<![CDATA[Church of the Holy Spirit - Children\'s Formation ​News]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:44:51 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[March 7 - Meal Pack Event]]>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:55:58 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/march-7-meal-pack-event
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Join the CHS Youth Group in feeding the hungry at a
Feed My Starving Children Mobile Meal Pack Event
Saturday March 7 from 9-11am
Zion Lutheran Church
18 Miller Ave in Oldwick NJ
To RSVP or for more info ask Lindsay at wyglos@gmail.com
]]><![CDATA[Adult Volunteers Needed!]]>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:45:44 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/adult-volunteers-neededPicture
CHS Children's Formation was cancelled last Sunday, February 1, 2026,  because we were short a second adult.  All children and youth activities are required by Diocesan rules to have 2 adults present at all times.  This formation group is 30-40 minutes long and is so vital if we are to raise our youth to be strong Christians. This is an opportunity to share your wisdom with our children.  See Mo. Kim or Lindsay Wyglendowski for more information and to sign up. If you are currently signed up as a member of this team, you should have received an email from Mo. Kim on Tuesday.  We hope to have a meeting of this team before March.
 
]]><![CDATA[January 2026 News]]>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:35:30 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/january-2026-newsCHS Children's Formation meets at 10am in the St. Nicholas Room off the narthex. All ages welcome. These winter months they are making blankets for Project Linus once again. We always need more adult volunteers to lead and help as well as organize lessons and volunteers. No experience necessary. Please speak to any vestry member if you feel called to spend time with our children or help behind the scenes. ​]]><![CDATA[Narthex Gratitude Tree]]>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:50:13 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/narthex-gratitude-tree
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The Youth Group put up the Gratitude Tree in the Narthex
Parishioners are welcome to engage in a gratitude practice available in the narthex. The children have been making hand ornaments and the teens have assembled the tree and have provided star ornaments to add your own gratefulness ornaments as a physical demonstration for our collective gratitude. Ask the children which hand is theirs! 
Thank you Janet Matts for the tree donation.
]]><![CDATA[Autumn Activities]]>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:55:21 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/autumn-activitiesThis fall our children wrote more comforting letters to We Care recipients, heard the gospel and created Lego interpretations, and traced their hands and wrote what they are grateful for to make glittery ornaments for the parish gratitude tree. 

As advent begins, we will prepare to hear the story of the birth of Jesus and welcome the parish to add their own gratitude ornaments to the collective tree.

The Christmas Eve children's service is at 4:00.
]]><![CDATA[New Beginnings - September 14]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 02:30:02 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/new-beginnings-september-14​Children’s Formation begins on September 14th at 10AM.  Children's Ministry gatherings begin Sunday September 14 at 10am. We will meet the first three Sundays of each month through Pentecost. Our focus is always on becoming like Christ as we serve others, proclaim God's love, and grow in the spirit. This year we will be welcoming our new rector and new families, reaching out to those in need, and serving within our community. Our team of adult volunteers is ready to joyfully serve and learn with you! ]]><![CDATA[It's June already!]]>Fri, 30 May 2025 13:30:12 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/its-june-alreadyWe donated 30 cake kits to The Open Cupboard Food Pantry. Thanks to the Youth Group for shopping for the materials and to all of the children and adults who helped assemble the kits this past month. The Youth Group also won $2,500 for the Pantry from Albertsons Grocery by entering this project into the Explore. Act. Tell. program. 

We have Ella the dog coming this Sunday for storytime and song practice and a Pentecost Party next week complete with human Hungry Hungry Hippos courtesy of Evan's learning at the acolyte festival.

June 8 is the last children's formation gathering of the school year. 
]]><![CDATA[April into May 2025]]>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:38:30 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/april-into-may-2025Children's Formation adult volunteers needed to help at 10:00 on May 4 & 18, and June 1. Email Lindsay at wyglos@gmail.com. We are assembling birthday cake kits for Open Cupboard. Thank you! 

Mother's Day Breakfast. Youth Group and Children's Formation are hosting a breakfast between the services at 9:00. Suggested donation of $5 per person will benefit the youth group. To volunteer or donate food items email Lindsay wyglos@gmail.com 

Children's Formation Pentecost Party. June 8th is our final gathering for the school year. We will have games and smoothies. Adult volunteers and ideas needed. email Lindsay wyglos@gmail.com]]><![CDATA[Project Linus Blanket Donation]]>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:32:55 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/project-linus-blanket-donation
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The children of CHS have been gathering each Sunday to hear the gospel and tie fleece blankets. They have completed twelve blankets to donate to the Hunterdon/Warren chapter of Project Linus on March 18th. 

Thank you Mollie, Patrick, Colin, Lily, Evan, Davison, Chloe, and Aubrey. Your hands have done many good works for others. 

We have begun opening our time together with the same prayer each week from the Book of Common Prayer:

Almighty and eternal God, draw our hearts to you, guide our minds, fill our imaginations, control our wills, so that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated to you; and then use us, we pray, as you will and always to your glory and to the welfare of your people; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Chris. Amen. 
]]><![CDATA[December Activities]]>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:53:09 GMThttps://www.churchholyspirit.org/childrens-formation-8203news/new-activityChildren's Formation and Youth Group: We are beginning bucket drumming practice! Practices will be on December 1st at 10am, December 8th at 9am, and December 15th at 9:35 am. Our performances will be on the 15th during the 10:00 am service and at the 4 pm service on Christmas Eve, the 24th.
We will sing Holy Night, Wondrous Night with the choir at 10 am on December 22nd. All are welcome whether they've practiced or not! Practice is December 22nd at 9:35am.
Children's Mailbags & Volunteers: All are welcome to give notes to our children in their bags that hang in the St. Nicholas Room off the Narthex. We are in need of adult volunteers to make knotted blankets with the children in January and February. Please use our signup link:  
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A49ADA82AABFC1-sunday#/]]>