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CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES

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Sunday Club

Sunday Club is for kids age 3 through 5th grade. We begin each Sunday at 9:15 with Gathering Time in the Choir Room. We sing, hear a story, recognize birthdays, take an offering of food and money, and pray. At 9:30 we divide into age groups and go to our classes – preschool & kindergarten together, and 1st-5th grades. Sometimes we do activities together.

Summer Club
NEW!!!! this Summer -- a weekday program for elementary-aged kids
Wednesday afternoons in July.  11:30 AM - 3:30 PM. July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.  PLUS all day Thursday August 6 for Valley Fair.
Summer Club will focus on themes of Peace and Friendship.  Bring a bag lunch and start our time together sharing a picnic with the older Summer Stretch youth.  Then they will go off to do their thing, and we will stay at St. Anne's for learning, activities and crafts, and games. 
Click for:  Detailed Summer Club Flyer      Summer Club Registration Packet

Thank you to the Sunday Club teachers
Gathering Time: Ingrid Benda and Karen Gott
Preschool-K: Roxie Markie; Kathryn Rooney; Barb Ogorek; Molly Price
1st-5th grades: Jennifer McNally, Bill McNally, Mary Holland, Nancy Fuenffinger, Liz Fuenffinger

In December we built a stable for Mary and Joseph. We also made Peace rocks. And we put on the Christmas pageant! to see photos, click here.

Theme for January : Community
Theme for February: Love
Theme for March: Millennium Development Goals
Theme for April: New Life
Theme for May: Remembering; "I Believe..."

Newsletters with photos: 
October Sunday Club Newsletter.
November Sunday Club Newsletter

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The Children’s Charter

In 1997 the Episcopal Church adopted “The Children’s Charter for the Church.”  Saint Anne’s affirms the Children’s Charter, and strives to include children in every facet of church life and ministry.

Nurture of the Child       
Children are a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is a gift. — Psalm 127:4 (BCP)

The Church is Called to:

  • receive, nurture and treasure each child as a gift from God;
  • proclaim the Gospel to children, in ways that empower them to receive and respond to God’s love;
  • give high priority to the quality of planning for children and the preparation and support of those who minister with them;
  • 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.

 Ministry to the Child 
Then Jesus took the children in his arms, placed his hands on each of them and blessed them.  Mark 10:16

The Church is Called to:

  • love, shelter, protect and defend children within its own community and in the world, especially those who are abused, neglected or in danger;
  • nurture and support families in caring for their children, acting in their children’s best interest, and recognizing and fostering their children’s spirituality and unique gifts;
  • embrace children who seek Christian nurture independently of their parents’ participation in the church;
  • advocate for the integrity of childhood and the dignity of all children at every level of our religious, civic and political structures.

Ministry of the Child       
A child shall lead them.  Isaiah 11:6

The Church is Called to:

  • receive children’s special gifts as signs of the Reign of God;
  • foster community beyond the family unit, in which children, youth and adults know each other by name, minister to each other, and are partners together in serving Christ in the world;
  • appreciate children’s abilities and readiness to represent Christ and his church, to bear witness to him wherever they may be, and according to gifts given them, to carry on Christ’s work of reconciliation in the world, and to take their place in the life, worship, and governance of the church. (Ministry of the Laity pg. 855 Book of Common Prayer)

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Safe Church Training

 Since 1995, the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota has taken a proactive stance in the prevention of child sexual abuse and sexual harassment, by instituting mandatory Safe Church training for all ordained clergy, all lay employees and leaders, and all who work in churches with children, youth, and vulnerable adults – whether paid or volunteer.

            Safe Church is about our covenant relationships, with God and with one another.  It is about providing a healthy, safe environment for all of God’s children.  Safe Church implies a faith community that takes seriously its promise to do all in our power to support one another in our life in Christ.  It is about all of us being aware of potentially compromising situations, daring to address them in healthy ways before they become problems, and living together in ways that prevent abuse from happening.

            All teachers and helpers in St. Anne’s children’s ministries are Safe Church trained.  To read the Safe Church policy, go to http://www.episcopalmn.org/safechurch_policy2005.pdf

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