First Followers! Advent kept us busy preparing for the Christmas Eve pageant, this year with puppets. Thank you to everyone who donated toilet paper and paper towel rolls!! This month is the season of Epiphany, a time in the church calendar when we celebrate and recognize all the signs that show us Jesus as God’s […]
Ministry of Spiritual Life
Christian Explorers December
The Journey to Bethlehem Edward Church rocks…come rock with us! After a busy November, we find ourselves at the beginning of Advent, the time of preparation for Christmas. Christian Explorers will help during worship by bringing in and out the light and collecting the offering. Each Sunday, we’ll focus on a different part of the […]
Christian Explorers
GRATEFUL! October found us back in the sanctuary and experimenting with moving to Sue Dickerman Hall for time together during worship. There, we made beautiful stained glass windows, learned about how the church tells time, and had fun at the annual Trunk or Treat event. This coming month, we’ll be focusing on all the […]
Christian Explorers October 2022
Returning to Indoor Worship In October, Christian Explorers will return to worship indoors. On the first Sunday of each month, we’ll be participating in the sanctuary with our families for communion and a craft at the Tent of Meeting. On other Sundays, we’ll bring in the light to begin worship, then move to Sue Dickerman […]
Christian Explorers October
Returning to Indoor WorshipIn October, Christian Explorers will return to worship indoors. On the first Sunday of each month, we’ll be participating in the sanctuary with our families for communion and a craft at the Tent of Meeting. On other Sundays, we’ll bring in the light to begin worship, then move to Sue Dickerman Hall […]
A Summer Harvest
This summer, we were able to harvest two big bouquets of basil and rosemary to give to A Place to Turn for their fresh produce food pantry. Now herbs are offered to anyone who needs them! In the middle of our summer heat wave, we also delivered twenty water bottles full of toiletries and […]
Summer Christian Explorers
Oh, the places you’ll go! We gather outdoors each Sunday morning this summer, and Christian Explorers have their own pray ground on the lawn of the Rousseau-Tanners house during worship. Stories about traveling to different places will be our theme! Here are some activities for Christian Explorers this summer… • How does your garden […]
Christian Explorers June
The Spirit of CourageThis month, Christian Explorers will be back on the pray ground on the lawn of the Rousseau-Tanners’ house during worship each Sunday. We’ll be hearing stories of courage and thinking about what it means to do brave things that Jesus asks us to do. Here are some activities for Christian Explorers this month… […]
Christian Explorers April
Christ is risen, risen indeed! Christian Explorers had a busy Lent learning about God from water. We saw ice being sculpted, made rain sticks, fired clay pots and planted sunflower seeds, made tornados in jars, and ocean waves in water bottles! This month we remember what Easter is all about as we celebrate the new […]
Christian Explorers March
Ice, rain, mud, fog… This March we enter the season of Lent with the theme, “Out of the waters…” We’ll be exploring what we can discover from water about God and our faith throughout Lent with lots of fun activities and water-related scripture. Here are some activities for Christian Explorers this month… Quilts for Kenya […]