Children and Youth Announcements

St. James' Parish Old Herring Creeke   Children and Youth Announcements    August 2013 Have a blessed Labor Day weekend! Remember those who labor for our common good.  Rest from your labors - honor Sabbath time. Enjoy family and friends!   "O Beloved Friend and Earth Designer,  this day's light is seeping away,  and dark night crouches  beneath the amber horizon.   I am tired from the work of this warm day,  but not so weary that I can forget  this day's rich harvest of gifts.     I lift up my heart to you,  singing a sunset song of gratitude.   I praise you for the blessings that fill my life,  for the gifts I can recall  and for treasures I take for granted.     Gently refresh me now  with your evergreen pardon  for my failure to drink deeply of your love,  hidden cleverly in each gift  that has come my way today.     Forgive my rushing past  the countless visions of you, unique to this day,  held so tenderly in the beauty of your love.   Forgive my absent-mindedness, the deafness of my ears,  my senses blinded by my busyness today.     Blessed are you, Holy Parent,  who will soon wrap me in sleep  and cradle me in the womb of your peace."   " A Summer Sunset Psalm,"  taken from Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim, by Edward Hays Church School Registration    Church school begins Sunday, September 8th after the 9:00am service!!  Online registration is available!  Click here to register online.  Click here to fill out a digital registration form that can be printed and mailed, or dropped off to Dawn+.  Blessing Backpacks!    For those of you who were not able to bring your backpack, briefcase, or tote, blessings and tags are still available!  You can bring your backpacks, briefcases, tote bags, etc. to the 10:00am service on Sunday for a blessing and a laminated tag.   Acolyte Training On Saturday, September 28th beginning at 9:00am we will have acolyte and youth usher training at St. James' Church.  After the training we will be taking a trip to Brownies Beach for a little fun, Frisbee, and food. To sign up for the training please click here.  To participate in the fellowship at Brownies Beach please be sure to complete the Youth Fellowship Registration and the permission slip below.  We will be heading back to St. James' by 3:00pm.  Be sure to bring a towel!   Acolyte Fellowship - Parental Permission for Brownies Beach Outing on September 28, 2013 As a parent/guardian, by signing this permission slip, you are giving consent for the youth named below to attend the above named event. Youth Name:____________________________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Name:_______________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Contact Phone Number: (Cell)______________________________                                                                                    (Home)_____________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature:____________________________________________ *Permission slips are required for all youth participating in events without parental supervision, and are in addition to the required Youth Fellowship Registration that must be on file for all youth. Youth Confirmation Classes    Youth Confirmation classes will begin Monday, September 30th from 7:00pm-8:00pm and will be held monthly until June 2014.  On Sunday, June 22, 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.  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 teenager (10th -12th grade) would like to participate in the Rite of Confirmation, please contact Dawn+ at dawncampbell@stjameslothian.com or (410)867-2838, before September 30th. 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+