Sunday School

We offer nursery care for infants to three-year-olds during the worship service every Sunday morning. Parent volunteers staff the nursery on a rotating basis.

Sunday School is offered during the 10am worship service, weekly through the school year. Children of all ages begin the morning worshipping with their parents. Immediately preceding the Children's Message, fourth through eighth graders are invited to go to Sunday School. Following the Children's Message, children age three through third grade are invited to go to Sunday School. The classes begin at approximately 10:15am and conclude at 11:15am.

The fourth and fifth grade classes study the Bible in sequential order: the New Testament one year and the Old Testament the other year. These two years provide the children with the opportunity to see how all the stories they heard in previous years fit together. The children and teachers discuss the stories and how they relate to their lives. more details

Students are encouraged to memorize ten key Bible verses each year. At the end of their fourth-grade year, students are presented with a leather-bound Bible engraved with their name. At the end of their fourth-grade year and fifth-grade year, children receive ribbons to mark the verses they have memorized. Bible Presentation Sunday also includes a breakfast before church for the entire family.

The sixth, seventh and eighth graders take mini-courses in topics that relate to the lives of young people in middle school. Various topics have included: world religions, friendships, prayer and spirituality, why bad things happen to good people, core values from a Christian perspective, and more. We use "Faith in Motion" - a Life-to-Bible curriculum. Prayer and Christian meditation are also be included, along with writing and presenting dramas based on what they're learning. more details

Sunday School is often enriched by sign language instruction, puppet making, service projects, and other activities.

Contact Christian Education Director Jerilyn Dinsmoor or Heather Carr for more information.

Mission Statement for Sunday School:

We will strive to teach our children with love our Judeo/Christian faith story. We will encourage them to go on their own faith exploration and spiritual journey by allowing them to wonder and question the meaning and various interpretations of our faith story. We will try to develop within them increasing knowledge and an understanding of God, God's universe and their place and purpose in it, with the hope that they will be able to make a sincere commitment and become disciples of Jesus Christ.