As we look ahead to 2024, we invite you to consider your level of giving. At Gloria Dei, we believe that everyone plays a crucial part in our community. Faith Matters.
Milestones
As a family, we recognize meaningful and memorable moments in our faith journeys, sometimes based on a child’s age/grade, and sometimes as major events happen in a child’s life. We take time to think about how God fits in the big moments of our lives.
Individual Milestones
Milestones in our everyday lives happen at different times for each of us. Use the 4 Keys as a family to walk through activities to help recognize God’s involvement in each Milestone. A gift helps to remember this special time spent together.
Death of a Pet
- 4 Keys
- Pet’s toy or collar
Driver’s License
- 4 Keys
- Sample Covenant
- Key chain
End of the School Year
- 4 Keys
- Sticker
First Cell Phone
- 4 Keys
- Note to put inside case (reminder to speak words pleasing to God)
First Job
- 4 Keys
- Wallet or checkbook cover
Going to Camp
- 4 Keys
- Journal
Losing Your First Tooth
- 4 Keys
- New toothbrush
Loss of a loved one
- 4 Keys
- Flat stone with their birth and death dates written in permanent marker
New Home
- 4 Keys
- Welcome mat or new return address labels
Age Milestones
Any Age
- Baptism
2 Years Old
- Worship (October)
3 Years Old
- Entering Church School (September)
4-5 Years Old
- Prayer (January)
Kindergarten
- Entering Kindergarten / Never Alone (August)
1st Grade
- 10 Commandments (February)
2nd Grade
- Lord’s Prayer (March)
3rd Grade
- Holy Communion (Maundy Thursday)
- Invitation Letter 2025
4th Grade
- Bible (September)
5th Grade
- Entering Confirmation (May)