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GRACE CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL
Pre-School and Elementary Grades:
10:00 A.M. Sunday Activities for all pre-school and elementary grade children:
Arts & Crafts is offered nearly every Sunday morning during the academic year:
10:00 a.m. Gathering in a procession around the Large Hall, and then
sitting in a circle to hear a Bible story.
10:15 a.m. Arts and Crafts project at a table on the stage. Many of these
30 minute projects are designed by our lead arts & crafts teacher to
match the Bible stories or lessons in Sunday School.
Singing School (replaces Arts & Crafts 6weeks in fall and spring):
10:00 a.m. Gathering in a procession around the Large Hall, and then
sitting in a circle to do rhythm exercises.
10:15 a.m. Singing sacred songs in the chapel. (30 min.)
10:45 A.M. Sunday Activites for all pre-school and elementary grade children:
Godly Play (for Pre-school and Kindergarten ages). This curriculum is based on
the Montessori method of education, and appeals to the children's imaginations. It consists of the presentation of a Bible story and a
response from the children using materials provided.
Children's Chapel (for Grades 1-5): This chapel service includes times for singing and both intercessory prayer and centering prayer. (15 min.)
11:00 a.m. Sunday Activities for all pre-school and elementary grade children (35-40 min):
Godly Play continues (for Pre-School and Kindergarten ages.)
Firelight 1 (Grades 1-3) and Firelight 2 (Grades 4-5). These classes typically
take up a Bible story for two to three weeks at a time. Each Sunday a
different workshop activity approaches the Bible story from a new perspective, including drama, storytelling, and cooking.
11:40 a.m. (approx. time) All pre-school and elementary grade children join their families in the worship service in progress in the church.
Middle School and High School Grades:
10:00 a.m. Sunday Activities for all Middle School and High School Grades:
The Journey to Adulthood is a 6-7 year program of spiritual formation for young people that
provides a liturgical frame for their experience in our modern culture, celebrates their individuality and their creative potential and instructs them in skills needed for
successful adult participation in church and society. The Journey to Adulthood balances Bible study, prayer, and both serious and playful activities to nurture the whole person
during the passage from childhood to adulthood. Leaders model living the faith and remind young people of the ever-present love and mercy of God.
Rite-13 (Grades 6-7)
This program creates a community of prayer. It also inaugurates a community of learning beginning by acknowledging the gift of gender, celebrating the amazing creative power and
potential of these young people, and creates a safe haven to explore new ideas, new interests and new abilities.
J2A (Grades 8-10)
This program continues the community of prayer and learning. It blends action and contemplation in teaching young people faithful living. To prepare them for adulthood they learn six basic skills:
active listening, negotiation, assertion, research/information management, partnership and leadership. The program also helps them understand and affirm Christian living. At the age of about 16 they are
given an opportunity to be confirmed and are acknowledged in the community as equipped for new levels of responsibility. They are recognized as young adults, rather than children, and invited to make a holy
pilgrimage.
YAC (Grades 11,12)
This program encourages older youth to take on adult responsibilities in all aspects of parish life and the community. They are challenged to become good stewards of their time, talent and treasure. Guided by
adult advisers, they use the Anglican model of Scripture, reason, and the tradition of the Church to guide the lifelong pilgrimage in their faith.
Email Ed Pease
Assistant for Christian Education
Tel: 508-668-5055
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