Children’s Education
9:30 to 10:30 Sunday mornings
Our children’s education program offers a Christian education to children 3 years old through 6th grade. The program runs from September through June. Each classroom is staffed with an adult teacher and assistant. Print out and complete the Registration Form and return to the church office.
This year we have adopted a new curriculum for our Sunday School class. We will teach lessons according to the Augsburg Press Spark Classroom curriculum. To read more about our new curriculum, follow this link.
Come join us for some fun learning adventures including Bible lessons, crafts and lots of fun.
Volunteer – to be part of the Children’s Education program. Share your gifts and learn along witht he kids. Teachers are needed for the 2011 Sunday School year.
Vacation Bible School
For one week during the summer August 1st-5th, 2011. Our entire church is transformed into PandaMania: Where God is Wild about You! From 9:00 am to noon each day, children ages 4 to those entering 5th grade participate in Bible lessons, story-telling, crafts, singing, and snack. The program, which is staffed by adults and teens from our congregation is open to the local community as well as members of God’s Love.
Each year the program has a specific theme, this years theme is PandaMania. The entire church is decorated with this theme to transport the children to a different place and time. Past themes include High Seas Adventure (buccaneers), Crocodile Dock (swamp) and Ranch Round Up (wild wst.)
Please let Nancy Maguire know if you have:
-A stuffed Panda(marked with your last name on it)
-Real bamboo we can cut down
-Parasol
Join us for the this years amazing adventure in PandaMania!
Confirmation
Our confirmation program begins in 7th grade and runs through the fall of 9th grade. Class meets on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 during the school year. The lessons are based on the Here We Stand program from Augsburg Fortress. Classes consist of large group lessons followed by smaller group break-out sessions where discussion and idea-sharing is highly encouraged. Our confirmation teachers are joined by several adult mentors. The mentors facilitate the break-out sessions, and assist our confirmation students during this transitional period. The relationships between student and mentor are deep and long-lasting.
The 2-year program also includes a variety of service projects and retreat experiences culminating with a weekend long pilgrimage to the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. during the spring of the 8th grade year.
Download the Sermon Response Form here.
Download the current Acolyte/Crucifer Schedule here.
Adult Faith and Life
Our Adult Faith and Life program offers a variety of opportunities to help foster spiritual growth.
During the summer months, you are invited to join others in the Eagle’s Wings classroom to view a series of History Chanel DVDs. The DVDs will be show between services (9:30-10:30), but there will be not organized discussions. The schedule of DVDs is as follows:
July 3 Mary of Nazareth
July 10 James: Brother of Jesus?
July 17 Pontius Pilot
July 24 Judas: Traitor or Friend?
July 31 The Last Supper
August 7 The Trial of Jesus
August 10 The Execution of Jesus
August 17 Jesus: His Life
August 24 The Apostles 12: Paul
August 31 Jesus’ Jerusalem
You are invited to meet Carl Fricke on Friday mornings at 8:30 AM at Moishe and Itzy’s in Summit Square shopping center. The group will meet in the back of the restaurant for breakfast and Bible study. From July 8 to August 26, Carl will lead a group discussion about starting your own prayer time, or enriching your existing prayer time. The group will be using a study guide titled, “Grounded in Prayer” by Brent Dahlseng. See you there!