On Palm Sunday, April 17th, 2011, we will be holding an Easter egg hunt for the children after our time of worship.

This event is open to all children whether they attend First Congregational Church or not. In fact this even is a great opportunity for outreach and a chance for us to invite our neighbors and friends to visit our church.

Invitations have been made for members to give to the children and families that they know and are available on the usher's table at the back of the sanctuary – community bulletin boards will have flyers about the egg hunt on them as well as the community calendars in the Suburban news, on YNN TV news and in the Tri-county (these are all free).

Invite as many children as you like as there will be plenty of eggs to find.

Since the beginning of Lent the youth Sunday school class has been engaged in a multi-sensory, multi-media curriculum called “Worship Feast Lent”. Worship Feast is a journey of sorts that helps us to discover or rediscover our faith in Jesus and how best we can relate our daily life to that faith. Worship Feast challenges us to learn not only about our own faith but also how others whose cultures are different from ours express their faith in Christ.

One week we made “chotkis” and learned the “Jesus prayer”. Chotkis are prayer beads used in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition and the Jesus prayer is a prayer that helps one to focus on God using the beads to count our prayers.

This is not your typical Sunday school and youth are encouraged to attend and bring their friends. Our theme for this year is “Lent is about making room for God” and this Sunday school class is one way that youth can do just that “make room for God”. When compared with our busy schedules of school, homework, music, and sports, the hour or so we spend in church and Sunday school each week is miniscule. However committing to this small amount of time for our faith formation each week can and mostly likely will have positive results in our lives.