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About 30 children are enrolled in Sunday School at St. Andrew’s, in 3 classes (pre-K thru 3rd grade, 4th-7th grade, and 8th-12th grade) In the pre-K through middle school our curriculum is Living the Good News, an Episcopal lectionary-based curriculum in which the children read and share activities in response to the Gospel of the day. The teens read the Scriptures of the day and discuss what they mean for their lives.

Parents can share in the service with our youngest children in the nursery, where the service is televised; restless children and their parents can also attend the service in the chapel space in the back of the church,

We include our children and youth in all aspects of our worship. They take part in age-appropriate worship and discussion during the first part of our service (the Liturgy of the Word), and they join the adult congregation for a Children’s Homily and the second part of the service (Holy Communion).

On special feasts the children and youth participate in the service as readers; on occasion they give a dramatic reading of the gospel.

Every child is welcome to receive Holy Communion, but we also have a Communion Class every spring for children who are seven or eight years old, so that they can better understand what sharing Communion means. We organize family activities for outreach and fellowship several times throughout the year.

Our youth take part in outreach projects during the year and assist in the younger children’s classes. We meet monthly as part of the Niagara Deanery Youth Group, for youth in grades 6-12 from all the Episcopal churches in Niagara County . To learn more about the Niagara Deanery Youth Group, click here

St. Andrew’s has developed Safety Policies guiding the care of our children. To read these policies, click on one of the following: | WORD Document | PDF Document |