2007-2008 Sunday School
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Teachers sought -- Serve our Sunday School program in a three-week rotation, choosing a program that uses your talents. You'll teach the same lesson for each of the three weeks, leading different age groups from Grades 1-6 in each of the weeks. Scroll down to see the sessions that you can teach or the week you signed up for!
Students sought -- Join our new, fun Sunday School curriculum beginning this September. It's hands-on and full of heart. We'll see you on Sundays!
Check the schedule below. See where you can fill a three-week assignment to meet the needs of our Sunday School program.
Unit #7 - “The Feeding of the 5000”
Puppetry/Storytelling (Teacher: ______Bill Ditman________________________________)
Picnic baskets, fish and bread tell their story through a fun and creative puppet activity.
Games/Movement (Teacher: ____________________________________________________)
Traditional picnic activities will be used to explore the story of the Feeding of the Five Thousand through the Moved by the Spirit lesson. How did Jesus (and how do we) view hunger in our midst?
Art/Craft (Teacher: ______Julia Clark___________________________________________)
Gyotaku, a Japanese printing process, will be used to explore the story of the five loaves and two fish.
Storytelling (Teacher: __________________________________________________________)
A female storyteller will share with the children her story of encountering Jesus on the hill in
Mission (Teacher: _____________________________________________________________)
Through the lesson of “Faith Today”, the children will explore issues of hunger and justice. The children will learn that the story of the feeding of the five thousand can be a model for our own actions. The children will look at ways they already help and ways they can be more involved in changing the world.
THREE TEACHERS NEEDED
Video/Craft– (Teacher: _________________________________________________________)
A clip from It’s a Wonderful Life will begin the exploration of the healing miracles that took place in a crowded setting. Create face-filled chalices as a reminder of all the different people that seek and receive healing from Jesus.
Craft/Mission (Teacher: ________________________________________________________)
After learning about how being unclean meant exclusion from the community at the time of Jesus, create a soap project to be donated to a benevolent organization.
Games – (Teacher: _____________________________________________________________)
Play a card game called “Interruptions Matter”, a circular together game and a color touch game (modification of “blind man’s bluff”) as interaction with the story of Jesus healing of Jairus’ daughter and the woman with a hemorrhage. Play “countdown” to internalize the story of the healing of Jairus’ daughter.
TWO TEACHERS NEEDED
Unit #9 - “The Lord’s Prayer”
(2/24 - 3/2 - 3/9)
We will provide THREE of these five workshops –Teachers CHOOSE what they want to teach!)
Music/Movement (Teacher: _____________________________________________________)
Our bodies can help us to be prayerful. We will explore attitudes of prayer as well as experience some musical interpretations of the Lord’s Prayer
Cooking (Teacher: __________Barbara Monrad_____________________________________)
How does “. .daily bread. .” translate into our general nutritional needs? Do we really understand how God continues to provide for us?
Drama/Improv (Teacher: _______________________________________________________)
“Thy will be done. . ” What does it mean to do God’s will and how do we hear what God’s will for us is? The class will create a skit with interpretations of this theme.
Prayer (Teacher: ______________________________________________________________)
“Hallowed be thy name. .” This workshop will explore the idea of a holy time and space for prayer in our everyday lives. What does “hallowed” mean? Through the creation of this special place, the children will learn that everyday places and things can still help us to remember the sacred aspects of our lives.
Languages/Geography/Culture (Teacher: _________________________________________)
How has the Lord’s Prayer spread around the world? How is it spoken around the world? The prayer will be shared in many different languages.
Unit #10 - “The Last Supper”
(3/16 - 3/23 -3/30)
We will provide THREE of these five workshops –Teachers CHOOSE what they want to teach!)
Drama (Teacher: ______________________________________________________________)
During this workshop the children will “recreate” Leonardo Da Vinci’s classic painting of the Last Supper. This activity will help them focus on the relationship between Jesus and his disciples.
Cooking (Teacher: ____________________________________________________________)
The children will make connections between a Seder meal and the Last Supper. They will also explore the references Jesus made about being the “bread of life”.
Craft (Teacher: ______Julia Clark______________________________________________)
Simple “stained glass” window decorations of the chalice and bread will be created to help children remember the Last Supper.
Music/Movement (Teacher: _____________________________________________________)
The traditions of communion will be explored through song, movement and hymnology.
Geography/Craft (Teacher: _____________________________________________________)
The children will create travel brochures that invite people to follow in Jesus’ footsteps.
TWO TEACHERS NEEDED
Unit #11 - “Walk to Emmaus”
(4/6 - 4/13 - 4/20)
We will provide THREE of these five workshops –Teachers CHOOSE what they want to teach!)
Science (Teacher: ________Chuck Compher___________________________________)
The children will experiment with optical illusions to experience the passage from Luke 24 “then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him.”
Cooking (Teacher: _____________________________________________________________)
They class will make meringue while learning about the life and death, the symbolism of the egg, and the ascension of Jesus.
Craft (Teacher: _______________________________________________________________)
The children will create the sign of the name of “JESUS” that can only be identified from a distance, thus connecting with the Luke 24 passage “then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him.”
Storytelling (Teacher: _________________________________________________________)
A first person story will be told about the walk to Emmaus, making the connections with many of the bread passages of the Bible (The Exodus/Seder Meal, Manna in the Wilderness, Feeding of the 5000, The Lord’s Prayer and The Last Supper).
Faith (Teacher: _______________________________________________________________)
Starting with the walk to Emmaus, the class will learn how Christianity views death and life after death. They will then explore how various faiths view that same issue.
THREE TEACHERS NEEDED
(4/27 - 5/4 - 5/11)
We will provide THREE of these five workshops –Teachers CHOOSE what they want to teach!)
Music/Movement (Teacher: _____________________________________________________)
The song “They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love” will be used to explore the story of Paul’s conversion. Musical, physical, thoughtful activities will allow each participant to know what they can do to be a witness to God’s continued presence.
Cooking (Teacher: _____________________________________________________________)
Foods that transform before our eyes can be symbols of our own potential for transformation. Cut out cookies will serve as reminders that we can be like Paul and continually witness to the presence of God.
Craft (Teacher: _______________________________________________________________)
Through the use of “Sunprints” and “Scratchboards” the children will learn about conversions and trans-formations.
Storytelling (Male Teacher: _____________________________________________________)
Paul will tell his own story of what actually happened one day on the road to
Mission (Teacher: _____________________________________________________________)
Ananias’ act of kindness towards Saul helped to change his life. When do we experience similar acts of kindness? Do we always know the outcome of our own acts of kindness? What can we do today to make our world a better place?
Unit #13 - “Witnesses Today”
(5/18 - 5/25 - 6/1)
We will provide THREE of these five workshops –Teachers CHOOSE what they want to teach
Story Reading/Puppetry (Teacher: _______________________________________________)
The children will create a puppet show to the story The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Cooking (Teacher: _____________________________________________________________)
The children will taste chocolate chip cookies that are made with equal amounts of all ingredients. They will then make the correct recipe. This will allow them to see that even a small amount of some ingredients (gifts or talents) is enough to flavor the whole batch of cookies.
Art (Teacher: _________________________________________________________________)
The class will hear the scripture from Matthew 25:34-40 and some contemporary stories that exemplify how individual people have made a difference in the lives of others, even in very small ways. The children will reflect on how they have helped others and will draw self-portraits as an expression of how each of them is God’s presence on earth.
Art (Teacher: _________________________________________________________________)
The children will share stories that they have heard in this church school year. They will then make a fun “rebus” or picture story for several of the stories they have heard.
Mission (Teacher: _____________________________________________________________)
The children will select and prepare a “Missionary Bear” to send to another church in the community. The preparation will include a letter to go with the bear and postcards that will be sent back to the church from those who receive the bear.