What is Cherub Church you ask?

Cherub Church is St. Jude's Religious Education Preschool Program, offered during the 10:30 Mass in the early childhood area of the Parish Center basement. Preschoolers, ages 3 to 6, engage in interactive activities to reinforce the Bible point of the day. Through this program, preschoolers develop a sense of community and belonging to the parish of St. Jude.

Jesus Ascends to Heaven

Story - The Jesus Storybook Bible pg 318

Song – “Jesus Loves Me”

Song – “If you are Happy and you Know It”

Game – “Follow Jesus”

  • Chose a leader.  Only have the leader act out Jesus' return.  Have the "dead" laying down and rise first, then the “living” all line up behind Jesus to follow him back to heaven.  Jesus then moves around a specified area and the living have to mimic the actions.  

Story Magnifier – Our World

  • Examine a globe and talk about we world we live on.  Give children blocks to build their world.

Art – Ascension Cups

  • Punch a hole in the middle bottom of a cup. Glue cotton balls on the cups to look like clouds.  Draw and color Jesus.  Tape Jesus to a stick to place in cup.  Use hand inside cup to make Jesus rise up.