This Sunday, our children will be digging into Psalm 98 and raising their voices to sing a "new song" in praise to God. We will explore making a joyful noise in different ways and make rhythm instruments to remind us to praise God with joy...
We all loved celebrating Earth Day last Sunday! We shared our ideas and plans in doing our part to love and care for the Earth. Playing with our ideas included making “binoculars” to help us focus on specific things of beauty, making little bird feeders...
Last Sunday we illustrated Psalm 23. We'll continue to work on memorizing it. Look for our beautiful watercolors in the hallway! This Sunday is Earth Day. We invite everyone to wear something with birds on it. We’ll be making bird feeders and cardboard “binoculars,” and...
Many thanks to Ms. Deanna and Dr. Carter for their leadership with the children last Sunday while I was away with my clergy women’s covenant group and to see my sister (with an excellent bonus sighting of the eclipse). The children explored the many faces...
EASTER DAY at Westwood was wonderful last Sunday, with lots of friends and even a few bunnies! That was only the beginning of a time we like to call EASTERTIDE. We will still be celebrating Eastertide in a lot of thoughtful ways for the next...
Big doings this Sunday! See you on Resurrection Day! 9:15am - Children can join Ms. Deanna & me in the narthex to head down a secret way to unbury the Alleluias. 9:25am - Each family grab bags for each child in your family. Keep bags with families, not with...
LAST WEEK: Could we keep the beach ball up in the air for 7 times? Or would we need to forgive each other 70 x 7 for missing the mark? We did it! With lots of apologies in between. THIS WEEK: This Sunday, families please meet...
Sometimes it’s hard to decide what path to take. Sometimes our stubbornness gets us walking in a maze, with many dead ends. Sometimes the path to God’s heart is very simple even if it’s not particularly straight. Last Sunday we experienced the labyrinth with candlelight...
Jesus’ asking, “Who do people say that I am?” brought us into trying to figure out who Jesus says that WE are. We looked into mirrors and made self-portraits. We wrote down words that define us. And we sang “Kumbaya" BEAUTIFULLY with the adult choir...
“God is with me when I’m scared,” we recited as we played hopscotch and made “portable hugs” to remind us of things that help us when we’re scared. We learned the story of how Peter was too scared when he asked Jesus to help him...