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Nursery

Newborn babies through 3 year olds are welcome in the nursery.

The nursery hours are from 9:45am to 11:30 every Sunday throughout the year.

Nursery care may be provided for ministry events, as requested.

Sunday School

During the school year Sunday school meets during the 10am worship service.

Classes are provided for age 3 through 5th grade. Children are divided into classes age appropriately and according to number of children registered and number of staff available.

Each class is staffed by at least 2 teachers each Sunday.

All our staff is volunteer and well qualified. Each teacher has been screened through an application process, has passed a Washington State background check and been certified in Safeguarding God’s Children Training.

The Sunday school is curriculum is Witness: Learning from the Bible to live the Good News.

Summer Schedule

Supervised Play is offered for children 4 - 10 during the 10 AM summer service. Nursery care is provided for infants through 3 years.

Youth Group

Youth group also meets at 10 am on Sunday mornings.

Our 6th through 12th graders follow the Journey to Adulthood curriculum, which comprises of three youth groups:

• Rite 13: 7th / 8th grade

• J2A: 9th / 10th grade

• YAC: 11th / 12th grade

2nd Annual All-Youth Retreat to Camp Huston Grades 7-12

Please join us for our second Holy Cross Youth Retreat at Camp Huston!

The Fall Retreat is for all three Youth Groups for the purpose of fun and fellowship and gearing up for our missions and pilgrimage in 2012. The retreat will begin on Friday, October 14th. The first van will leave Holy Cross at 4 PM with another van following at 6 PM. Please sign up for a van ride or make your own travel arrangements as necessary. One or two of the Youth Leaders may be departing early Friday evening.

The Retreat will close after breakfast on Sunday, October 16th and youth will be delivered back to Holy Cross by 11 AM.

The cost for the entire weekend is $120 which includes all meals, housing and the Ropes Challenge Course. In case you are unaware – this is a SMOKIN’ deal subsidized by Faith Formation because of the importance we place on this retreat. You may bring your own linens or purchase a set for $13. The set includes blanket, towel, small towel, pillow, pillowcase, fitted sheet, flat sheet.

Youth Retreat Permission Slip - Challenge Course Waiver - Packing List

Holy Communion

Although all baptized children may receive communion, we offer a Holy Communion class for third grade and higher to teach them about the Holy Eucharist and to start building the blocks of understanding.

Classes are scheduled to start in March each year, with a celebration in May.

Confirmation

As per the Journey to Adulthood curriculum, we encourage teenagers to consider confirmation during their 4th year of youth group.

As an alternate option, teenagers may choose to be confirmed at the Cathedral after Easter or after Christmas. In these cases, confirmation classes are one-on-one, and scheduled as needed.

Our next youth confirmation class will be in the Spring of 2012

Youth Mission and Pilgrimage 2012

Youth Mission and Pilgrimage 2012

Plans are made and fundraising is underway for Summer 2012. Holy Cross Students will travel to Wind River Reservation to aid and assist the needy. Our Rite 13 group will scrape, paint, and do minor repairs to community homes and work with children at a Kids’ Club. We seek missions not only to help others but to renew students’ commitments to Christ which are strengthened through the vehicle of Mission work. Our middle group, J2A, will head to Stehekin Valley Ranch to find the gift of deeper understanding and meaning of their faith. They will use the tools of journaling, one-on-one sharing, whole group sharing, prayer and meditation to enrich their lives and spiritual journeys.

Camp Huston

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