Dear Parents of Elementary Children,
This coming Sunday, October 5, is World Communion Sunday. There will be several special things happening at RPC this day to celebrate. During Sunday School, the 1st-5th Grade Elementary Sunday School classes will be doing Communion Education lessons. Children should still be dropped-off and picked-up in their usual locations for Sunday School. The Kindergarten classes will do a brief review of the Communion Education they did two weeks ago as part of their Worship Education series. All elementary children will learn about the meaning, symbolism and importance of Communion and what the Presbyterian Church (USA)
believes about this Sacrament.
The younger elementary grades (1st-3rd) will be practicing Communion with crackers—we will provide a gluten free option, but you or your child will need to make sure to remind the Sunday School teacher that they need that option. The older grades (4th and 5th) will be doing an activity involving raw bread dough—we will not be able to provide a gluten free dough alternative, so we will have gloves for children with gluten allergies to wear while using the dough if their allergy is contact or airborne. Again, please make sure their teachers know they need this option. They will not be eating the bread dough, just molding the dough. We are so looking forward to this special Sunday because it will be a morning devoted to recognizing the universal celebration of the Lord’s Supper in Christianity. During 11:15 worship, elementary children will be helping carry in the bread for Communion and we will have breads from all over the world. This is truly a very special celebration at Roswell Presbyterian Church.
Also this Sunday, Rev. Lyndsay Slocum will be leading the First Class Sundays session with the topic, Serving Simply, at 9:45 in the Fellowship Hall. First Class Sundays is an open forum for parents, grandparents, and those involved in the life of children and students.
‘We want our children to be kind and generous and we know it is important to model that behavior. However, we have very busy lives and we cannot always afford an international mission trip. Plus, it isn't always practical to take our children into foreign countries. In October, we will talk about why it is important to serve together as well as look at some important ways to incorporate serving into your family's life. You can make a difference in God's world without boarding a plane.’
Please let me know if you have any questions about World Communion Sunday, or need to inform us of your child’s allergy to anything we will use on Sunday morning. Thank you!
Sarah Kate DeWyngaert
Director of Children’s Ministry
Roswell Presbyterian Church
Direct Line: 770-649-4507
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