This year we have added a children’s church service that is available to children age 4 through 5th grade. This service is designed to follow our Episcopal Liturgy on a level that is meaningful to our children.

This special service begins at 10 a.m. and ends when children are escorted into the “big church” to join their families. For more information please contact David Lake (342-6667).

St. John's subscribes to the Children's Charter adopted by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church:

Nurture of the Child

The Church is called

• to treasure every child as a gift from God
• to teach them to know that God is love
• To make working with children the most important thing we do and to include children in every thing we do from Sunday morning worship to helping others.

Ministry to the Child

The Church is called

• to love and protect all children-those in the church and in the world
• to support families in caring for children and to help families give their children an understanding of God
• to welcome children who want to come to us, even if their families have no interest in church
• to stand up for children's rights in our churches, communities, and the world Ministry of the Child

The Church is called

• to receive children's special gifts as gifts of the grace of God
• to create a sense of family in the church where children and adults know each others' names, and work and play together as the Family of God
• to appreciate that children have special abilities that show God's grace and love, to give them the chance of using those gifts in the worship, work and leadership of the Church, and to give us the opportunity of witnessing it.