Sunday School

Parent Information Flyer

2004-2005

Purpose:  The Sunday School gathers children so they may grow in their knowledge of God’s love, learn to love Jesus and imitate his life, and support one another as Christian disciples.

Time:  The Sunday School meets on Sunday mornings between 9:45 and 10:45 am.  Occasionally the early service ends after 9:30.  On those occasions Sunday School will begin 10 minutes after the early service ends.

Registration: We ask that parents fill out a registration form for each student this year.  We will use the information on the form to contact you if we have an emergency and you are not in the church and to plan for those with food allergies.

Sign-in:  This year we ask that parents of pre-school and kindergarten children sign their children in and out of their classroom.  We will not require that for elementary and Jr. High aged children.  If you would like to pick up your child from his or her classroom, please be at the door by 10:40am.

Tuition and Fees:  We charge NO tuition or fees.  Money for purchasing supplies and materials comes from the Christian Education portion of the Christ the King General Fund.

Places:  Pre-School students will meet in Room 102, and be dismissed to their parents from there.  1^st-8^th grade students will meet in Room 105 for a ten minute opening.  Teachers will then lead classes to their rotation workshop for the day.  Workshops take place in various classrooms throughout the building.  The Christian education ministry will post a monthly workshop schedule on the hallway bulletin board outside the sanctuary. 1^st-8^th grade students will be dismissed from their workshop classroom.  High School students will meet in Room 105 and be dismissed from there.

Classes: In addition to Pre-school and High School, we will have four classes this year: 1^st -2^nd grade, 3^rd -4^th grade, 5^th -6^th grade, 7^th -8^th grade.  All classes will study one Bible story each month.  Each class will “rotate” through four workshops to learn about the story.  In the past workshop choices included art, cooking, drama, video, and games.

Offering:  We do receive an offering each week.  Pre-School and High School students will have a basket in their room.  1^st-8^th graders give their offering during the opening.  We encourage children to bring an offering in order to grow as stewards of God’s gifts.  When we practice being stewards we grow in trust that God will provide for us and imitate Jesus’ self-giving love.  All monetary offerings go into the Christ the King General Fund.  We provide offering envelopes at the beginning of the Sunday School year in September.  If your child uses the envelope, the financial secretary records his or her offering on your contribution record.

Supervision:  Pastor Pam Kelly and Sunday School Superintendent Dana Flenner supervise all volunteers working with children on Sunday morning.  This includes discussing the volunteer’s application form with them and visiting classrooms periodically.

Rotation Sunday School Philosophy:  Your 1^st through 8^th grade student will experience the “Rotational Model” of Sunday School.  This means that we focus on a single Bible story for four weeks.  We offer four lab-style workshops based on the story and students rotate each week from workshop to workshop.  With this model students do not miss a whole Bible story if they are absent one week.  Teachers choose workshops that fit their interests and talents and prepare one lesson a month instead of four.  It worked well for us last year.

Our theme for the year is “Faith Fitness.”

Stories for the 2004-2005 year will be:

The Lord’s Prayer

Joseph in Egypt

Parables of Stewardship

Christmas through the Eyes of Isaiah

The Beatitudes

David and Jonathon

Paul and Silas                         

The Easter Story

The Good Samaritan