Children & Youth Ministries

Children's Church

Jane Boritz

Teaching responsibilities for the Christian Education of our kindergarten through fifth grade students.  Children’s Church starts immediately after the Children’s Message at the 10:45 service and the children rejoin the service at the Passing of the Peace.  Teachers rotate, two at a time, teaching an average of one Sunday per month.

Nursery

Liz Rybicki

Two adults serve approximately every 6 weeks to care for infants through five-year old children during both services.  Children are returned to their families at the “Peace”.  Adults must complete “Safeguarding God’s Children” before being eligible to serve.

Young Men’s groups

Brotherhood of the Fire
The Order of St. George

Deacon Turner Guidry and
John Breazeale

An ecumenical group intended to discuss and foster Christian character of the young men participating.  Older men serve as mentors.  Brotherhood of the Fire meets on moveable weekday evenings at 6pm for dinner, fellowship and conversation, focusing on Christian character development.

Location: Off of Jarrett Road not far from Turner Guidry's house.

The Order of St. George also meets for breakfast in the Parish Hall, a devotional and conversation on Thursdays at 7pm.

Please contact Rev. Turner Guidry for further details.

young group

Deacon Turner Guidry

A ministry of multiple local faith communities to area middle and high school teens, we meet on Sundays at 5pm at Oak Forest UMC for dinner, fellowship, and a time of spiritual formation and conversation. The ministry holds additional service projects and outings.

Adult Ministries

Adult Spiritual Formation

Rev. Bill Breedlove

To provide opportunities for Parishioners to engage and grow in knowledge; to understand and share the love of God by offering classes and programs; to enrich the lives, minds and souls of our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Spiritual formation is the process of being conformed to the image of Christ.  This committee prayerfully discerns topics for study and discussion to encourage individual and community growth.  It also helps members of the parish to identify and nurture their gifts of teaching leading, listening, exhorting, etc. for the building up of the body of Christ.

Click here for the current schedule of classes.

Centering Prayer

Beth Hitchcock

The mission of the Centering Prayer group is to foster an ever deepening level of interior silence and awareness of God's presence in our everyday lives.

Centering Prayer i led by Vernon Dixon and meets on Friday at 2pm by Zoom.

CURSILLO, ULTREYA

Carolyn Cline-Griffiths and Tom Griffiths

Raising up and sustaining shepherds for the sharing of God’s blessings

Cursillo, a Spanish word meaning “a short course in Christianity” is a program to help Christians know God’s love and grace, and live out their personal vocations as Christ-centered leaders in the world.   It begins with a weekend retreat of renewal and continues with small weekly support groups and larger periodic group meetings called Ultreyas. It is important to know that individuals who express an interest in Cursillo are first paired with someone who has previously attended a Cursillo weekend and is active in the program and that this person will be their sponsor before, during and after the Cursillo weekend.  For more information please contact Carolyn , Tom or Father Bill.

For more information, click here to visit the diocesan Cursillo web page.

Library

Kathy Wright and Mary Anne Koos

To engage people - sharing a large collection of books and materials, creating a safe space for the study of God and faith, and providing resources to borrow or take for parishioners and the larger community.

The Library builds and catalogs a collection of print and non-print materials appropriate to the needs and wants of the congregation. The library is available to the community, and the collection can be viewed under the Library drop-down menu at the top of this website.