YOUNG PEOPLE AT TRINITY LIME ROCK
In smaller parishes like Trinity, the size of the Sunday School varies as older young people find themselves involved in college and career, and new, younger children become old enough to participate in our “one room schoolhouse” Sunday School and grow to take the place of the recent grads.
HERE WAS A MESSAGE FROM THE YOUNG PEOPLE DURING COVID-19:
Obviously those days are past and now we have a young people’s program again.
As last school year ended, we were having Sunday School most Sunday mornings at 9 AM, taught by the Rector and four parishioners — all with significant experience in Christian education of young people.
(Please note that Sunday School is currently meeting one Sunday per month, scheduled each month to optimize attendance. Please call the parish office at (860)435-2626 if you have a young person who might be interested in being involved. Leave contact information and someone will be back to you to discuss current plans.
Needless to say, the Sunday School program will be re-shaping itself while we search for new clergy. You can be involved in the process!
Acolytes
Trinity often has an active acolyte program, staffed by our young people, under direction of the Verger. At the present time, we’re short of young people of an age to serve as acolytes, so we’re waiting for our Sunday School kids to age into the role.
Trinity is open to trying new things! Here’s an example: Going back a decade or so, a nine year old asked what the kids were supposed to be doing in the Summer when Sunday School didn’t meet. Asked what SHE thought the kids could do, she responded “We could play soccer.” She was right. We had active Summer Soccer at Trinity for a few years — until the young people requested a more varied program, so we switched to a variety of sports, chosen by the young people themselves. That crop has moved along to college and professional life, so the Summer Soccer program is no more.
Most years the young people stage a Christmas Pageant, usually on the third or fourth Sunday of Advent. These vary in scale from year to year — and there have been years when there was no pageant at all — but we always make an effort to stage one, remembering that the first Christmas Pageant at Trinity was held all the way back in 1942!
A picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is worth a thousand pictures. A few years ago our were interested in using video to supplement their Christian Education, so they made several of their own. So, here are five videos of Trinity’s young people a few years ago.
ENJOY!
We predict that you’ve never seen anything like this in church! Anywhere!
Here’s another video the young people made:
The young people studied the activities of the Apostles following the Resurrection and in the early days of the church. Here was the video they produced as part of that study.
Christmas Pageants at Trinity date back to 1942 — the dark days of World War II. This particular pageant (a decade ago, now) was written, directed, and acted entirely by our young people.
The Congregation of Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford recently traveled by bus to Trinity Lime Rock for a Sunday. Here are the processional and recessional from that day — and you’ll see Trinity kids as well as young people from the Cathedral in the procession.
Here was one of the earlier video efforts by our young people, superimposing a “60 Minutes” format on two Bible stories. Enjoy!!
By the way, you should know that we take the safety of our young people very seriously, and closely adhere to the Safe Church policies of the Diocese of Connecticut. Ask to see a copy when you come by, or you can download a copy from the Diocese of Connecticut website!