Children and Youth Announcements

St. James' Parish Old Herring Creeke   Children and Youth Announcements    March 31, 2014 Youth Confirmation Classes -       Next Youth Confirmation class is Monday, April 28th from 7:00pm-8:00pm.  We will be discussing Chapter 7.  The date for confirmation has changed to Sunday, June 15, 2014.  Bishop Eugene T. Sutton will be making a visitation to St. James' and will officiate the Rite of Confirmation for those youth who have completed the Confirmation class.   Prom Dress Drive -  Saturday, April 5th from 9:00am - 3:00pm,  the YAC (Young Adults in Church) will be  giving dresses to girls in the community who may be in need.  The YAC  is collecting gently used and cleaned prom style dresses, as well as accessories and shoes.  YAC believes this is a terrific opportunity to recycle prom dresses and to minister to a need in the community.    Please drop off your donations in the Parish Hall.   If you have no clothes to donate, we are accepting cash donations to help cover the cost of additional dresses, accessories, and shoes. Cash donations will also contribute to purchasing prom tickets to five high schools.      Atrium Fellowship -     Sunday, April 6th from 11:30am - 1:30pm.  We will focus on the Easter story with the book, The Three Trees.  We will have an Easter craft as well, something for the whole family to use throughout the Great 50 Days of Easter.       Atrium Fellowship is for pre-K through 5th grade children. Diocesan Event: Happening #7 -   April 4-6, 2013 Bishop Claggett Center 3035 Buckeystown Pike Adamstown, MD 21710 Happening is a national program in the Episcopal church for youth. It is a program run designed and run by the youth! They spend an incredible weekend in a spiritual retreat very similar to Cursillo. The Diocese of Maryland will be holding our seventh Happening this coming school year 2014!   For more information on this diocesan sponsored event please go to:   http://www.youth.episcopalmaryland.org/index.php/events/happening  Youth Fellowship (6th-12th grade) -     Sunday, April 13th from 11:30am - 1:30pm.  We will gather in the parish hall for a meal and to stuff the Easter eggs that we will use on Easter for the egg hunt.     The Easter Egg Hunt will take place at 10am on Easter, after the 9:00am service. Easter Egg Hunt & Flowering of the Cross-     The Easter Egg Hunt will take place at 10am on Easter, after the 9:00am service, in the St. James' churchyard.     We invite all the children, and adults, to bring  flowers to "flower" the cross that will be outside the front door of St. James' church on Easter.    We are always looking for volunteers to help with fellowship and events.  Please contact the Rev. Dawn Campbell for more information on how you can participate with our children and youth, email dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com or call (410)867-2838.   Have a blessed week! Dawn+