Beginning January 8, children's Sunday School expanded to a two-hour program of worship and study that coincides with the adult schedule.  Here is how it works:

9:30 a.m.  Children age 3 and above accompany their parents to the sanctuary and experience our Call to Worship, Confession, Assurance of Pardon and Passing of Peace together with their families.

9:45 a.m.  Before the sermon, children may leave the sanctuary for Bridges to Worship -- one group is for 3-year-olds through Kindergarten, and a second group is for 1^st through 5^th Graders.  Bridges to Worship is an integrated storytelling/worship program in the Godly Play tradition that brings the Bible to life in the context of quiet reflection, quiet reflection, and mystery.  Each worship experience is tailored to the developmental stage of your child.

10:30 a.m.  Children are picked up from Fellowship Hall and can enjoy refreshments in Lindsay Hall with their families.

11:00 a.m.  Our new FaithWeaver curriculum, an intergenerational course, begins and ends in individual classrooms by grade with a carefully selected team of teachers and assistants who help the story of the week come alive in fun and interactive ways each week.

We are excited about this new format for many reasons:

1. Your child will be physically conncected with the worship life of the church at the beginning of every Sabbath day.
2. All generations will see each other each week.
3. With a streamlined study hour, we will be able to select the best teachers to lead your child's classroom experience.
4. These teachers will be able to mentor and model great teaching for those who want to be teachers next year.
5. Families will all worship and study at the same time throughout the whole morning, sometimes together, sometimes separately.

The Children's Steering Committee has selected the FaithWeaver Sunday school curriculum for the 2s through 5th graders.  This curriculum will be used for the middle schoolers and for an 11:00 a.m. Adult Ed class.  The themes will integrate with the family-friendly worship services.

• This curriculum is designed to weave faith into families.
• Research proves that the conversations that take place in the home are the greatest influences on faith development.
• FaithWeaver makes it easy for families to come together and grow in faith because everyone studies the same Bible story, in creative and age-appropriate ways, each week.
• FaithWeaver gets every member of the family talking about and applying the Bible point to life every day.
• Student books encourage continued learning at home.
• The FaithWeaver parent class and weekly "home connect" pages equip parents to encourage their children's growth at home.
• The curriculum makes teacher preparation easy and helps teachers make a difference in their students' lives.
• Over three years, students will cover the entire Bible beginning with Genesis in the fall quarter of 2011.

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