Christ Episcopal Church
Burlington, Iowa, USA

Children and Youth Ministries

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Children's Ministries

• The Nursery:  Our nursery is located in the undercroft.  All children, preschool or younger, are welcome in the nursery.  We can always use nursery helpers!  Please let the office know if you are interested in playing with the children during the 10:00 a.m. service.  
   

• Godly Play: Better than Sunday School!  Godly Play starts in September each year and runs through May.  Children are divided into two age groups - Pre-school through 1st grade and 2nd through 3rd grade. Developed by Father Jerome Barryman, the Godly Play stories and curriculum is Episcopal based with a teaching style based on the Montessori learning method.
   
• Club 45: For 4th and 5th Graders, meets Sunday at 9.45 a.m.
   
• First Communion:  First communion classes are usually help during the season of Lent.  Class times and dates are announced in February of each year.  Children receiving for the first time usually do so on Mother's Day.
   
• First Sundays: First Sundays are the first Sunday of each month when the regular formation activities are shortened and the youth and children have a more visible role in all aspects of the liturgy beyond serving at the altar, as lectors, ushers and Eucharistic Ministers!  While First Sundays are special, at Christ Church our children and youth participate in every liturgy as full-members of the church.
   

The Youth Ministry Team:

•   Youth Activities Coordinator: Ms. Angela Zahn
   
  • Angela's hours are Sundays 9-11, Wednesdays 9-2, and five additional hours during the week.
     
•    Godly Play Story Tellers: Edna Smull, Gail Boyd, and Kim Glasgow
   
•   Club 45: Dianna Brown

For questions about children's and youth ministry and Godly Play, please contact Angela in the Parish Office at 752-1381.

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