Trinity Kids Report

January through June, the Sunday school curriculum mirrored that of the church calendar with our lessons on the Epiphany, Jesus in the Temple and John the Baptist “Preparing the Way”. Our focus in February was love - that GOD is LOVE! and lessons of the Miracles of Jesus brought us to Holy Week. A highlight of the Miracles occurred with the “Raising Lazarus” lesson when the students role-played the miracle. Once Lazarus was raised, another group of students wanted to be Lazarus. So with different children playing the role of Lazarus and Jesus, he was raised three times in the basement of Cox Hall! A few weeks later each child portrayed one of the disciples at the Last Supper; sitting on the floor around a low table eating bread and drinking grape juice while we read the Bible story. In Spring the lessons highlighted one story in each of the first four Books of the Bible; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers. And the students learned the Bible BOP song which helped them remember the order of the books. On Pentecost, the Trinity Kids celebrated the church’s birthday with streamers, cake, and an opportunity to discuss the gifts God gives us! During the summer Trinity Episcopal church hosted Vacation Bible School. This year thirty children from age 512 located the “Infinity lanterns” on Adventures on Discovery Island. Each day the children would find one of the lanterns located around the Trinity campus and learn a Bible story that related to the Infinity Lantern; i.e. Love- Creation Story, Trust- Moses and the Burning Bush, Faithlowering a paralyzed man through the roof, and Joy- “Lost” parables (Luke 15). It was a wonderful week of songs, skits, and crafts which culminated with a church-wide gathering on the lawn Friday