Children and Youth

Holy Trinity nurtures its older youth in their faith journeys through the Journey to Adulthood program.  Journey to Adulthood, a six-year curriculum, is based on the premise that while manhood and womanhood are free gifts of God, adulthood is earned through study and engaging with peers, the church, and the world.

Much of our Journey to Adulthood work happens on Sunday mornings.  Youth in grades six and seven gather in a class called Rite 13, during which they grow in their faith while they learn about being in community, and being there for one another.  Youth in grades eight and nine meet in a class called J2A; this two-year block includes instruction to prepare the youth for confirmation and culminates in a spiritual pilgrimage.  J2A pilgrimages at Holy Trinity have included trips to Montreal and Quebec and to New Mexico.

Youth in grades ten, eleven, and twelve meet as Young Adults in the Church (YAC).

YOUTH ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE LIFE OF HOLY TRINITY AS

Acolytes – Each week ten youth grade 5 or higher help with the 10:30 Sunday worship at Holy Trinity, serving as acolytes and carrying crosses, torches, flags and banners.  Training is provided.  

Youth Ushers – Two youth ushers serve each Sunday morning at the 10:30 service, greeting worshippers, handing out bulletins, collecting and bringing forward the offertory.

Youth Mission Trips - Holy Trinity has a long history of sending mission teams to locations near and far, and our youth are a vital part of those teams.  A group of 15 youth and adults spent a week in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi in June 2009, working to rehabilitate housing that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.    A youth mission team spent a week building houses in Juarez, Mexico several years earlier.    

Bread baking – Youth are welcome to participate in our bread baking ministry.  One Saturday a month, bakers work to make the whole wheat wafers we use at the 10:30 Sunday services. 

Vacation Bible School – Holy Trinity joins with St. John’s Episcopal Church for Vacation Bible School each year.  Children from 3-12 engage in a week of fun and learning.  Teenagers are a vital part of this endeavor, offering their gifts as assistant teachers and activity leaders.