Children's Sunday Service
On the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month to start, kids will come to church with their families, but head out to their own worship service before the readings. After stories and activities, they'll rejoin their families during announcements and join in for the Great Thanksgiving and Communion.
The team developing this Sunday morning program for our younger churchgoers will be utilizing Godly Play, a curriculum that many are familiar with. It's a creative, imaginative approach to Christian formation and spiritual guidance with a Montessori foundation and 40+ years of research and practice.
Everybody's welcome to what will be a casual and kid-friendly time of spiritual formation.
Worship with Children
We invite children to join us in adult worship. Parents have indicated a desire for children to be more a part of worship, rather than create their own separate worshiping community. And we know children learn faith by emulating adults.
On Sundays kids will be with us in the pews or behind the pews or sometimes under the pews. And that requires all of us to be patient and welcoming. Kids will receive hand-outs as they arrive at worship with activities related to the Scripture of the day and coloring pages. We’ll spruce up our books and toys in the back and we’ll work creatively to integrate kids into roles they can play in worship.
We will continue to offer a Kids Corner in the parish hall to welcome families who need to step out with an especially active little one. We’ll keep the TV monitor and audio on in the parish hall so that families can continue to listen to worship while their child is enjoying a larger space to move or putting a puzzle together or playing with a puppet.
Our goal is to be welcoming of all parishioners no matter their age or ability and we hope this new plan extends that welcome and invites families to be with us in ways that feel comfortable and comforting.
College/University Students
Family-friendly Events
Check our calendar for family-friendly events, including some of the Explorations offerings.
Camp Marshall
The Episcopal Diocese of Montana owns a beautiful camp on Flathead Lake which offers summer camp opportunities for grade 3 and up, Family Camp, and retreat and rental opportunities. Click the picture at right to watch a video celebrating 70 years of Camp Marshall!
Camp Marshall is located near Polson along the west shore of Flathead Lake. The camp schedule and registration information is available on the Camp Marshall website.
