Church School

Church School begins on Sunday, September 15th, 2024!

Church School happens every Sunday during our 10:00 service. On the first Sunday, St. Matt’s kids stay together for Children’s Sunday! Every other Sunday, we join in Church School with our friends across the courtyard at Wilton Presbyterian Church. Kids K-7 are welcome. Nursery Care is also available for littles. And there is a soft space in the church to help, too!

During Church School, kids will have a chance to engage with Bible stories, ask questions about their faith, learn to pray, and have fun! There are crafts and games, teachers and volunteers who are invested in our kids, and we are committed to creating a safe space where kids can learn and be just who are they are. There is a strong emphasis in our curriculum for encouraging our children to be givers and to serve others both within our church communities and in the larger world.

If you have questions, please be in touch with Rev. Tommy.

The Rev. Dr. Tommy Watson, Deacon

Assistant to the Rector for Formation & Engagement
(203) 762-7400

The Rev. Dr. Tommy Watson, Jr. began serving at St. Matthew’s in August of 2024.

I am a native of Leesville, SC. My bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees are all in Vocal Performance, and I have a post Doctoral Certificate in Contemporary Commercial Vocal Pedagogy. Prior to my call to ordained ministry in 2019, I taught at the collegiate level for five years. Additionally, I was a tenured Associate Professor of Music at the South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University for twenty years. I founded and directed the Opera Workshop there, taught classical and non-classical voice lessons, Vocal Pedagogy, Western Music History, World Musics History, Music Theory, Lyric Diction for Singers, vocal coached musicals, and taught Aesthetics. Concurrently, I sang professionally as a classical baritone/bass soloist, directed music at churches, and did mission work in West Africa and India while employed at AU. After resigning my tenured post in May 2021, my studies at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale began that August.

Upon graduating from Berkeley in May 2024, and being ordained a Deacon two weeks later, I actively discerned where Almighty God would call me next. After having applied for clergy positions across the country, including St. Matt’s, progressively, it became clear that I just might be called here. After having met with Marissa, Nancy, Pam, and Anne, and they having shared their vision, hopes, and dreams for St. Matt’s, the sum of those conversations helped me to discern that I was indeed being called here; to share in the faithful aspirations of people who love their parish community. After much discernment on our collective parts, I have been formally called by the Rector, with the Vestry and Bishop concurring, to St. Matt’s. I couldn’t be happier! I look forward to getting to know all of you, praying and worshipping with you, assisting with the sacraments, working with the children and their families, getting acquainted with people in Wilton, and to discern with you how Almighty God is calling us to participate in the reconciliatory mission of God’s redeeming love in the world.

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