Children + Families + St. John's: Growing Together

Welcome to the Blog!

This space is an experiment and an offering. As I find my way among you all here at St. John’s and get to know your families, I know that one of the most vital things we can do together is make connections between what is happening in the sanctuary, in Sunday School, and at home. I also know that this can be a challenge, both in terms of resource and in light of our busy lives. My simple hope, then, is to make those connections easier.

So, where do we start?

If you’re not receiving my independent newsletter project, Wiggles & Wonder, you might like it! This project emerged at the beginning of the pandemic as a way to support individuals and families in their faith lives. Newsletters come out on Thursdays (usually) and are a space of reflection, suggestion, resource provision, and more.

What else? If you keep an eye on the weekly Sunday School newsletter, you’ll find a variety of resources and those will steadily be compiled here as well. We also hope to start a Sunday School library that includes many of the books I mention in those newsletters so that you can borrow them for use at home.

Most importantly, this work thrives when we do it together! I am never more than an email, text, or phone call away for your practical and theological questions about our faith lives. I love working with children because they ask the big, hard questions about our beliefs and tradition and I learn so much by thinking about them. I want to help them – and you – go deeper.

I’m so excited to be here with you all and to share in these stories and practices. Let’s Grow Together.