Class leaders are still needed, so please consider growing in faith along side your children. All materials and lessons are provided. Church School will not happen without leaders for classes. Please check the sign up for available dates. You don't have to volunteer in your child's class.

Our Youth Confirmation program gives an opportunity for those in 8th grade and above to grow in their relationship with God and deepen their understanding of the Christian faith. Structured around nine months of prayer, study, service, and fellowship, participants practice living as more mature Christians, mentored by parents, by older teens and adults from the parish family. Our first class will be THIS Sunday, following the Blessing of the Animals, for parents and confirmation candidates. Our class is a combined one with youth from another parish this year, so if you know of anyone in 8th grade and above who wants to be confirmed, please reach out to Beth. All are welcome!​

Music at St. E's

From a Community Partner:

Looking for an opportunity to spend quality time with your kiddo while helping them create? We're excited to announce, Artists & Crafts is now at St. Elizabeth's on Tuesday Mornings!!  Artists & Crafts is a child/caregiver class for children ages 20 months - 5 years old. They teach your child about famous artists and encourage them to create their own masterpieces. Class moves along seamlessly with songs, books, play-doh time, and a color of the day each week. Plus, at the end of each class your child will make a greeting card that you can mail to a loved one. (Grandparents love this!). Photos are taken throughout class to capture the precious moments of their toddler years! Artists & Crafts is offering St. Elizabeth's parishioners $10 off their first class with code: StElizabeth. You can register here.

Dates to Remember

Keep these dates handy!

October 3- Mini Musicians, 10 am

October 4 - Blessing of the Animals 3 pm

October 4- Youth Confirmation, meeting for students and parents, 3:30 pm

October 18th - Family Sunday Service - no Church School

Youth Confirmation, 4:00 pm

October 25 - Diocese of Newark Youth Scavenger Hunt at American Dream Mall (6th grade and up)

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Diocese of Newark Youth Scavenger Hunt at American Dream Mall for 6th grade and up will return this October. The St. E's Youth who attended two years ago had a great time, so we'll do it again! We will arrange for carpools and attend this event with our youth. Please RSVP to Beth and we will get those interested registered.

Children's Chapel

This week's Chapel story is "God's Great Love for You" by Rick Warren for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost. 

Our Gospel reading this Sunday is Matthew 21:33–46, the parable of the wicked tenants. In it, Jesus tells of a landowner who lovingly plants a vineyard and entrusts it to tenants, but the tenants refuse to give him what is due. They mistreat the servants and even kill the son. Jesus uses this parable to speak about rejecting God’s messengers and ultimately rejecting him.

In the parable, the landowner does not neglect the vineyard — he plants it, fences it, equips it, and entrusts it to others. That reflects God’s generous love and provision.

In the story, God’s love is rejected, but not absent. The tenants’ violence does not mean the owner stopped caring. The tragedy of the parable is that the tenants refuse the relationship and reject those sent to them. The owner finally sends his son. For us, this points to God sending Jesus. That means the parable is not only about judgment. It is also about the extraordinary extent of God’s love and how God comes close to us in Christ.

I have paired the picture book “God’s Great Love for You” with Matthew 21:33–46 because the parable shows that God lovingly provides and patiently reaches out, and it asks us to respond to that love faithfully. God lovingly gives us all that we need and keeps reaching out to us, just as the vineyard owner cared for his vineyard and sent messengers and his son. Matthew 21:33–46 reminds us that God’s love is a gift, but it also calls for a response of gratitude, kindness, and faithfulness. "God’s Great Love for You" gives us the opportunity to talk about how we can show God’s love by the way we treat others and care for the gifts God has given us.

Children through 7th Grade and their families are welcome in our Children's Chapel service following Church School.  If your child would like to read the story, serve as crucifer, or read our prayers please let us know!