Our Discipleship Formation team aims to provide opportunities for children to grow in their relationship with God and with our community of faith. Our primary goal is to communicate to all our children that they are loved by God. In our atrium spaces we aim to create comfortable, prayerful spaces where they can engage in age-appropriate spiritual reflection around our scriptures and liturgy and offer creative and thoughtful responses. We believe very strongly that fear and guilt are never a message or motivator that will be used to communicate to the children. We select bible stories and prayers from our tradition that give them a well-rounded view on the story of God with the hope of instilling the central and most essential values of our faith that Jesus taught us: love, hope, peace, generosity, kindness, etc.
We deeply respect and acknowledge parents as the primary catechist(s) for their children and invite you to think of us as your “spiritual support staff.” If you are unable to find an answer to your particular question, you are welcome to contact us at 248-391-1621x120 or via formationcoordinator@ctredeemer.org . God bless you and yours.
Staff (from left to right)
Iliana Sosa, Carolina Castillo, Dawn Cejka, Suzy Rhadigan, Judith Manza and Claudia Enriquez
