Grace Church School Children Share the History and Spirit of Thanksgiving

Church school students share the significance of Thanksgiving. Photo by Gwynne Youngs

New York – Training up children was in progress again at Grace Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, NY during its Church School Thanksgiving Presentation. The children reenacted the Pilgrim’s celebration of their first bountiful harvest and feast with native Indians. They related later treatment of the Indians to the struggle of African Americans to emphasize that the spirit of the religious day of  giving thanks,  that we now celebrate as Thanksgiving,  is more important than the feast.

Wanda Michael Peters commends participants. Photo by Gwynne Youngs

Church school superintendent Wanda Michael Peters commended teachers, students and parents for the children’s presentation and continued participation in church school.  Children church school, like many other ministries at Grace, provides age appropriate religious training, a consistent developmental environment for congregant instruction in praise and worship, stewardship, leadership and community outreach.

The church’s Freedom School, founded by senior pastor Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, provide summer programs for church and community children at three locations in Mt. Vernon.