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Sunday school

 

Sign-Up to Teach!

Without our faithful and devoted parents, our children and youth wouldn’t hear the Good News of Jesus Christ! Please sign-up to teach in the Sunday School next year. Our schedule is divided into four terms of about 8 weeks each: fall term (September thru early November), Christmas term (mid-November through January), winter term (February through early April), and spring term (mid-April through mid-June.) Please call 973-379-2898 x209 or email elizabeth.wiggmaxwell@ccshmail.org to let Elizabeth know you’ll be a part of this important ministry!

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SUNDAY SCHOOL CALENDAR

 

  Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
  Sept. 16, 23, & 30 Dec. 2, 9, 16, & 23 Feb. 10, 17, & 24 April 20 & 27
  Oct. 7, 14, 21, & 28 Jan. 6, 13, 20, & 27 March 2, 9, 16, & 30 May 4, 11, & 18
  Nov. 4, 11, & 18   Apr. 6 & 13 June 1, 8, & 15
         
Grade Teacher Teacher Teacher Teacher
  Kate Lee, Linda Carchia Huiling Duan Heather Finan, Lisa Haggerty Lizzie Burn
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Grade 1 Lizzie Burn Liz Clark Laura Barney Michele Shapard
Grade 2 Lesley Lindstrom Jill Draper Robin Little  
Grade 3 Laura Bartsch Lizzie Burn Elizabeth McGraw  
Grade 4 Debbie Barker Maggie Stevens Suzanne Willian   
Grades 5 & 6 Jill Draper Elizabeth McGraw Karen Oleson Diane Tso

 

 

Welcome to the Christ Church Sunday School!

We offer Christian education and nurture for children from infants through Sixth Grade. Sunday School classes and Nursery care begin on Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. on the second and third floors of our education wing.

 

Class Topics

Primary grades (1-3) will explore the Old Testament through the stories of Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and the Pharaoh, Moses and Miriam, Moses and the Red Sea, and the Feast of All Saints.

 

Intermediate classes (4-6) will explore God’s Covenant with the Hebrew people through the stories of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Saul, David, Solomon, the Exile to Babylon and the Feast of All Saints.

 

New and updated addresses, email addresses, birth dates and other information enable us to reach out to you and keep you informed. You can find a registration form at church, and here on our website.

 

Godly Play

For our youngest students (3-5 year-olds), we use the curriculum designed by Episcopal priest, Jerome Berryman, called Godly Play.  This curriculum uses Montessori teaching methods to tell the sacred story through scripture and worship.

 

Grades 1 through 6

Students in Grades 1-6 use the Episcopal Children’s Curriculum, which incorporates scripture, sacraments and worship, and the traditions of the Episcopal Church.  Lessons include crafts, supplemental books, music, and other materials to teach the good news of God in Jesus Christ.

 

Nursery

The Nursery provides care for children 3 and under.

 

Worship

Following Sunday School classes, our young people join their families in worship at the Exchange of the Peace. This enables them to participate in the Celebration of Holy Eucharist.

 

Family Events

In addition to our activities on Sunday mornings, there are a variety of projects and events offered for families including: the Advent Wreath-Making Dinner on the evening of the First Sunday in Advent; the Heifer International Project for which we raise funds during the Fall; the Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve; regular Youth Sundays in which our young people lead worship; and the Easter Egg Hunt on the Sunday following Easter Sunday.

 

Communion Instruction

In the Episcopal Church, all baptized persons are welcome to receive both the bread and wine offered during Holy Eucharist. In order to provide young children with instruction in the meaning and practice of receiving Eucharist, our clergy offer classes each spring.

 

Education as Ministry

Christian education is a ministry of our entire congregation. Our class teachers are volunteers, including parents and other members of the congregation. Many of our youth assist in the classrooms. Our programs depend upon their faithful participation. All members of the congregation are welcome to be a part of this important and enriching ministry!

 

Almighty God, heavenly Father, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give us calm strength and patient wisdom as we bring them up,

that we may teach them to love whatever is just and true and good,

following the example of our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

(Book of Common Prayer, p. 829.)

 

 

Christ Church in Short Hills ● 66 Highland Avenue ● Box C ● Short Hills, New Jersey 07078 ● (973) 379-2898