St. John’s Children’s and Family Ministry offers many lively, spirit-filled activities.
Children’s Chapel
During each week’s 9:30 a.m. service during the school year, from the Gospel procession to the Peace, Children’s Chapel takes place in the Parish Hall. Children will begin in the main service in the Church, and then follow an acolyte out to the Parish Hall before the Gospel procession.
Children’s Chapel is a kid-friendly version of the liturgy from the main church service. We’ll sing a few songs, hear a children’s sermon, and have a child-led Prayers of the People. The children will return to the main church service at the Peace. This also takes place during the school year.
Sunday School
All Children and Youth Sunday School participants (Pre-K through 12th graders) come up to receive Communion first . They then exit into the church office hallway and check in at the Sunday School check-in table near the office door. After check in, students will go to their respective Sunday School classrooms. Parents can pick their children up from their classrooms at 11:15 a.m.
VBS 2026
Step through the mist into Rainforest Falls, overflowing with wild waterfalls, towering trees and colorful creatures. Beneath a canopy of chattering birds and howling monkeys, kids plunge into a life-long adventure, discovering the nature of God, and exploring what it means to be rooted in relationship with their creator, a safe place in life’s storms.
Please plan to join us at St John’s 9:30 church service on Sunday, July 26th for a special VBS celebration–with the children performing songs they will learn throughout the week!
July 20, 2026 — July 24, 2026
Tampa, FL 33606