{"id":1167,"date":"2021-10-28T14:04:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/?page_id=1167"},"modified":"2021-11-18T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T19:27:10","slug":"families-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/?page_id=1167","title":{"rendered":"Families &#038; Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grainger-and-Williams-kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1544\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike most congregations, we do not have a separate Sunday School program for children. Instead, we work hard to provide families with resources and encouragement to do their children&#8217;s primary faith formation in the natural environment of their own homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When families are the primary teachers, every child grows in understanding, and every parent grows as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Diocese of West Missouri provides an excellent monthly packet of formation materials to every family and individual who requests it, called, Everything Holy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And St Albans gives seasonal materials and activity projects to every family as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage children to participate in every aspect of community worship and service, and at special times of the year we make intergenerational activities available before or after the 10:30 Eucharist where children and adults learn and create together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do &#8220;privilege children&#8221; and little ones are allowed to wander around, to come up closer, or to sit with their friends during worship. They are&nbsp;<em>not<\/em>&nbsp;a distraction, but our joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lexi-Walker-kids-All-Saints-Day-2021.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1235\" width=\"269\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lexi-Walker-kids-All-Saints-Day-2021.jpeg 757w, https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lexi-Walker-kids-All-Saints-Day-2021-300x246.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike most congregations, we do not have a separate Sunday School program for children. Instead, we work hard to provide families with resources and encouragement to do their children&#8217;s primary faith formation in the natural environment of their own homes. When families are the primary teachers, every child grows in understanding, and every parent grows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1004,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1167","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}