Christian Education
Sunday School and Christian Education 2020
This year due to Covid-19 and our need to make sure our families feel comfortable and safe, we have decided to conduct Sunday School and Christian Education online remotely through November. This decision was based on the feedback from a survey given to families in our congregation.
Our teachers will miss seeing our families and children for now but we hope to be back together for the Advent season!
Remote Christian Education plan
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High School students, Grades 10-12
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Bitmoji Classroom where students can find 10-minute devotionals.
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Zoom meetings will be used monthly for check-ins with their devotionals
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Confirmation students, Grades 7-9
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Focus on the New Testament
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Student workbook
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Zoom meeting the first Sunday of the month
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Sunday School students, Grades Pre-K-6
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Families will be provided with lesson pages and a Story Bible to interact together for weekly lessons.
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Other Calendar changes
Confirmation students - Spring 2020
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Students who should have been confirmed in the Spring of 2020 will be recognized at the in-person service on October 25th. If the family is not comfortable attending, Pastor will confirm in private with the family.
First Communion - 4th Grade
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4th grade students will be moved to the Spring of 2021 to allow students to prepare in person if that becomes available.
Church Bibles - 3rd Grade
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Bibles will be presented to our 3rd grade students on October 25th, Reformation Sunday. If families are not comfortable attending, Pastor will present them separately.
Sunday School
Here you will meet the teachers and find information on our programs and events. Please contact Kerry Anderson, Youth Director or Heather Earle, Committee Chair, with any questions or to volunteer.
Sunday School Teachers and Staff
Kerry Anderson - Youth Director
Sunday School opening
Pre-Kindergarten
Heather Earle/Madelyn Harris
Kindergarten and 1st grade
Heather Earle/Madelyn Harris
2nd and 3rd grade
Michele Snead & Melinda Dishong
4th grade/First Communion
Shirley Mueller/Wendy Myers
5th and 6th grade
Shirley Mueller/Wendy Myers
Confirmation class
Jess Freeman
Attendance sheets and offering
Jeanne Hendricks
Christmas pageant
Fran Halley & Kerry Anderson
Adult class
John Halley
Sunday School Outreach:
We are pleased to report that the first Sunday collections and the loose change collections were again donated to Glade Run. Glade Run is a youth group home in Zelienople with whom we have “partnered” for many years.
Yearly events
The following are some of the yearly events organized by our committee:
May - Youth service,
Confirmation & Reception
June - Teacher Appreciation Brunch
September - Rally day, Confirmation retreat
October - First Communion, Bible Presentations and Acolyte training
Sept-May - Sunday School and Confirmation classes
December - Christmas pageant
Godly Play!
Godly Play® is really a young people’s church service. It parallels what we do in “regular church". We have scripture, we understand what part of the church year we are in, and we have a “feast” or communal celebration. It is amazing experiential learning!
You ALL are invited to check out Godly Play® as helpers, observers or participants. You are also invited to find youngsters who will learn all about church in a fun and joyful way and bring them to us on Sunday mornings.
Anyone wishing to provide funds for our Sunday School Godly Play® initiative, please make checks payable to St. John’s, with “CE curriculum” in the memo line and place in the offering plate.
With Godly Play®, we tell Bible stories to children and encourage them to enter into the stories. This helps them wonder about them and relate them to their personal experiences. (Feel free to check out their website)!
