Monday, December 22, 2014

Children and Youth Announcements

St. James' Parish
Old Herring Creeke
 
Children and Youth Announcements
  
December 22, 2014
Pizza & Bible Study for Youth (grades 6-12)-   
  
Starting in October we began a monthly Bible study for youth grade 6 through grade 12.

The Jr. and Sr. High School youth 
(grades 6-12) will be meeting on the
fourth Monday of the month. The next session will be Dec. 22nd.  We will meet in the YAC classroom on the upper level of the education building.

We will meet from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.  Our time together will begin with prayer, pizza and check-in time.  We will then spend the next hour watching a short video on one of the Bible characters then, moving on to discussion time, encouraging "youth to see the similarities between themselves and their faith ancestors...Unlikely people called by God to do amazing things."  

re:form Ancestors is a youth Bible study curriculum that helps older students get to know personalities from the Old and New Testaments.

Please email Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com if your youth would like to join the Bible study.
Children's Christmas Program - 
On Christmas Eve, Wednesday Dec. 24th at 2:30pm there will be a Children's Christmas Program with music and Holy Eucharist.

Our 2:30pm Christmas Eve service is specifically designed for families with children and includes a child appropriate presentation of the Christmas story through songs and readings prepared by our Sunday School children. Join us for "The Simple Gifts of Christmas," a memorable way to begin your family's celebration to welcome Baby Jesus.
No Church School Dec. 28th - 
Due to the Christmas holiday, there will be no Church School on Sunday, Dec. 28th.
Youth Sunday January 4th - 
On Sunday, January 4th we will have YOUTH SUNDAY!!  The children and youth of St. James' Parish will be leading worship during the 9:00am service.  

We will have youth reading the lessons, a children's lesson, followed by a sermon from one of our clergy. We will have youth centered music.  There will be youth ushers and an older youth administering the chalice during communion.  

Come and worship with the children and youth of St. James' Parish as they share their ministry with us in what will be a phenomenal worship experience.

Future Youth Sundays are scheduled for March 1st, and May 3rd.  
Atrium Fellowship - 
There will be an Atrium Fellowship on Sunday, January 4th from 11:30am - 1:30pm.  The fellowship will focus on the theme of the Epiphany, the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus.
Bishop's Bash (Diocesan Event) - 

Bishop's Bash and Youth Leader Recognition
St. John's Ellicott City
 9120 Frederick Rd. Ellicott City, MD 21042
Saturday, January 10th, 2015
6:00 - 10:00pm


Live Band - Games - Fellowship - Food

Grades 7 - 12 - Casual dress


A dinner dance to welcome Bishop Cook. The Bishop will also recognize youth leaders with a gift and prayers... A relaxed event that is just for fellowship and fun. A chance for the youth of the Diocese to spend time in a relaxed setting. No formal schedule or purpose. A chance for an evening of formation and fun.


Join us for this wonderful Diocesan Event not to be missed!

Join the youth of the diocese at St. John's Ellicott City. We will have a delicious dinner, and snack buffet.  Followed with the music of Behold the Beloved to accompany a night of dancing and joy.

Tickets are $5. To order or reserve tickets, contact Wes.  Please RSVP to Dawn+ as soon as possible at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com.  

 

Youth Confirmation Classes -
Youth Confirmation classes will begin Monday, January 12th from 7:00pm-8:00pm and will be held monthly for ten sessions.  Bishop Heather Cook will be making a visitation to St. James' in the fall and will officiate the Rite of Confirmation for those youth who have completed the Confirmation class.  The curriculum will be My Faith, My Life: A Teen's Guide to the Episcopal Church, recommended by the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland's Missioner for Christian Formation, Randi Hicks Rowe.  You can click the link above to read about the curriculum. Each youth will receive their own copy.  The class will follow the format of a book club.  Each month we will review and discuss one chapter.
  
The Book of Common Prayer states, "In the course of their Christian development, those baptized at an early age are expected, when they are ready and have been duly prepared, to make a mature public affirmation of their faith and commitment to the responsibilities of their Baptism and to receive the laying on of hands by the bishop" (BCP, p.412).  

If your youth (6th -12th grade) would like to participate in the Rite of Confirmation, please contact Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com or (410)867-2838, before January 1st.
Diocesan Youth Leadership Program - 
The next Diocesan Youth Leadership Program meeting for Anne Arundel County is Sunday, January 25th from 1pm-5pm at St. Martins-in-the-Field in Severna Park.  Youth in 9th -12th grade are eligible to join this program.  For more information on this program sponsored by the Diocese of Maryland and the expectations of the program, click here.  

To stay informed of Diocesan Youth Events, check out the Diocesan Youth Website.

If your youth (9th -12th grade) would like to participate in the Youth Leadership Program, please contact Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com or (410)867-2838 and she will notify Wes Wubbenhorst+ and Kate Riley.

Earn for St. James' Christian Formation through our current eScrip program when you shop at Amazon. If you follow the Amazon link on this post, or on the stjameslothian.com footer, or bookmark and follow the URL goo.gl/lEhsh7, then St. James' earns a percentage of whatever you purchase at Amazon.
Church School Registration - 
Church school takes place on Sundays after the 9:00am service, from 10:00am - 11:00am in the Education Building.  Click here to register online.  You can print a registration form by clicking here or you can find the forms in the parish hall, in the rack next to the youth bulletin board.  Please return registration forms to Dawn+ by mail or by dropping the form off in the pocket on the door of the clergy offices.
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+
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Children and Youth Announcements

St. James' Parish
Old Herring Creeke
 
Children and Youth Announcements
  
December 15, 2014
Pizza & Bible Study for Youth (grades 6-12)-   
  
Starting in October we will begin a monthly Bible study for youth grade 6 through grade 12.

The Jr. and Sr. High School youth 
(grades 6-12) will be meeting on the
fourth Monday of the month. The next session will be Dec. 22nd.  We will meet in the YAC classroom on the upper level of the education building.

We will meet from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.  Our time together will begin with prayer, pizza and check-in time.  We will then spend the next hour watching a short video on one of the Bible characters then, moving on to discussion time, encouraging "youth to see the similarities between themselves and their faith ancestors...Unlikely people called by God to do amazing things."  

re:form Ancestors is a youth Bible study curriculum that helps older students get to know personalities from the Old and New Testaments.

Please email Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com if your youth would like to join the Bible study.
Youth Sunday January 4th - 

On Sunday, January 4th we will have YOUTH SUNDAY!!  The children and youth of St. James' Parish will be leading worship during the 9:00am service.  

We will have youth reading the lessons, a children's lesson, followed by a sermon from one of our clergy. We will have youth centered music.  There will be youth ushers and an older youth administering the chalice during communion.  

Come and worship with the children and youth of St. James' Parish as they share their ministry with us in what will be a phenomenal worship experience.

Future Youth Sundays are scheduled for March 1st, and May 3rd.  
Youth Confirmation Classes -
  
Youth Confirmation classes will begin Monday, January 12th from 7:00pm-8:00pm and will be held monthly for ten sessions.  Bishop Heather Cook will be making a visitation to St. James' in the fall and will officiate the Rite of Confirmation for those youth who have completed the Confirmation class.  The curriculum will be My Faith, My Life: A Teen's Guide to the Episcopal Church, recommended by the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland's Missioner for Christian Formation, Randi Hicks Rowe.  You can click the link above to read about the curriculum. Each youth will receive their own copy.  The class will follow the format of a book club.  Each month we will review and discuss one chapter.
  
The Book of Common Prayer states, "In the course of their Christian development, those baptized at an early age are expected, when they are ready and have been duly prepared, to make a mature public affirmation of their faith and commitment to the responsibilities of their Baptism and to receive the laying on of hands by the bishop" (BCP, p.412).  

If your youth (6th -12th grade) would like to participate in the Rite of Confirmation, please contact Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com or (410)867-2838, before January 1st.


Earn for St. James' Christian Formation through our current eScrip program when you shop at Amazon. If you follow the Amazon link on this post, or on the stjameslothian.com footer, or bookmark and follow the URL goo.gl/lEhsh7, then St. James' earns a percentage of whatever you purchase at Amazon.
Church School Registration - 
Church school takes place on Sundays after the 9:00am service, from 10:00am - 11:00am in the Education Building.  Click here to register online.  You can print a registration form by clicking here or you can find the forms in the parish hall, in the rack next to the youth bulletin board.  Please return registration forms to Dawn+ by mail or by dropping the form off in the pocket on the door of the clergy offices.
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+
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Children and Youth Announcements

St. James' Parish
Old Herring Creeke
 
Children and Youth Announcements
  
December 8, 2014
Salvation Army Sing Along -
Tuesday, Dec. 9th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Youth will present the Salvation Army representatives with the toys purchased from Toys-R-US.
Lunch with Santa -
Saturday, Dec. 13th from 12pm - 2pm.  A great opportunity for the youth of St. James' to help those in need in our surrounding community.
Diocesan Event: Philadelphia Nightwatch- 

Friday - Saturday , December 12th -13th 

Open to both junior and senior high youth! Come join us as we travel to Philadelphia for a special program.  We will join their Nightwatch Friday night and Saturday morning and then tour around Philadelphia and be home around 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.


 

**Transportation from St. James' Church, to meet up with the diocesan group, will be provided.  Please contact Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com or at (410)867-2838 for more information.**


 

->Cost $35.00 dinner included!

 

PARENT CONSENT FORM

 

December 12-13, 2014 @ Saint Peter's in the Great Valley, Malvern, PA

 

Schedule of the Event

7:00-7:30 pm          Registration

7:30-8:15 pm          Ice Breakers & Orientation
8:15-8:30 pm          Snack Break

8:30-9:15 pm          Small Group Discussion
9:15-10:45 pm        Curated Eucharist
10:45-11:45 pm      Games & Preparing for Bed

12:00 am                Lights Out

8:00-8:30 am          Wake Up, Dress & Clean Up
8:30-9:15 am          Breakfast
9:15-9:45 am          Morning Prayer
9:45-10:00 am        Dismissal


 

Things to Pack!

1. Sleeping bag & pillow

2. Toiletries and any overnight medications

3. Pajamas and clothes for traveling

4. Recommended hoodie or light jacket

5. Money for lunch on the way home

 

For more information on this diocesan sponsored event please click here.
Pizza & Bible Study for Youth (grades 6-12)-   
  
Starting in October we will begin a monthly Bible study for youth grade 6 through grade 12.

The Jr. and Sr. High School youth 
(grades 6-12) will be meeting on the
fourth Monday of the month. The next session will be Dec. 22nd.  We will meet in the YAC classroom on the upper level of the education building.

We will meet from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.  Our time together will begin with prayer, pizza and check-in time.  We will then spend the next hour watching a short video on one of the Bible characters then, moving on to discussion time, encouraging "youth to see the similarities between themselves and their faith ancestors...Unlikely people called by God to do amazing things."  

re:form Ancestors is a youth Bible study curriculum that helps older students get to know personalities from the Old and New Testaments.

Please email Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com if your youth would like to join the Bible study.
Youth Sunday January 4th - 

On Sunday, January 4th we will have YOUTH SUNDAY!!  The children and youth of St. James' Parish will be leading worship during the 9:00am service.  

We will have youth reading the lessons, a children's lesson, followed by a sermon from one of our clergy. We will have youth centered music.  There will be youth ushers and an older youth administering the chalice during communion.  

Come and worship with the children and youth of St. James' Parish as they share their ministry with us in what will be a phenomenal worship experience.

Future Youth Sundays are scheduled for March 1st, and May 3rd.  
Youth Confirmation Classes -
  
Youth Confirmation classes will begin Monday, January 12th from 7:00pm-8:00pm and will be held monthly for ten sessions.  Bishop Heather Cook will be making a visitation to St. James' in the fall and will officiate the Rite of Confirmation for those youth who have completed the Confirmation class.  The curriculum will be My Faith, My Life: A Teen's Guide to the Episcopal Church, recommended by the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland's Missioner for Christian Formation, Randi Hicks Rowe.  You can click the link above to read about the curriculum. Each youth will receive their own copy.  The class will follow the format of a book club.  Each month we will review and discuss one chapter.
  
The Book of Common Prayer states, "In the course of their Christian development, those baptized at an early age are expected, when they are ready and have been duly prepared, to make a mature public affirmation of their faith and commitment to the responsibilities of their Baptism and to receive the laying on of hands by the bishop" (BCP, p.412).  

If your youth (6th -12th grade) would like to participate in the Rite of Confirmation, please contact Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com or (410)867-2838, before January 1st.


Earn for St. James' Christian Formation through our current eScrip program when you shop at Amazon. If you follow the Amazon link on this post, or on the stjameslothian.com footer, or bookmark and follow the URL goo.gl/lEhsh7, then St. James' earns a percentage of whatever you purchase at Amazon.
Church School Registration - 
Church school takes place on Sundays after the 9:00am service, from 10:00am - 11:00am in the Education Building.  Click here to register online.  You can print a registration form by clicking here or you can find the forms in the parish hall, in the rack next to the youth bulletin board.  Please return registration forms to Dawn+ by mail or by dropping the form off in the pocket on the door of the clergy offices.
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+
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Children and Youth Announcements

St. James' Parish
Old Herring Creeke
 
Children and Youth Announcements
  
December 1, 2014
Atrium Fellowship- 
Sunday, Dec. 7th from 11:30am - 1:30pm. 
The children will learn about The Advent Jesse Tree and make Jesse Tree ornaments to use at home.
Toys-R-Us Shopping - 
 
Sunday, Dec. 7th. from 1:30pm-4:30pm. 
The youth (6th-12th grade) will shop for toys which will be presented to the Salvation Army on Tuesday, Dec. 9th.
Salvation Army Sing Along -
Tuesday, Dec. 9th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Youth will present the Salvation Army representatives with the toys purchased from Toys-R-US.
Lunch with Santa -
Saturday, Dec. 13th from 12pm - 2pm.  A great opportunity for the youth of St. James' to help those in need in our surrounding community.
Pizza & Bible Study for Youth (grades 6-12)-   
  
Starting in October we will begin a monthly Bible study for youth grade 6 through grade 12.

The Jr. and Sr. High School youth 
(grades 6-12) will be meeting on the fourth Monday of the month. The next session will be Dec. 22nd.  We will meet in the YAC classroom on the upper level of the education building.

We will meet from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.  Our time together will begin with prayer, pizza and check-in time.  We will then spend the next hour watching a short video on one of the Bible characters then, moving on to discussion time, encouraging "youth to see the similarities between themselves and their faith ancestors...Unlikely people called by God to do amazing things."  

re:form Ancestors is a youth Bible study curriculum that helps older students get to know personalities from the Old and New Testaments.

Please email Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com if your youth would like to join the Bible study.
Diocesan Event: Philadelphia Nightwatch- 

Friday - Saturday , December 12th -13th 

Open to both junior and senior high youth! Come join us as we travel to Philadelphia for a special program.  We will join their Nightwatch Friday night and Saturday morning and then tour around Philadelphia and be home around 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.


 

**Transportation from St. James' Church, to meet up with the diocesan group, will be provided.  Please contact Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com or at (410)867-2838 for more information.**


 

->Cost $35.00 dinner included!

 

PARENT CONSENT FORM

 

December 12-13, 2014 @ Saint Peter's in the Great Valley, Malvern, PA

 

Schedule of the Event

7:00-7:30 pm          Registration

7:30-8:15 pm          Ice Breakers & Orientation
8:15-8:30 pm          Snack Break

8:30-9:15 pm          Small Group Discussion
9:15-10:45 pm        Curated Eucharist
10:45-11:45 pm      Games & Preparing for Bed

12:00 am                Lights Out

8:00-8:30 am          Wake Up, Dress & Clean Up
8:30-9:15 am          Breakfast
9:15-9:45 am          Morning Prayer
9:45-10:00 am        Dismissal


 

Things to Pack!

1. Sleeping bag & pillow

2. Toiletries and any overnight medications

3. Pajamas and clothes for traveling

4. Recommended hoodie or light jacket

5. Money for lunch on the way home

 

For more information on this diocesan sponsored event please click here.

Earn for St. James' Christian Formation through our current eScrip program when you shop at Amazon. If you follow the Amazon link on this post, or on the stjameslothian.com footer, or bookmark and follow the URL goo.gl/lEhsh7, then St. James' earns a percentage of whatever you purchase at Amazon.
Church School Registration - 
Church school takes place on Sundays after the 9:00am service, from 10:00am - 11:00am in the Education Building.  Click here to register online.  You can print a registration form by clicking here or you can find the forms in the parish hall, in the rack next to the youth bulletin board.  Please return registration forms to Dawn+ by mail or by dropping the form off in the pocket on the door of the clergy offices.
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+
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Youth (6th-12th grade) Toys-R-Us Shopping Trip Dec. 7th

St. James' Parish
Youth (6th-12th grade) 
Toys-R-Us Shopping Trip
Sunday, Dec. 7th 
1:30pm - 4:30pm

On Sunday, December 7th from 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm the youth (6th-12th grade) will take their yearly pilgrimage to Toys-R-Us to buy toys for the Salvation Army Carol Sing.  The money used for this event is raised from the Messiah Sing-along  that will take place this Sunday, November 30th.  The toys are purchased for children in need within our surrounding community.  The toys received from us are sometimes the only toys these children will receive for Christmas.  On Tuesday, December 9th the Salvation Army Carol Sing  will start at 6:00pm with fellowship and a potluck supper in the Parish Hall.  The carol sing  will begin at 7:30pm in the church. This is when the gifts purchased are donated.  The youth meet prior to the event to put all the toys in the windows and then make a presentation to the head of the Salvation Army during the carol sing.  The Salvation Army brings a brass band and leads Christmas Carols.
    
Also, please be sure to fill out a youth registration from for the shopping trip, click here for the form.
  
The shopping trip is a great way for youth to participate in an outreach activity, especially during holidays.  This is just one of many ways to help spread the spirit of Christmas with others!
  
God bless,
Dawn Campbell+
 
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