Children & Teens
The thing we want most for our children is what we want most for all of us: to know they are loved. Not for what they do. Not for how they behave. Simply because they are.
We believe that love is the clearest way to help children experience the Divine. That’s why our children’s team works hard to make sure every child feels seen, cherished, and safe. Through acceptance, affection, and play, we hope they internalize the deep truth at the heart of our tradition: God is Love. And love is for them, too.
Growing Up with the Four Practices
We invite children into the same spiritual rhythm that shapes our whole community:
- Contemplative: helping them listen for the still, small voice within
- Communal: learning how to belong, include, and befriend
- Learning: exploring big questions with curiosity
- Serving: discovering the joy of helping and being helped
Our children’s program partners with families to nurture these four practices at home and in daily life, and supports these families as they walk the path of love. We’re not interested in religious performance or pressure. We’re planting seeds—seeds of wonder, compassion, wisdom, and inner freedom that can grow across a lifetime.
Sunday Mornings
We offer spiritual formation for nursery, preschool, and elementary-aged children during our Sunday service. Our team members are background-checked, trained, and (most importantly) full of gentleness and joy. We’re honored to care for your children, and to walk this journey alongside your family.
- Check-in: In the chapel lobby before service at 10:00 a.m.
- Pick-up: Downstairs in the classroom, about 15 minutes after the service ends
Have a Teen?
Our teens are in a beautifully complex stage of life—asking big questions, pushing boundaries, and beginning to shape their own sense of meaning.
At Common Thread, we honor this stage by inviting our teens into deeper conversations, real spiritual practices, and community connection. Sometimes that looks like Sunday morning gatherings. Sometimes it’s retreats, special events, or mentorship. But always, it’s about helping them become more fully themselves in a space that is loving, spacious, and real.
Want to learn more or connect your teen with what’s happening? Reach out here →
Director of Family Ministry
Want to Volunteer?
If you love children and want to help create a space where they feel safe, loved, and free to explore the sacred, we’d love to talk with you.
At Common Thread, we honor this stage by inviting our teens into deeper conversations, real spiritual practices, and community connection. Sometimes that looks like Sunday morning gatherings. Sometimes it’s retreats, special events, or mentorship. But always, it’s about helping them become more fully themselves in a space that is loving, spacious, and real.
The Common Thread: 8 Big Truths for Kids
(and Grown-Ups Too)
1. There’s more going on than we can see.
Life is full of mystery—and that’s a good thing. There’s something big and loving behind it all.
2. That big love lives inside you.
You’ve got something special inside—your deep-down self. It’s bright and strong and always connected to Love.