Church in Sacramento holds Christmas service for special needs children

December 19, 2016
Margaret Wessel Walker

St James’ Episcopal Church in Lincoln, California (40 minutes east of Sacramento in the Sierra Nevada foothills) held a Christmas service on Saturday geared towards children with autism and other special needs. The service included music and the Christmas story, and plenty of opportunity for the children and their parents to participate. It was led by Rev Sarah Quinney, assistant rector at St John’s in Roseville. Quinney is a former music therapist, and is passionate about including special needs children in church, moving beyond the day care model. This Christmas service was a pilot; she’s hoping to conduct something similar at Easter, and eventually every two months. It was well-received by both parents and children.

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Ann Fontaine

December 19, 2016 12:54 pm

Thanks John

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John Miller

December 19, 2016 11:39 am

Fact Check: Lincoln is not even in the same county as Sacramento better would be to say that is is 40 minutes east of Sacramento in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Also the Rev. Sarah Quinney is the assistant rector at St John’s in Roseville (not Rosewood), a neighboring city in Placer County.

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