CHILDREN

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The 2017 Blessing of Bookbags at Holy Cross Faith Memorial, Pawleys Island.

2019 Vacation Bible Schools 
and Summer Day Camps

Several churches are planning Vacation Bible Schools and other activities for children this summer. Find information and links below.
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Vacation Bible School

​The following VBS programs run June 17-21:

'Power Up: Raise Your Game" at Grace Church Cathedral, 9 am-12 pm. Registration and details here.

"Following in His Footsteps," VBS for Holy Cross Faith Memorial, Pawleys Island, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 9 am to 12 pm. For info please contact Ellen Krechel: 843-318-1226 or gekrechel2@msn.com . 

"ROAR! Life is Wild - God Is Good" at St. Thomas, North Charleston, 9 am-12 pm. Details and registration here.


Summer Day Camp

Holy Communion Day School (at Church of the Holy Communion, 218 Ashley Ave. in Charleston) is offering six one-week sessions of summer camp for toddlers (ages 18 months to 3 years) and Casa Camp for ages 3-6. Each session is Monday through Friday from 9 am-12 pm and costs $125. Details and registration are here.
For more information, please contact Cappy Traywick  at dayschool@holycomm.org or 843-722-2024.

Thinking about summer camp?

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Since 1931, Camp Kanuga campers have been forming lifelong friendships, experiencing new adventures and growing in their faith through our welcoming Christian community. Camp Kanuga has rich traditions and exciting new programs that encourage transformation, growth, and renewal for all. The camp serves boys and girls ages 7-15 in age appropriate activities including; hiking, climbing, swimming, arts & crafts, archery, horseback riding, chapel, ropes course, team sports, camping, fishing and much more. For more information please visit www.campkanuga.org or call 828-692-9136, ext. 279.

Camp Gravatt
Camp Gravatt is an Episcopal camp and conference center, located outside of Aiken, South Carolina, offers a summer camp for rising first through 11th graders. 

Typical summer camp actiivies include: archery, arts & crafts, campfire, canoeing, challenge course, environmental education, faith formation, hiking, music, recreational sports, swimming, themed evening events, and worship. For more information, please visit www.campgravatt.org.

Resources for Christian Formation

Are you looking for a new curriculum for your Sunday School program? Building Faith has done the research for you with reviews for children, youth, and adults, as well as a resource on how to choose for your church. Find more at buildfaith.org.

Other online resources that we recommend:

The Center for the Ministry of Teaching at VTS offers lots of resources for teachers, including reviews of Vacation Bible School curricula, a blog, an online magazine and more. Find it online at the link above, or connect with CMT on Facebook.
Forma is an association and dynamic community of Christian educators, formation professionals, and their institutional partners that celebrates and upholds the diverse ministries of Christian formation across the the Episcopal Church.
Worshiping with Children offers a blog with amazing resources for each Sunday's lectionary.  You can search by lesson or date.

Storypath provides names of children's books that tie in with the lectionary.

Center for Spiritual Resources is a resource portal put together by the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina.
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Home resource online

GrowChristians.org is a website on practicing faith at home. The site is based on a central question: How do we grow as Christians ourselves and help younger people – especially in our own families and churches – to grow as Christians too? Writers will cover topics like family prayer, reading the Bible, how to talk about the cross, using music, art, cooking, and more. It's a partnership of Forward Movement and Plainsong Farm. ​

Forma Conference

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January 21-24, 2020 in Atlanta
Save the date for the 2020 Forma conference, which will be held in Atlanta. This joint conference featuring Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, brings together groups from across the Episcopal Church to talk about formation, evangelism, mission, leadership and much more. Many from our diocese attended the 2018 conference that we hosted in Charleston, as well as the 2019 event in Indianapolis. Registration is open and teams receive a discount. Register online through this link to be part of the TECSC team. Please contact Andrea McKellar at amckellar@episcopalchurchsc.org for more details.