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Children's Church - Every Sunday at 9:30am, through May 16

Sunday School Schedule

April 18—We return to our regular schedule (9:30am family service, 10am Sunday School); Topic: Jesus and the Twelve Disciples
April 25—Topic: World Communion
May 2—Topic: The Synagogue and the Upper Room
May 9—Topic: Holy Eucharist
May 16—Last Sunday School and 9:30 service until fall; Topic: The Part that Hasn’t Been Written Yet
May 23—Pentecost, services at 8 and 10am; a celebration will follow the 10am service; look for details in upcoming newslettersStories at Sunday School:

Children's News

Spring has sprung once again. This is an exciting time in the church year, as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the formation of the Christian church on Pentecost. Plus, we get to play outside more often!

Please note that our schedule for the rest of the year has been adjusted to accommodate all these celebrations. There will be no 9:30 service or Sunday School on April 4 and 11, and on May 23. Instead, we’ll join together for parties on April 11 and May 23 after the 10am services.

Also, as you look ahead, remember to save the dates for Vacation Bible School. We have a kickoff party on the afternoon of July 17, and VBS for all ages will be July 26-30.

I look forward to seeing you at these events, as we remember and celebrate the love of God!

Young Eagles

On Friday, April 16, the Young Eagles will meet in the youth center in the crypt, 6:30–8:30pm, for a night of games, crafts and dinner. Young Eagles is a fellowship group for all youth in 4th-6th grades. Please bring friends for this fun evening.

Youth Group

The Youth Group (9th-12th grades) meets in the Crypt, 6pm-8pm, every Wednesday. Each week the youth play games, share a meal, enjoy fellowship and discuss a spiritual reflection.

The Youth Group’s dinner schedule is as follows:

March 31: Evan Howell
April 7: Annie McGuiness
April 14: Retta Hill
April 21: Josee Johnson
April 28: Kevin Shields

We have decided to have fun activities for the youth to attend once or twice a month. Our first fun event will be Sunday, March 28, 3-5pm, at Polka Dot Pottery in Riverpark Square. All of the youth are asked to bring $15 to pay for their pottery piece.

Sunday, April 18, we will have a Joan of Arcadia night in the crypt beginning at 5pm and ending at 8pm. Everyone is asked to bring a snack to share. Hot dogs and soda will be provided.

Sign up for church camp!

It’s time to sign up for camp at our fabulous Camp Cross on Lake Coeur d’Alene! For more info, www.campcross.org or Colin at 723-3790. Scholarships available; contact Michelle.

May 20-23: Labor of Love
Men’s Weekend: June 11-13
Alumni Reunion: June 25-27
Mini Camp (entering 2nd-3rd grade): June 28-30
Family Camp: July 2-5
Days at the Lake: July 6-9
Junior High (entering 7th-8th grade): July 11-16
Mid-High (entering 9th-10th grade): July 18-24
Intermediate (entering 4th-6th grade): August 1-6
Senior High (entering 11th-12th & 2010 grads): August 8-14
Women’s Weekend: August 20-22
Young Adult Weekend: August 27-29
Labor Day Family Camp: September 3-6
Closing Weekend: October 1-3

Teens Encounter Christ

Young people and adults had a fabulous time at the January 15-17 Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) weekend sponsored by St. John’s Cathedral. This was the fourth TEC to be held in Spokane. This is a weekend where teens that have participated in TEC before (these youths make up what is known as the Team) show God’s love to the candidates (9th-12th grade youth who are participating for the first time). Throughout the weekend, the teens develop new paths of faith or enrich their already existing ones, and make many new friendships.

On the weekend of January 15-17, youth from the Diocese gathered for the Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) weekend. At the 11am Sunday Service, Keaghan Caldwell gave this homily about TEC:

TEC is a weekend retreat where youth get a chance to walk down a path towards a new light. Whether this light is the light of Christ or the light of their own spirit is only for them to know. TEC is a special place where there is no time and there are no masks. In the world outside of TEC, time manipulates what we say and do. “If I had just a little more time to do this… it would make the world better if only that didn’t take so long.” At TEC everything happens in its own way and in its rightful place.

What it takes to last through this weekend is an incredibly large heart and arms that are always open. The leaders of this weekend are the Teens and the students are the teens. There is no schedule and there is no outside world. For the entirety of the weekend we have been together embracing true emotion. Because of the various talks by individuals about their lives, as well as the discussion and fellowship these teenagers experienced, we have grown together as a community this weekend.

When the teens arrived, they all wore a mask. This mask hid them from one another. We all wear them; they protect us from the intensity of the world around us and I guarantee that this weekend challenged these people to take off those masks. My first experience at TEC was an arrival at my home church with a bunch of strange people. I was part of TEC Spokane I and I was lost. I had no idea what to expect and yet that was the way it was supposed to be. Because life isn’t about knowing the future, and the past is behind us. TEC was, still is, and always will be about the now. It is about embracing the community around you, about looking the person next to you in the eyes and saying, “I’m here for you.” This in itself is the truest way to find your inner spirit and your path to Christ.

Christ calls us to be a servant and to live in one community with one another. TEC teaches you how to feel someone’s sorrow, how to feel the weight on someone’s shoulders, and how a smile or a laugh can be contagious. TEC is about being all for one and one for all. You are no longer TECers but teamers and as a teamer you are the challenger; you have to help remove the masks of those around you and show them how to truly feel Christ’s passion. And you are their audience who will raise them and guide them along their path to the Lord. We all start our journey; for some it is here, for some it has already happened and some need help standing on their own two feet. I am here for you… We are here for you and that is what TEC is.