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On Sunday, May 23, St. John's honored the people who have worked all year with our children in church school. Melanie Murray-Brown and Naomi Astyk, our lead teachers, have maintained classrooms for children from ages three years through middle school. Both brought lively and fresh new lessons offering the gift of the holy spirit in warm, friendly classrooms.
Laurie Brown kept watch over our nursery for our littlest children. Along with caring for the children, she assisted weekly in the classroom.
Fiona Prentice volunteered to help out on many occasions in the nursery and Atrium I. Thank you, Fiona, for your continued dedication.
We had a great year with a varied curriculum. One of our topics this year was to look at the Millennium Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. The teachers brought these issues to the classroom for study and contemplation. Charles Curti joined with Laurie Brown to talk about the work that Oxfam America is doing to eradicate hunger, especially with children.
The Children’s Charter of the Episcopal Church says that the church is called: to receive, nurture and treasure each child as a gift from God; to proclaim the Gospel to children, in ways that empower them to receive and respond to God’s love; to give high priority to the quality of planning for children and the preparation and support of those who minister with them; to include children, in fulfillment of the Baptismal Covenant, as members and full participants in the Eucharistic community and in the church’s common life of prayer, witness and service.
Our teachers make every effort possible to nurture our children in these tenets. It is important for all of us at St. John’s to join with our teachers in this ministry. If you would like to take a more active role in working with children, please speak with any one of our teachers or with me.
Thank you Melanie, Naomi, Laurie, and Fiona for another year of sharing your time, talent and treasure with all our children.
--Catherine McGeary
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