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Thanks to resource geru, Stephanie Wight, a variety of richly-colored materials were available for the children to use.
 
A girl checks over her completed soil strata.
 
Charissa Simmons, children’s ministry coordinator at Trinity Cathedral, assists children in grinding chalk for use in decorating mini-frescoes.
 
During the arts and crafts rotation, children mixed pigment with fat to make the paint for their cave paintings.
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Children enjoy creating cave paintings with lahala brushes made from the fruit of Hawaiian pandanus trees. They also experimented with using pine boughs...
 
Leslie Sackett, St. Michael & All Angels, Portland assists several young drummers.
 
A couple of young girls also get in the rhythm of the day.
 
After lunch, children enjoyed playing circles games around the beautiful inlaid wood labyrinth in Kempton Hall.
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Jennifer Cleveland, Trinity Cathedral, leads the children in active games outside in the courtyard.
 
Children rehearse their speaking parts for the closing worship which was written by Deacon Maureen Hagen.
 
Girls practice reading the Prayers of the People, a Chinook blessing litany adapted from "Earth Prayers from Around the World".
 
Jennifer Cleveland, family ministries priest, leads the closing worship held in the nave of the cathedral.