Engaging Children Initiative
The Engaging Children Initiative (ECI) empowers ministry leaders to engage children in prayer and worship through the arts, movement, playful curiosity, and storytelling—creating spaces where children of all abilities and their families feel truly welcomed in the life of the church.
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What is ECI’s Mission?
The Engaging Children Initiative adds intentionality and supportive resources to the La Crosse Area Synod’s on-going mission to cultivate life-giving relationships rooted in God’s love. Congregations of all sizes are empowered to do this ministry of creative engagement in partnership with Luther Park Bible Camp and Sugar Creek Bible Camp, which will offer opportunities to equip congregational leaders to creatively engage children. Networks of ministers and lay leaders from a variety of congregations will develop peer-to-peer mentoring networks, strengthening worship and prayer practices that attend to and respect how children experience God and express their faith while intentionally connecting to the daily lives of children and their families.
Meet the ECI Staff
We are so excited to collaborate with you creatively engage children in prayer and worshipful experiences through arts, movements, playful curiosity and story.
Pastor Anna Sorenson
Co-Director
pastoranna@lacrosseareasynod.org
Kendra Wieser
Co-Director
kendra@lacrosseareasynod.org
Sarah Kempf
Program Assistant
sarah@lacrosseareasynod.org
Learn More About ECI
Get in Touch with Us
engagingchildren@lacrosseareasynod.org
Visit our Website
eci.lacrosseareasynod.org