as our regular programs could not happen without our wonderful volunteers!   If you have a heart for children, and would like to help out on a one time basis or all year, please contact our Director for Children and Youth Ministries or our Vestry member and liaison to the Christian Formation commission.   In addition to our one time events, we welcome regular volunteers for the following areas: Christian Education Commission (~once a month meetings), Nursery Volunteer, Sunday School Teacher's Assistant, Coffee Hour Playground Monitor, Coffee Hour Youth Room Monitor, and Youth Group Volunteers.  Also during the Spring of each year, volunteers are needed for our Vacation Bible School Planning Team.

 

Please know that all our volunteers who work with children are required, for the safety of our children to have a background check and to go through Safeguarding God’s Children Training.  To be on our volunteer team, please download and complete the following application and turn in to our Director for Children and Youth Ministries:

    Volunteer Application