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The Christian Education Commission sponsors several events throughout the year in conjunction with other commissions and guilds.

• Rally Day is Sunday, September 10, 2006.
  This is the day when we make sure all children and adults are registered for Sunday School and Bible studies, stir up enthusiasm for all the church ministries, have fun, and eat! After the combined 10:00 a.m. service the fun, food, and ministry fair begin. Lunch & desserts will be provided by the Men’s Club and the Parish Life Commission. If you like, you may want to bring a blanket and eat in the shade on the lawn. Various church guilds, organizations, and commissions will have displays in DeWolfe Hall, so plan to stop by the Ministry Fair, browse, and even sign up for a new ministry or activity. For the smaller children, there will be a giant inflatable slide which they may play on to their hearts content and a bunch of other fun stuff to do.... as soon as they are registered for Sunday School! So bring everyone along, dress casually, grab an old blanket, and come hungry!
  
  
• The Fall Festival is Sunday, October 29, 2006. This is a joint project between the Guild of the Christ Child and the Christian Education Commission. Join us at 4:00 p.m. in the Nave for the Halloween Liturgy. At 4:30 p.m., the kids will all be invited to "Trunk-or-Treat" on the east sidewalk (Penticost St.) Afterwards, the Festival continues in DeWolfe Hall with food and games. For more information, contact Christy Brammer (e-mail: flicka1@sbcglobal.net)
   
• The Epiphany Pageant takes place on the Feast of the Epiphany, Saturday, January 6, 2007. Younger children participate in re-enacting the events of Christmas and the arrival of the Wise Men. Following the pageant there is the cutting of the Epiphany Cake with its twelve symbolic trinkets, along with food, wassail, and fun.
   
• Mardi Gras is Tuesday, February 20, 2007, the night before Ash Wednesday. The time will be announced. The children meet in the basement where they make necklaces, masks, and noise makers. Then it is upstairs for their parade in the parish hall. The Men’s Club cooks pancakes and sausage and the meal is accompanied by festive music. Following the crowning of the children’s King and Queen, the mood becomes more somber as we process outside for the “Burying of the Alleluias”. The children say goodbye to their friend “Alleluia” for the season of Lent by putting it into the ground where it will stay until it is dug up on Easter Day.
   
• Good Friday - Children's Way of the Cross - April 6, 2007, Interactive Stations for Children has the youngsters following the Way of the Cross outside. They see the Crown of Thorns, carry the Cross, taste the vinegar, hear the nails being driven into the Cross, and wrap the body of Jesus as they put it in the tomb. It is a meaningful service for both children and adults.
   
• The Easter Hoppening on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007, is when we dig up the Alleluias we buried on Mardi Gras, check the Good Friday tomb, have an Easter egg hunt on the lawn, and find the twelve special Easter eggs containing symbols of Our Lord’s Passion, Crucifixion, and Resurrection.
   
• Vacation Bible School is a week long day camp of fun, crafts, music, education, fellowship, and outreach. VBS is June 11-15, 2007.
   

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