Children
Youth and children are vital to FLC. They learn faith as they participate in a supportive, inter-generational community. In addition to activities just for them, we invite children to participate as worship assistants, musicians, in service projects, worship skits, crafts, and having fun. We love inter-generational events.
Children at Worship
Children are most welcome at all services of worship. They both receive and assist with communion. They may also be invited forward for a children’s sermon. Children sometimes lead processions with cross, light candles, or participate in other ways.
Young children usually join parents in the pew, or they might sit at the craft table in the back. It’s fine when children make noise in church! Children can also head downstairs to our Children’s Center for all or part of the service, where childcare is provided. The Children’s Center is outfitted like a preschool. Please bring diapering supplies if your child needs them.
Learning
We’ve been offering occasional Sunday School “deep dives” on topics such as the Lord’s Prayer and Holy Communion. But the richer curriculum of lifelong learning that children and adults do together, is learning how to belong to a community, getting used to serving people in need and discovering what it means to worship. These topics are learned as we simply do church together and reflect on it.
Baptism, Confirmation
Baptism is for all ages – children included. Occasional classes are provided for children and parents to better understand Holy Communion.
Confirmation allows for teens to go deeper in their learning, culminating with an opportunity to affirm their faith during worship and become voting members of the congregation.
FLC Lemonade stand
Assembling relief kits
Rally Day sidewalk art
Local backpack recipient
Camping
A variety of ways to enjoy camping
Gone birding in the Baylands