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Trinity Kids - Sunday School at Trinity Lime Rock  Programs for young people at Trinity

Young People's Sunday is what we customarily call the last Sunday of the month during the school year.

Our children and teens are the ushers, acolytes, readers, and intercessors at the 10:30 AM Holy Eucharist on each Sunday that is so designated. 

 

If you have children over the age of 7 and have not yet spoken to Pastor Heidi about their participation, please contact her as soon as possible to see how we can include them -- if not this time, then the next time!!

 


Here are some more Trinity Kids highlights:

 

ACOLYTES:

New acolytes in training at Trinity Lime Rock

 

Depending on the interests of our current crop of young people, Trinity often has an active acolyte program. We've got a very active one right now!  More pictures are on our Acolytes photo page.  That's not all -- our kids serve as ushers, readers, and intercessor (as well as acolytes, of course) on the last Sunday of each month.

CHRISTMAS

PAGEANT:

Angels at the Manger at Trinity's Christmas Pageant

 

All about our Christmas Pageants -- 2009 was our 67th year of Christmas Pageants at Trinity.  Lots of pictures! (and a video -- more videos in previous years, too!)

SPORTS:

Summer Soccer 2007 at Trinity Limerock

We're proud of our Sports program2010 will be the sixth year of our Summer Sports program for the community.  This takes the place of Sunday School during the summer months and is open to the entire community, not just Trinity Kids.  We're continually adding to this program -- we bowled in February, for example. Lots of pictures and more information on our Summer Sports pages

SUNDAY

SCHOOL:

Maddy and Hayley welcome you to Sunday School at Trinity

 

Trinity's Sunday School meets most Sunday mornings during the school year in our Sunday School rooms, but it starts at 10:20 AM at the side altar in church.  More information is on our Sunday School page.  More pictures are on our Trinity Kids photo page.  You'll also see photos of activities like our February 2010 bowling trip!

MUSIC:

 

Children's Choir

CONFIRMATION:

Our 2004 Confirmation class

Trinity's tradition of young people making music goes back more than a century to the days when the parish actually had its own boy choir!  Today at Trinity we encourage the musical development and expression of our young people by highlighting their talents in the Christmas Pageant, occasional other presentations by the Sunday School, and on special occasions as a youth choir, as well as performing with the adult choir.

We're a small parish, so we don't always have a confirmation class.  When we do have one, we usually incorporate students from nearby Indian Mountain School. This year we are preparing a confirmation class jointly with four other parishes in our area -- the first time we have undertaken a group effort in this regard. See a page about our most recent confirmation class (we've got three of our Trinity Kids in that class, along with five kids from the other participating parishes). Or, read some additional information about Confirmation for Young People at Trinity Lime Rock. 

...what we do

Trinity Lime Rock is a small parish, but we are a community that is (and has always been) particularly welcoming to young people. 

Young people at Trinity have a series of opportunities for experiences at church in many contexts in addition to the traditional Sunday School classroom.  Through our efforts to involve our young people in all aspects of our church life, we try to make many of our activities for Trinity Kids a "teaching moment" -- This applies whether it's Sunday School itself, rehearsing for the Christmas Pageant, joining a circle to say the Lord's Prayer before Summer Sports, getting involved in an outreach project, or singing with the Junior Choir or serving as an acolyte or a youth usher or a reader on Sunday mornings.

Work, school, travel, extracurricular activities, sports, music lessons, Scouts, riding lessons, all can combine to make family life hectic and disconnected.  For most of us, in fact, Sunday is the only day of the week we have an opportunity to be a real family. Church is a wonderful place to be part both of our own families and the larger Trinity family at the same time. 

It's for this reason that we make a real effort to combine our week-to-week Sunday School curriculum -- as well as the special events and activities mentioned above -- with our worship.  Many of our older young people are involved in specific worship roles.  Our Sunday School joins the main worship service for the Holy Eucharist each Sunday (and leads much of the worship on the 4th Sunday of each month), and, on other special Sundays, we encourage our young people to sit with their families or with their classmates and friends during worship. 

People ask whether it's realistic to expect young people to "sit through" church, even on major Sundays of the church year, like Easter.  Yes, we recognize that young people are not likely to have the same focus on the spoken word as adults do, nor the same attention span.  In some churches this would be a problem.  However, as Episcopalians, our church is a liturgical church -- which means there is constant, predictable activity, with little chance for children to become bored. If you have ever been a part of the celebration and pageantry of an Episcopal service, you will recognize this aspect of our worship. We also provide our young people in church with materials related to the service that appeals to their interests and is appropriate for their developmental stages.  And, we are are always very much open to suggestions for improvement.

But, most important, we are always glad to welcome young people of all ages at Trinity.  We know that many of our young people are not in the area every weekend, and our current lectionary-based Christian Education helps us welcome newcomers, visitors, and those who cannot regularly be here without disrupting a rigid lesson plan in a traditional Sunday School class.  Yet, as flexible as we are, our Sunday School still imparts the basics of Christian education -- and the kids have a great time in the process!

Of course, Trinity's facility provides us with unrivaled flexibility for a parish our size, both indoors and out.  And young people have plenty of opportunity to be with -- and have fun with -- their peers in Sunday School, after the service, during hospitality hour, and when involved in our youth activities.

So, even if you are "just looking" or only in the area for a short time -- or, like many of our families, simply unable to make the time commitment regular Sunday morning Sunday School attendance entails -- we encourage you to visit us at Trinity any Sunday.  As a small parish, every child is an individual, and their interests and preferences are considered whenever we plan programs.

 On this page (and the linked ones) you'll find pictures and information about some of the great (and, we hope, instructive) times our young people have had over the past nine or ten years, and we'll continue to bring you more pictures occasionally.  We hope you enjoy them!

Our innovative Summer Sports program is now five years old! 

 

 See pictures from our 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 seasons, and for more information about our Summer Sports program,

just click the soccer ball!

 

 Summer Sunday School Soccer at Trinity Lime Rock

Our Sunday School's primary age group created a magnificent Lego model of Trinity (and the cemetery across the street).  Click on the photo below to see a large picture of them -- and their model, which they showed us at hospitality hour after the 10:30 AM Holy Eucharist

 Primary girls

That same day, some of our young people enjoyed jump rope in the new cloister (Trinity Field, our eight acre back yard, is in the background).  Click on the photo to see a larger image.

 Girls jumping rope

Looking for pictures of a recent Baptism at Trinity?

You'll probably find them in our parish photo album

Our young people are important members of our parish community!  

Trinity Kids -- Welcome to Trinity (and to our Sunday School!)  

WEEKENDERS!!  

We're very happy to welcome young people to Trinity and our programs even if you don't live here full-time and can't attend regularly.  Lots of our young people come "to the country" only occasionally.  And we understand that family and other obligations can make it impossible to always attend even when families are here.  

People sometimes wonder if they (and their children) will be accepted if they don't live here or don't attend every Sunday.    Will you feel like you're REALLY welcome?  The answer is "yes, definitely". 

Parents:  here's a message for you!

 

See photos of our Palm Sunday crafts!!.  And, how about taking a look at our new and improved Young People's Flower Garden!! 
See our pantomime of the 2006 Visitation of the Magi -- (the kids really enjoy our theatrical activities -- and so do we!)
Trinity Lime Rock -- Girl Scout Sunday  rotates between local churches, and most recently was held at Trinity in 2003!  See PICTURES!

“Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” 

Photos of our Sunday School of our Trinity Kids!!
See pictures of our famous Christmas Pageants. (There are ten years of Pageant pictures here on the website!!  Christmas Pageant 2000, Christmas Pageant 2001, Christmas Pageant 2002, Christmas Pageant 2003, Christmas Pageant 2004, Christmas Pageant 2005 (as well as our inaugural pantomime of the Visitation of the Magi (2006), Christmas Pageant 2006 Christmas Pageant 2007, Christmas Pageant 2008, and Christmas Pageant 2009, our 67th consecutive year of Christmas Pageants at Trinity!!
Watch the process as Trinity Kids become great ACOLYTES.  Great acolytes are definitely a tradition at Trinity, and at one time or another, most of our kids try their hand at it! Caitlynn as the Maundy Thursday Crucifer at Trinity Lime Rock
Our young people are actively involved in Outreach to those who are less fortunate.
Are you a parent who is thinking about Trinity for your child? Are you a parent who thinks your child might be too young for our programs for young people at Trinity
In a photo taken in early 2003,  a group of 4th to 6th grade Sunday School students works on a special project: Learning about the lives of the Disciples  (and eating popcorn). 

This picture was taken before construction of our new addition.  It's done now, adding great flexibility for projects like this one.

See pictures of this Sunday School project team making their presentation to the Parish (they're on our photo album page)!!

4th to 6th grade Sunday School kids

 

Don't miss the PICTURES OF TRINITY'S FAMOUS

 CHRISTMAS PAGEANTS!!!

See photos of our Christmas Pageants 

 

 Young people are welcome at Trinity Lime Rock

 Offering Companionship Along The Way

 

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Website updated Thursday, June 24, 2010 04:48 PM