Intergenerational Community
Saint Mark's Cathedral has identified the creation of genuinely intergenerational community as one of its core Mutual Ministry Goals. Check out this resources, from The Uniting Church in Australia: Being an Intergenerational Church [pdf]
Intergenerational Ministries Newsletter
Every other month Canon Barrie sends out a newsletter containing reflections on the current season and highlighting upcoming offering that all ages can participate in together. Sign up to receive the newsletter here (just be sure to check the "Children and Families" box),
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Sunday Offerings
Godly Play
FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, 10–11 A.M., in the Godly Play classrooms on the 2nd floor of the St. Nicholas Bldg.
Between services on Sunday mornings, we create space for children from preschool through elementary school (age 3 up to 5th grade) to deeply experience the texts and stories of the Bible that make us Christian people and form our faith, and also to grow in community with each other and caring adults. Using steadfastly non-digital modalities, we tell the stories and then make space for the children to make the stories their own for life by using the materials or art to expand, retell, and experience the stories in their own ways. For example, it's magical to watch children self-organize to collectively create a "crucifixion and Easter scape" by finding and arranging materials from the room to arrange in a box of sand to exemplify all of Holy Week! We use the Godly Play curriculum. Class sessions are held generally on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month during the school year.
Children's Chapel
SUDAYS MORNING DURING THE 9 A.M. SERVICE
Children’s Chapel is offered each Sunday at the 9 a.m. service. Children in preschool through second grade are invited to join the Gospel procession around the Deacon as the Gospel is proclaimed. Then they process to Thomsen Chapel for the Gospel story in a developmentally appropriate telling, singing, and prayer. They return to their families at the Peace. Younger children may attend accompanied by a parent or caregiver.
Conact Canon Wendy Claire Barrie: wbarrie@saintmarks.org