Sunday Morning Children’s Program
St. Peter’s offers a Sunday Morning program for children during the 10:30 AM service from September to June.
After the processional hymn and opening prayers, Fr. Matt leads a “Kids Talk”, providing a focus on the kids with a seasonal theme.
At the end of the “Kids Talk”, our Church School Director, Jan Stapleton, leads the children out of the church nave to the Sunday School facility on the upper floor of the Parish Hall for her children’s program.
The children return to the main service after approximately thirty minutes, rejoining their families at the start of the Communion portion of the service.
Parents, please note that there is a basket at the back of the church in the family area. It contains toys. If you feel the need for these items during any of our services, please feel free to get them yourself or ask a sides person.
Jan Stapleton, Director of our Church School, believes children should learn Christianity in an atmosphere of fun and love and in warm and interesting surroundings. She has equipped our beautiful church school facility with a wide variety of aids to enjoyable learning that, together with highly-dedicated Christian instruction and example, makes attendance at St. Peter’s church school one of the highlights of the week for our children.
The Church School at St. Peter’s is very lively. The Christian education, well-being and fellowship of children are addressed.
We run a number of programs all taught by a dedicated and lively group of volunteers. The younger children hear stories from a large selection of Bible-based picture books as well as a collection of basket stories. They don’t just hear the story; they are encouraged to play with it and to express their faith, knowledge and understanding at a number of activity centres of their choice during their time with us each Sunday. As the children mature, they are guided into and through Bible study with matching activities as well as a selection of age appropriate study baskets where they make connections to their church experiences and the Bible. All of the children are engaged in learning to pray their own prayers as well as the Lord’s Prayer, The Lord is my Shepherd, and the Creed.
We are always planning activities for our children. A Vacation Bible School/Day Camp is usually held in July the week after Canada Day.
If you are interested in further information about our Sunday programs, please contact Jan by leaving her a message at the church office at (905) 372-3442.
