Welcome to St John Children’s Ministry.  Children are an important part of our church community.  Our ministry encourages children to learn to love God and others through Sunday School, Chapel, CONNECT, Community Service Projects and Fellowship Opportunities so that they might grow in faith, their relationship with Jesus Christ and each other.

For more information about Children @ St. John, contact our Children’s Ministry Director: Tiffany Stout

Phone: 404-255-1384 Email: children@stjohnatlanta.org

Sunday School meets FROM 9:30-10:15 AM each Sunday.

The class is using curricula from The Life of Jesus from DigIn and includes a Bible Story, music and fun activities that help grow children’s faith. To follow along at home, our bulletin and worship materials this week can be found HERE. If your family wants to sing along to the songs we sing each week, please visit our Spotify playlist WORSHIP MUSIC FOR FAMILIES.

Chapel is 10 AM each Tuesday

Chapel is a great opportunity for children to gather together and worship with music, motions and a Bible story. Chapel lasts about 20 - 30 minutes and is primarily for The Chastain School at St John children.** Parents are welcome to join their child every Tuesday for Chapel and especially encouraged to come for Birthday Blessings.  Birthday Blessings usually occurs every 1st Tuesday of the month.  Each child/teacher celebrating a birthday is asked to come forward and our Senior Pastor will ask for God’s blessing for each one. 

Most of our time in Chapel looks a lot like worship on a Sunday morning. We sit in the “big church.” We sing praise songs. We pray. We hear God’s word.  Some Bible lessons lend themselves to a different approach that might look a whole lot like play.  Rest assured at the end of the day, our goal for every Chapel is that each child leaves knowing that God loves them so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to show us how to live.  

**Children ages 1-5th grade who are not enrolled in the Chastain School @ St John are invited to attend. They must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.

CONNECT is 3:30 - 4:30 pM each Wednesday

CONNECT is an opportunity for school-aged children to gather together after-school each week and put their faith in action with Fellowship, Fun and Service. Service actions have included decorating care packages for our college students, creating one-of-a-kind Valentines for our home-bound friends, collecting food for Solidarity Sandy Springs and caring for the birds in the winter with bird feeders. Some of the more FUN memorable moments have included Protect Moses Egg-Drop, Scavenger Hunts, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, Roll the Stone Away, Singing and Narrating The Best Christmas Story EVER Nativity Play. Fellowship is a vital component to what makes CONNECT work. CONNECT is about connecting to the God and Jesus and others.

At this time, CONNECT is only open to children enrolled in the after-school program at The Chastain School @ St John. We are considering opening up additional CONNECT groups. If you are interested, please contact our Children’s Ministry Director, Tiffany Stout (children@stjohnatlanta.org).

special events

Throughout the year, we have several community-wide events where we just have fun and revel in God's world. Vacation Bible School, Parents’ Morning/Night Out, Berry Picking, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, Easter Festival and family movie nights at the church.

18th Annual PANCAKE RACE. Wednesday, February 14, 2024. What’s better than pancakes for dinner? Racing with them!! This year marks our 18th Pancake Race here at St John and is one the funnest days of the year. If you join us, you will be participating along with millions of people around the world in a 575+ year tradition. Learn about why we’re racing and join in on the fun with the whole family. Everyone is invited to join us for dinner and participate in the races. **Youth and kids will don an apron and headscarf as per tradition while flipping a pancake on a skillet that they have an opportunity to make.  Dinner is $10. Racing is FREE.

For more information about Children @ St John, contact our Children’s Ministry Director, Tiffany Stout.

Phone: 404-255-1384 Email: children@stjohnatlanta.org