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 […]
Ministry of Spiritual Life
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 […]
Christian Explorers February
This month, we celebrate Black History Month, a time of learning more about how our faith leads us to work for justice and help others. Here are some activities for Christian Explorers this month… Quilts for Kenya. Sunrise School in Mumias, Kenya is a school for children with autism. This month we’ll continue our congregation-wide project […]
Christian Explorers January
In December, we celebrated Advent, learned about the feeling of anticipation, and decided how to use the money we collected in our big penny jar. We agreed to gift a family a flock of chickens through Heifer International and to donate the rest to the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation who help communities throughout the world […]
Christian Explorers December
What are we waiting for? We’ve moved back into the sanctuary for worship, creating our new “tent of meeting” space for Christian Explorers. We hope you’ll join us there on Sunday mornings! In December, we celebrate Advent and learn about the feeling of anticipation. Here are some special events and activities for Christian Explorers this month… […]
Christian Explorers November
How much have we collected in the big penny jar?We closed October with a wonderful Trunk or Treat event on Halloween. Thank you to all the Trunkers, Trick-or-Treaters and volunteers who helped make it so much fun! This month, we learn about stewardship, count up the coins in our big penny jar, and decide together […]
Christian Explorers Rock!
Edwards Church rocks, come rock with us! In September, Christian Explorers thought about Jesus outdoors, painted rocks, assembled Church World Service hygiene kits, and made a terrarium garden on the pray ground. This month, we celebrate autumn and learn about Moses and the Exodus journey through the wilderness. We continue worshipping outdoors under the tree house […]