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Sunday School is offered for children ages 6th grade and under all year!
Child care is offered for children 5 and under. There is one early elementary age class and one older elementary age class. FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Joanne Shingledecker
The Education Team has approved a new format for our Sunday morning Sunday school program. Beginning January 15th, we are going to be using a thematic approach to our curriculum. In this approach, the children will be hearing the same theme or story over a five week period of time, the change is that they will hear the theme or story in a variety of different ways. One week it may be through a game, another week through art, or cooking or drama or a special computer program. This allows for children who are unable to attend each week to hear stories they would otherwise miss. The different teaching elements also allow for children to learn and retain in ways that are more natural for them.
An example of this is the Moses story. Traditional curriculum is set on a three year cycle, Pre-school, grades 1-3 and grades 4-6. In preschool, a child will hear the story of Moses as a baby one Sunday during the three years. In grades 1-3, they would hear about Moses and the plagues once in three years. In grades 4 -6, they hear about the Ten Commandments. So, if a child had missed those Sundays when Moses was the topic (this happens often), you can understand the frustration and bewilderment when a youth comes to a Confirmation class and is asked about Moses, and the youth has no idea what the teacher is talking about. In this new format, the children are immersed into learning about Moses in many different ways. Our first theme is titled Jesus and Discipleship.
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