Christian Formation for Children & Youth

Our Christian Formation classes meet at 10 a.m. each Sunday in the basement of the Parish House. Visitors and newcomers are always warmly welcome! If you’d like more information about our ministry before you visit, please contact The Rev. Canon Cathy Gray at 317-636-4577 or cathyg@cccindy.org

Stories from our Christian tradition are being told and heard and pondered from many perspectives and are being given new life through outreach activities, art, and prayer.

 

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Christian Formation, Grades 1-2

The Seed Year:  Planting Faith in Our Hearts

 

 

+September 18 – October 2

What is Religion?

Religion is how people seek and find and talk about God.  Religion is personal and religion is about the community and religion is about the whole, big world!  Religion is about God all over the world, and religion is about praying at Christ Church.

 

 

+October 9-30

The Seeds of Our Faith

• What does it mean to be the people of God? 
• Who are some of our “spiritual ancestors”?
• How did the Bible become our common story?

We’ll read some stories about Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel by local author and Rabbi, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, and we’ll learn about Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – and the women who shared their lives, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah

 

 

+November 6 - 20

 What is prayer and how do we pray?

Prayer is talking to God – and doing our best to listen to God!

Prayer begins with thanks and might include our whole body!

 

November 27:  The First Sunday of Advent and Thanksgiving Weekend – We’ll have a purple celebration!

 

 

+December 4-18

A Seed of Good News: There will be a Baby!

We’ll get to know an angel, a young mother, some shepherds, and a Baby asleep in a feeding trough!

 

+January 8-29

Stories of Jesus – How he became known to the world!

This month we’ll learn about Epiphany, Jesus’ baptism (and our own!) and how an odd group of fishermen and tax collectors and others became Jesus’ first Disciples

 

+February5-19

The Earth that grows our food:  Seeds and the Goodness of God

We’ll read some of the “Agricultural Parables” Jesus told and think about how good earth and growing things can help us to understand God

 

February 26: First Sunday of Lent

 

 

+March 4-25 

God’s generosity is the seed of our own generosity

We’ll spend the season of Lent thinking of others and reading stories about the ways God calls us to help make the world better for everyone.  We’ll take time for some special little acts of kindness along the way.

• April 1:  Palm Sunday
• April 8:  Easter – A Day to Celebrate!

 

+May 6-20

Naming and Knowing God

We’ll share stories of how families celebrate the presence of God in their lives; we’ll  learn of  the many special names people (including Prophets and Psalmists) have given to God.