Not "reading and writing and 'rithmetic" but Learning the Love of God.
Sunday the 18th is our Homecoming Picnic (bring a dish to pass).
This Sunday, as every Sunday, we have Children's Chapel available for children from Pre-K through Elementary School. It begins at 10:00, with an age-appropriate version of lessons, prayers, songs -- including the Hooray March, and runs for about half an hour. Following this, children may join their parents in church.
Soon after this, we will begin once-monthly classes for PreK-K, grades 3-4, and our teen-tween group.
Two evening programs will begin in October. New this year will be a series for teens, "Express Yourself," ventures in the arts, beginning on October 19th, from 6:30-8:30 with Archdeacon Deborah and Tom Lynch. For more information on that, please call Archdeacon Deborah at 973-553-1676.
On October 5th, the Adult series will start, with Phyllis Tickle's Embracing Emergence Christianity, following a pot luck supper at 6:30. Many people, in and out of the church, are sensing a sea change in people's faith practice: "I'm spiritual but not religious" may be one of the markers for this change (and for the church's need to reach out in different ways to new generations.
According to the publisher,
"Phyllis Tickle invites us to join her in examining the changing face of Christianity and culture. Phyllis surveys two thousand years of Western history, identifying the great upheavals that occur in Western culture and Christianity every 500 years. The last was the Great Reformation of the 1500's; the next is happening now." [italics SFP]
"Phyllis Tickle invites us to join her in examining the changing face of Christianity and culture. Phyllis surveys two thousand years of Western history, identifying the great upheavals that occur in Western culture and Christianity every 500 years. The last was the Great Reformation of the 1500's; the next is happening now." [italics SFP]
Behind the scenes, we are implementing our program as a Safeguarding God's Children parish. Every adult and youth member who works with children, as well as the entire staff and Vestry, are working through a training series so that we continue to have St. Agnes' a safe place for God's children.
This week:
Tuesday, September 12:
11:00 AM Altar Guild meets, followed by lunch
1:00 PM Safeguarding God's Children training
7:00 PM Safeguarding God's Children training
Wednesday, September 13:
7:30 PM Healing Prayer in the Church
Sunday, September 18th:
10:00 AM Children's Chapel
10:00 AM Holy Eucharist
11:30 AM Homecoming Picnic
