Christian Education

Our Christian education program strives to meet the needs of the children and adults who wish to gain a deeper understanding of who God is and what it means to have a personal relationship with Him through Jesus Christ. We offer classes for children 3 years of age through grade nine at which point youth affirm their Baptism through the Rite of Confirmation.  After Confirmation, we continue to provide spiritual nurture to our youth through our Youth Programs.

We welcome our new Director of Youth Discipleship - Amanda (Mandy) Chadeayne. Mandy is working on meeting with our Youth and their parents to get the ball rolling. Please check back regularly for more information and upcoming activities on our Youth Events page.

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For adults, we offer regular Bible studies on Sunday morning and periodic weeknight Bible studies throughout the year.  We offer both traditional Bible Studies, Manuscript Bible Studies, and Topical Bible Studies

Currently, we have over 90 people enrolled in our Sunday school program. We have a ratio of 1 teacher for every 10 children who volunteer their time on a weekly basis. Our regular Sunday school year starts out in the month of September.

Vacation Bible School, a lively program that includes drama, music, puppetry, story telling, crafts, and games is an experiential exploration of the Christian faith and practice. The children and adult volunteers always enjoy this week-long event.

Here is a partial list of activities that you can look forward to seeing throughout the course of the Sunday school year:  

• The first Sunday after Labor Day is our kick off rally to start off our Sunday school year. We also have installation of Sunday school teachers during worship service.

• The second Sunday after Labor Day we present Bibles to the 3^rd grade students during the worship service.

• The second week in December is the Sunday school Christmas Pageant, held during the worship service.

• We hold an annual Easter egg hunt for the children.

• Confirmation Sunday.

• Year-end attendance ceremony held during worship service in June.

• Recognition of our high school and college graduates.

• Vacation Bible school to be held during the month of August.

• Youth Group meetings and activities.

During the months of September through June, Sunday school meets from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Throughout the entire year, we hold "Children's Church" on the last Sunday of each month during a portion of our regular worship service.

Our Sunday school teachers teach from curriculum entitled Seasons of the Spirits, which will provide God's people with lectionary-based, ecumenical resources that empower all ages to be transformed in Christ as they:

Our Confirmation program is a two year program and uses a variety of curricula and utilizes field trips and retreats to provide the comprehensive experience possible that will result in more than mere knowledge about the Christian Faith but an actual encounter with the living God.   The curricula used is Affirming Faith which is then supported with the mentoring program Making Disciples.

 Confirmation Class of 2006