Focus: By being involved in each of the Four Pillars, not only are you positioned to grow but also to lead and invest in your children’s spiritual growth as well.

Pray is to worship regularly and to pray daily for our children, spouse and family

Learn is to attend the Parents Class or one of our other Formation Tracks on Sunday morning as well as participate in a small group

Serve is to serve in our children’s ministry and youth ministry, or elsewhere in the church, as well as in the community through one of our many mission partners. It also means serving together with your children in mission opportunities

Give is sharing your time, talents and treasure for the mission of Jesus Christ and the building of the Kingdom of God and sharing our faith with others

Pray: Experiences church as a supportive, welcoming community

Learn: Begins to hear the stories of the Bible

Serve: Experiences church as a supportive, welcoming community

Give: Learns to recognize others

Pray: Knows basic prayers for daily use

Learn: Understands that Scripture is God’s Word to us and knows several Bible stories

Serve: Participates in family serving opportunities with parents

Give: Learns to share with and encourage others

Pray: Understands the concept of worship and knows that worship includes story & feast

Learn: Familiar with major biblical stories

Serve: Participates in family serving opportunities with parents

Give: Learns the importance of sharing with those in need

Pray: Knows the different seasons of the church year and can sit through a full service

Learn: Understands the arc of scripture (Old Testament & New Testament)

Serve: Seeks to serve in worship service (Acolyte, Chorister, or greeting with parents)

Give: Learns the importance of sharing with those in need

Pray: Understands the nature of liturgy and its use in worship

Learn: Familiar with the Bible and reads devotionally, internalizing identity as child of God

Serve: Able to engage in opportunities for service apart from family

Give: Can identify needs others have about which they are especially sympathetic or passionate

Pray: Familiar with the rites for Baptism and Eucharist

Learn: Understands the importance of personal devotions and desires to grow through devotions

Serve: Serves within the church’s worship ministries, participates in youth projects

Give: Can articulate a spiritual rationale for an understanding of stewardship that accounts for time, talent, and treasure

Pray: Familiar with sections of the BCP other than the Eucharistic rites

Learn: Possesses a curiosity for theology and the ways it impacts their own discipleship

Serve: Aware of own spiritual giftings and actively looks for ways to use gifts in church/world & develops sense of ownership over specific service projects, active in recruiting others

Give: Understands that lifestyle choices should be informed by a commitment to generosity

Pray: Possesses a robust prayer life and has developed patterns for daily/weekly devotion & has an appreciation for various styles of worship

Learn: Equipped to lead others in devotion, has developed a love for scripture and desire for continued theological formation, possesses a faith cultivated by scripture, tradition, and reason, finds identity in the Anglican tradition, and actively seeks relationships for discipleship (mentors and mentees).

Serve: Able to take leadership positions in service projects & committed to continuing to serve after graduation

Give: Understands further growth in faith will involve growth in capacity for intentional stewardship