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Welcome to Our Atrium

 

This is the third year of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for us. We have a small but growing group of children enrolled in the program. These same children bond together in Children’s Chapel, and the Youth Group which meets once a month on Fridays, so they are becoming quite close.

 

We have one trained catechist, and one in process of training, plus other teachers and helpers.  We are always looking for more people to join us. Even if you can’t join the catechists, there are plenty of opportunities to help out the atrium. The women’s group Trinity Circle, has participated in painting some of the figures for the Eucharistic Presence presentation. Several men have helped construct materials, and refurbish some found items for use in the atrium. A parishioner donated a Nativity scene to adorn the atrium during the Christmas season.

We have needs for all types of contributions. If you would like to find out how you can help, please email our Catechists for more information. 

 

 

 

The Atrium

 

We have two new rooms for our Atrium in our new worship space.  The larger room accommodates our larger group of students - those in the Level II and III age group.  The Level I children use the smaller room.  Thanks to the efforts of many members of our church family, both Atria are well supplied with materials for the children to use.  These materials are an essential component of the Atrium experience, and used extensively by all the children.

 

These are pictures of our Atrium before we moved. We will bring new pictures soon.

 

 

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This picture is of the Level II side of the room. It contains the Unity Strip on the wall, the prayer table, and a row of 6 book cases back to back that are used as a divider. We have both the Unity strip and the Fettucia in the room, because we are not able to easily unroll the Fettucia in a small space. 

 

 

 

 

 

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This shows the prayer table in the Level II half of the room. The prayer table is also where Children’s Chapel is presented during the Liturgy of the Word each Sunday during atrium. There is a whiteboard where children can sign up for reading, or processing (or both!) to the right of the prayer table. Votive candles, forms for Prayers of the People, and a basket for liturgically colored tablecloths are under the prayer table.  A basket for prayer cards is to the right of the prayer table. Books of Common Prayer, and the children’s Bibles are in the lower shelf of the bookshelf.

 

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The adjacent space is the first part of the Level I side of the atrium.

In it we have our altar, tabernacle, and lectern. To the right of the altar are the chasubles for the Level I liturgical colors. To the left of the altar are the bookcases for the Level I geography, altar extensions, infancy narratives, practical life, liturgical colors extensions, and the Good Shepherd.

 

 

 

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This view is from the work and art area of the Level 1 section, looking all the way toward the work and art area of the Level II section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This view is the exact opposite. From the Level II work and art area you are looking all the way across to the Level I area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A close up view of our prayer table, with bells, candle, crystal cross, Good Shepherd, painted Cross and snuffer. The little white box, gotten at the Christmas tree shop, is for spent matches

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is a direct look at the altar. We brought the icon of the Angel Gabriel, graciously lent to us by Father Michael, the day we presented the Annunciation. We think he is a great awesome angel!

 

 

 

 

 

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This is a close up of our altar, with the sacristy basket below it. The control pictures for the items are glued into the bottom of the basket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is our beautiful tabernacle, made for us by the son-in-law of one of our catechists. The lectern was made to match. There is also an altar book stand on the stand holding the tabernacle. There is (of course) a lock. On the top is the sanctuary lamp. This tabernacle was so admired in the congregation, that we commission a new tabernacle for the church which looks exactly the same! Usually, the atrium is trying to mimic the church. This was a wonderful example of the reverse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is the Level I geography material. On the top is the topographical map of Israel, and the globe, painted over with blue paint and glued sand. The puzzle map of Israel, with controls and the extensions are on the middle shelf. The altar pasting and tracing packets on the bottom shelf.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is the gesture table. We recycled a second altar that was no longer in use for the gesture table. The small booklets, and materials for creating booklets, plus the materials for the cruets and the chalice, are under the table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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One of our catechists took on the job of making the Sculpey figures for the Infancy Narratives. We used photo boxes for the environments. They are easily labeled, and easily put away.  This diorama is the Adoration of the Shepherds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Our Good Shepherd material is the first thing you see when you come into the atriums.  Underneath are some extensions for the liturgical colors.

 

 

 

 

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This bookshelf is the start of our Kingdom Parables shelf. We have presented the Mustard Seed, the Leaven, and the Seed of Grain, as well as synthesizing them. Eventually the big sets will go into the Level I atrium, and the small reminders will stay in the Level II.  We haven’t found final places for everything yet, so no labels are put away. However, all the children can read, so it isn’t a big issue for  restoring the work in the proper place.

 

 

 

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Our liturgical colors corner contains the chasubles, which were made by a co-worker of one of our catechists. She used PVC for the stands, with fuzzy Velcro on the top, to hold the chasubles in place. There is a basket which holds some stoles, and also the liturgical colors cards. The Liturgical calendar puzzle doesn’t belong here, but I put it here for the pictures.

 

 

 

 

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On the opposite wall, close to the divider, is our bookshelf. We also have a small fountain for background music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Outside the doorway to both atriums is a small Holy Water Stoup with a mirror for the children to practice the sign of the cross.

 

 

 

 


 

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