Children’s Ministry at the Cathedral is centered on the belief that children are a vital part of the church. We believe that each child should feel known and loved and that God’s love is revealed through the relationships we experience in our faith community.
Children’s Formation on Sundays
Nursery care is provided for infants through age 4 from 9:45-11:30 am.
Children's Chapel engages children ages 4 through 2nd grade in the rhythms of worship, music, and prayer during the 10:15 am service.
Children ages 3rd-5th grade are invited to worship with their families and serve as acolytes. Worship bags are available in the narthex.
Questions about children and family ministry? Contact Deacon Hillary Peete, Director of Christian Formation (hpeete@spcathedral.com).
Meet our Children’s Ministry Leaders!
VBS 2024
Our dedicated Children’s Ministry Leaders bring so much talent, creativity, and love to our programs. They are all involved in different ways and for different reasons. But one thing is the same: they love having fun! Click the button below to learn more about them.
Elementary Camp Registration is Open!
Don’t leave your kid home alone this summer… Send them to Camp DaySpring—where joy, belonging, and adventure come standard!
Whether they’re canoeing across the water, flying through the ropes course, creating masterpieces in art, or singing their hearts out around the campfire, your camper will be surrounded by amazing counselors who care deeply about building a community where every child feels seen, supported, and celebrated.
Session 1: June 10-13, $300 | Half Session Elementary Camp (Grades 3-5)
Session 4: July 6-11, $420 | Elementary Camp (Grades 3-5)
Sign up now at https://dayspringfla.org/camp/
June + July Gatherings
SPice Cream
Sunday, June 1 at 12:00 pm and Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30 pm
St. Peter’s Ice Cream returns this summer! On June 1, we’ll walk over to Hyppo Pops and Mayday Ice Cream. On June 18 we will check out Wildflower Ice Cream, a new locally-owned shop that has a variety of dairy and non-dairy soft-serve flavors. For the July dates and locations, visit spcathedral.org/ice-cream.
EYSeedlings at the Pier (3rd-5th grade)
Thursday, June 5 from 5:30-7:00 pm
Let’s hang out on the playground, play tag, watch for fish and dolphins on the pier, and eat pizza and ice cream! Pick up and drop off at the Kapok tree at the Fine Arts Museum. Bring $10 for pizza and ice cream. Friends are invited, too!
Family Pride Day
Saturday, June 7 from 9 am-3 pm
Come hang out in the booth to welcome visitors, help with face painting, hand out snacks and other swag, and let people know that God loves them exactly as they are!
Thursday and Friday, June 26-27 from 5:30-8:00 pm
Saturday, June 28 from 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Sunday, June 29 at 10:15 am
Age 4 through rising 5th graders
Join us as we explore stories about food in the Bible! From Esau’s stew, manna in the wilderness, to the feeding of the 5,000, and Jesus’ last supper with the disciples, we’ll see how God cares for us. There will be lots of fun with music, art, science, and movement, too!
Dinner is provided from 5:30-6:00 pm on Thursday and Friday and lunch on Saturday. More details to come!
The cost is $35/child, max of $100/family. Scholarships are available, just ask! Friends and neighbors are invited! We welcome everyone to join us.
Volunteers are needed! Please contact Hillary if you are able to volunteer in helping prep before VBS, serve as an activity leader during VBS or can help in another way behind the scenes.
SPice Cream @ 6:30 pm
Tuesday, July 1: Plant Love Ice Cream offers over 50 homemade, dairy-free, rotating flavors.
Thursday, July 17: Small Batch Creamery, an artisan ice cream scoop shop with pop-up flavors! Every batch made from scratch.
Monday, July 28: Bright Ice Scoop Shop, strives for bold, intense flavors using natural ingredients sourced locally whenever possible. Visit spcathedral.org/ice-cream for more information.
Christmas in July! for EYSeedlings (3rd-5th Graders)
Wednesday, July 9 from 5:30-7:00 pm
Hosted by the Vengroff family, we'll play fun Christmas-themed games, decorate cookies, and have a hot chocolate bar! Please RSVP to help us plan. Pizza dinner provided. Friends are invited, too!
Cathedral Arts Troupe Easter Performance
Compassion Camp Performance
Children’s Ministry Celebration Bags
We delivered 53 goody bags to 29 families in May. The bags differed by age and interest, but here is a list of what we included. You may want to share some of these goodies with children in your life!
Books
Love is Patient, Love is Kind
All Creatures Great and Small
When God Made You
When God Made the World
When I Pray for You
Just for Fun
Mad Libs
Bubbles with a Bubble Prayer: Let God's love bubble up over in your heart! Who can you share God's love with today?Who can you pray for as the bubbles float up, up and away?
Play-Doh and Air-Dry Clay
Resources to Download
Play-Doh prayer mat (we laminated this page to make clean up easier)
Guide to Self-Care at Home for Families at Home
Prayer + Faith Formation
Small Prayer Journals
3 Minute Gratitude Journal
Comic Book Journal — Prayer is a conversation with God. This journal provides a space to creatively record where you see God in the world, as well as conversations and questions you have for God.
A blessing for our children after participating in the Bread and Cup Eucharist Instruction Series
Today we celebrate the hard work of these children as they, over the past 5 weeks, have deepened their knowledge of our Episcopal Worship. They have explored and found joy in scripture, in worship, and in our traditions. As they experience the mystery of the table, our hope is that they would know the love of Jesus found there.
To the children:
Friends, I have a few questions to ask you. Do you know that Jesus loves you?
Do you promise to love yourself?
Do you promise to love your neighbor?
Will you share with us Jesus’ love at this table by receiving communion?
To the parents: Adults, will you continue to model for these young ones love and forgiveness?
Will you share with them the nourishment at this table?
To the congregation:
Will you continue to share with these young persons the joy and wonder in all of God’s creation?
Let us pray: Be present, be present O Jesus, our great high priest as you were present with your disciples, and be known to us in the breaking of the bread; who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Praise! Fine Arts VBS | August 2019
We are so proud of our kids! We had a blast exploring all the ways we praise God through sharing our talents, remembering to say thanks, and seeing the beauty of God’s creation. Here’s a slideshow that captures some highlights and a video of their performance of Uyai Mose during worship on August 11. Enjoy!
Faith at Home
Curious about how to incorporate faith at home? A great way to start is by building a library of children’s spirituality books. They don’t need to be read separately, just weave them in naturally to bedtime stories or whenever your family reads together. This is a list of carefully chosen books that reflect God’s unconditional love for us and all people. Enjoy some summer reading!