This Week in Religious Exploration
- Nursery care for children ages 0-5:
Nursery care is not available during worship this weekend. The nursery classroom will be open, and parents are welcome to bring their children there to play during the service if needed.
- Religious Exploration for children and youth in grades K-8:
There will be no Religious Exploration classes this Sunday, December 8. We hope that your whole family can join us for our fun and festive all-ages Revelry Sunday service!
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- Nursery care for children ages 0-5:
Nursery care is available during worship this weekend!
- Religious Exploration for children and youth in grades K-8:
This Sunday, December 1, our students will begin the holiday season by participating in a class called “Simple Gifts”! This is an old FPS tradition that gives each of our students an opportunity to “shop” for a holiday gift to give to someone special in their life. We will begin our class with a story and discussion about the spirit of giving, and then our students will be ready to visit our “Simple Gifts Store”! They will choose a recipient for their gift and find something thoughtful to give to them from the items that members of our congregation have generously donated. After a visit to the “Gift Wrapping Station” to wrap up their gift and create a handmade card, they will be ready to leave church with a holiday surprise for someone they love! We hope that you can join us for this very special RE program event!
We still have a number of open RE Volunteer slots for Sundays this fall! If you are interested in signing up to help in our nursery or our RE classes, please contact Jenna at or visit our Sign-Up Genius page to add your name to some dates!
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- Nursery care for children ages 0-5:
Nursery care is available during worship this weekend!
- Religious Exploration for children and youth in grades K-8:
This Sunday, November 24, our students will participate in our second Arts Sunday of the year! June Hopkins will lead our students in a children’s choir lesson, and this class will be our first opportunity to practice the songs that we will perform during the family worship service at 5pm on Christmas Eve!
Special Announcements:
We still have a number of open RE Volunteer slots for Sundays this fall! If you are interested in signing up to help in our nursery or our RE classes, please visit our Sign-Up Genius page to add your name to some dates!
We are collecting donations for our Simple Gifts class, which will take place on Sunday, December 1. We would be very grateful for your donation of any of the following items:
- A small, unwrapped gift item for a recipient of any age. Items should be in good condition, but do not need to be brand new (this is the perfect time to “re-gift” an item you don’t have a use for!)
- Holiday wrapping paper
- Paper gift bags
- Tissue Paper
- Ribbons/Bows
- Clear tape
Please feel free to leave donations in the RE office or in our donation box outside the Parish Hall.
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RE Program Bake Sale this Sunday!
The Religious Exploration Program students are holding a Bake Sale this Sunday, November 17, in the Parish Hall at coffee hour!
Please help to support their November Social Justice Project by buying some yummy baked goods!
All proceeds from the bake sale will be used to purchase items for holiday care packages that our youth will put together and distribute to local homeless shelters.
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• Nursery care for children ages 0-5: Nursery care is available during worship this weekend!
• Religious Exploration for children and youth in grades K-8: This Sunday, November 17, our students will participate in our second Social Justice Sunday of the year! Sonia Prince will lead our students in a class about generosity and Thanksgiving. We will have a story and discussion about the importance of sharing with others, and the students will work together to make treats for a bake sale during coffee hour. We will use the proceeds from their bake sale to support the students’ November social justice project.
• The Junior Youth Group will meet on Sunday from 1-2pm in the Brackett Room! All students in grades 6-8 are welcome to attend, and this month’s project will be making care packages for people who are suffering from homelessness over the holidays.
Special Announcements:
The RE students will hold a bake sale during coffee hour on Sunday, November 17th! Please remember to bring a little bit of cash so that you can support their social justice work by buying some tasty treats!
Parents, please consider helping your children to bake something at home that they can bring to church to contribute to the bake sale on Sunday! All kinds of treats are welcome, and you can leave them on our bake sale table in the Parish Hall before the worship service. Please be sure to clearly label any baked goods that contain nuts.
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- Nursery care for children ages 0-5:
Nursery care is available during worship this weekend!
- Religious Exploration for children and youth in grades K-8:
This Sunday, November 10, our students will participate in an all-ages religious exploration class on the topic of empathy. Through story, discussion and games, the students will learn about the importance of listening to and respecting the feelings, perspectives and experiences of others.
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