First Communion for Children at South Santiago Lutheran Church

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FIRST COMMUNION SUNDAY: April 19, 2020 

SSLC offers teaching and public recognition regarding participation in Holy Communion as a milestone of faith formation. Children in First Grade, as well as older children who have yet to make their First Communion, are invited to participate in a hands-on class in the weeks leading up to First Communion with a parent/sponsor. Families with children younger than that who wish to begin instruction for their child can speak directly with one of the pastors about possible exceptions to our policy.

First Communion will be held the Sunday after Easter at both the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Worship Services. We are moving it from Maundy Thursday to allow families the opportunity to more easily invite and have family members who live at a distance participate in this important moment.

First Communion Instruction

First Communion Instruction usually takes place sometime during the season of Lent.

First Communion Instruction consists of 1 session.  Those sessions are scheduled for 2020 as follows: 
Sunday, March 8, at 11:15 am   OR   Sunday, March 22, at 11:15 am.

 
Things You Can Do to Prepare for Instruction:
  1. Using whichever Bible is age-appropriate for your child(ren), read the Bible with your children, especially these stories:
     From the Old Testament
  • Creation—Genesis 1, especially noting HOW God creates.
  • Captivity in Egypt—Exodus 1, noting especially how evil the Pharaoh is to the Hebrews
  • Moses—Exodus 1-3
  • The Plagues—Exodus 7-11
  • The Passover—Exodus 12
​    From the New Testament
  • Jesus Feeds 5,000 People—Matthew 14:13-21
  • The Last Supper—Matthew 26:17-35; Mark 14:12-31; Luke 22:7-23;
    2.  Talk to your children about Holy Communion:
  • What is it that is important to YOU about what happens at communion?
  • What words do you hear in worship around Holy Communion that are important to your heart?
  • What are some of your earliest memories about Holy Communion?
  • What are some questions that YOU have about Holy Communion as an adult?

First Communion Sunday!

God Bless Paxton Ament, Benjamin Anderson, Brady Anderson, Grace Baldry, Emma DeBliek, Leah DeBliek, Josephine Hales, Samuel Hales, Bryce Handshoe, Trevor Handshoe, Madilyn Harkin, Cole Haus, Hunter Heitkamp, Kelsey Janisch, Carson Klimmek, Hudson Klimmek, Makenzie Peterson, Stella Prokott, Ayden Trautner, Bentley Trautner, Kaleb Waters.   We love you!

"Let the Children Come to Me: A curriculum for Holy Communion for Households with Pre-Readers"

If you can answer more "Yeses" than not from the questions above, beginning with "Is your child baptized?"...
If you would like to begin working with your child around Holy Communion even if he/she is a PRE-READER...
If you have had some initial conversation with the pastor...
If you are simply curious about what this looks like...

HERE IS THE PRE-READER CURRICULUM WE USE HERE.
First Communion Pre-Readers Booklet
File Size: 469 kb
File Type: pdf
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A curriculum for Holy Communion for Household Instruction

If you can answer more "Yeses" than not from the questions above, beginning with "Is your child baptized?"...
If you would like to begin working with your child around Holy Communion...
If your child can read...
If you have had some initial conversation with the pastor...
If you are simply curious about what this looks like...

​HERE IS THE CURRICULUM WE USE HERE.
First Communion booklet
File Size: 506 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File