Chapel Information
Parents are welcome to join their child every week for this special tradition!
CHAPEL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS 2025-2026
We love to celebrate the birthdays of all children whose classes attend Chapel as an integral part of our Chapel services. Children will be called to the front of the room, given a birthday sticker, a birthday blessing, and we will all sing Happy Birthday!
September 10 & 11
Chapel Begins for 3s, Pre-K, and TK classes
- September 1-6 birthdays will be celebrated during the first Chapel week (on 9/10 or 9/11)
October 1 & 2
Chapel Begins for 2s classes
- September birthdays will be celebrated during the first chapel week, along with any October birthdays that fall during the first week
Summer Birthdays
We will celebrate summer birthdays during a designated week at the end of the school year along with the regularly scheduled birthdays.
June birthdays – Wednesday, April 29 or Thursday, April 30
July birthdays – Wednesday, May 13 or Thursday, May 14
August birthdays – Wednesday, May 20 or Thursday, May 21
If Chapel doesn’t occur during a specific week, we will celebrate all birthdays that fell within that time during the next scheduled Chapel. Similarly, if children are absent during their birthday week, we will celebrate their birthdays during the next Chapel they attend.
There will be no Chapel:
October 22 and 23: Fall Conferences
February 4 and 5: ECMC
March 11 and 12: Spring Break
March 18 and 19: Transportation Day
May 6 and 7: Spring Conferences
Please email Ms. Brandt at bbrandt@stlukesdayschool.org if you want your child’s birthday celebrated a different week from the one in which it normally would.
Chapel Etiquette
In order for our chapel services to be a meaningful time for the children we have created chapel etiquette guidelines:
- Please be on time so that your child can come to chapel with classmates.
- If chapel has begun, do not send your child in. The chapel usher will open the door in time for late arrivals to join the birthday celebration and music.
- Strollers and large bags must be left outside the chapel. Parents who arrive late must deliver their children’s belongings to the classrooms.
- Parents are asked to model chapel manners for their children. Enter quietly, participate joyfully in the service, listen respectfully without talking, and remain for the entire service.
- Birthdays are celebrated each week. Those with birthdays Sunday through Saturday of the current week are honored. Summer birthdays are recognized in May. You are welcome to attend chapel for your child’s special birthday blessing.
- When guests attend chapel, we request that they sit on the benches at the back so that children can see the worship leaders.
Chapel Sharing Days and Service Projects
There are opportunities throughout the year for our children to learn about caring for others. Age-appropriate Sharing Days are planned, including canned food donations at Thanksgiving, a special Christmas donation, canned food (“Souper Bowl”) in January, and others in the spring. Various community agencies benefit from these donations. Additionally, each PreK/TK class selects their own service project to initiate during the school year.