Sunday School

Contact:  Pam Prezioso

 

Welcome!  We offer many wonderful Sunday School opportunities.  All classes welcome new members. Sunday School begins at 9:30 a.m. with classes for all ages.  If you have questions, our hospitality team will be happy to assist you.  We hope you will join us as we grow in faith together.

 

 

Sunday, December 27

Our children’s Sunday School classes will not be meeting in their classrooms on December 27, to allow our teachers to spend the holidays with their families.  We will gather for a Christmas carol sing-a-long and enjoy a Christmas movie. 

We ask that all children four years old and younger be accompanied by a parent.

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!

Meet in the Assembly Rooms at 9:35 for this event!

 

 

 

Christian Education

Sunday School Classes

2009-2010         

Birth - 2 years – Infant Nursery:

Jodee Kerschner

Age 2- Toddler Nursery:

Charmaine Kaylor, Wendy Wasnich, Cara Schuster

Age 3 - Preschool Room:

Trudi Gerba

Age 4 & 5 - Rooms 26 & 27 (Church Home – 2nd Floor)

Lyn Sorenson, Diane Emser

Kindergarten- Assembly Room A:

Mark Damberger

Grade 1 – Assembly Room C:

Julie Guenther

Grade 2 – Assembly Room D:

Sally Carr, Denise Reep

Grade 3 – Wood Room:

Kirk Rader

Grade 4 – Room 31 on 3rd Floor of Church Home:

Nancy Locke

Grade 5 – Room 32 on 3rd Floor of Church Home:

Barry Bailey

Grade 6 – Room 24 on 2nd Floor of Church Home:

Jennifer Garrison

Grade 7 & 8 – Jr. High School Room:

Various Leaders

Grade 9-12 – High School Room:

Jared & Katie Smeltzer

 

 

Young Adults:

 

FRIENDS IN FAITH - CONTACT PERSON: JESSICA MURAWSKI (First Floor of Church Home, Main Lounge) This class is a group of 20s – 30s, most with young children. We welcome both couples and singles.  This year we will be studying the fruits of the spirit. We are researching possible service projects.

 

YOUNG COUPLES – ROB AND JEN WASH, BRIAN AND JANEL BARR (Room B)  This class invites newly or nearly married couples, some with young children, to join in Bible studies and discussions about issues in strong marriages, finances, communication, and raising children as we develop strong Christ-centered relationships. They are starting a six-week study on Fireproofing Your Marriage.  If you are interested, call Rob or Jen Wash, talk with Pastor Mitchell, or stop by Room B at the Sunday School hour.  This is an excellent chance to strengthen young marriages – all in six weeks!  A strong marriage is a wonderful thing.

 

 

CORNERSTONE – CONTACT PERSON:  KATE KAESER

(Room 21 of Church Home)  We’re a group of young couples in their 20s and 30s with children birth to age 8.  Each week we apply the Bible to stories ripped from the headlines.  There is no class teacher, instead we each receive the weekly lesson via e-mail and come Sunday morning prepared for good group discussion.  We also share in the joys of raising our young children, with the ultimate goal of bringing ourselves and our families closer to God in our everyday living.  We welcome new members!

 

 

New Families:

 

PRAYER PARTNERS – CONTACT PERSONS: RICK & NEALLY MULLINS (South Patio Room, Lower Level) Young adults 30’s, most with young families.  We focus our study on books and topics relevant to raising our children using the Bible as our guide. 

 

HOMEBUILDERS - LEADERS: PASTOR JEFF AND CINDY MESSNER (Community Room) Our class includes young married couples in their late 20’s - early 40’s.  We study about marriage & family issues, with an occasional topical study on Bible or current issues. The format is discussion oriented.

 

Growing Families:

 

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS – LEADERS: CHRIS AND MICHELLE VANDERZYDEN (Trinity Room) a class for 30 – 50-somethings who would like to expand their Sunday morning worship experience into their daily lives.  Weekly we will dig into the liturgical scripture readings and how they relate to life throughout our week.  The class is interspersed with topical lessons from various class members.  There is a focus on prayer, the Word and discussion.  We always welcome new members to class.  

 

 

Mature Families:

 

CHRISTIAN LIVING – CONTACT PERSON: PAUL HODGE (North Patio Room, Lower Level) We ponder ,study, pray  and have lively discussions and sometimes new insight to the new Testament we are studying.  The members range in age from forties to late 60`s.  At Christmas we always try to "adopt" a family in need.  We have about two social outings a year.  We would welcome any new members. 

 

SERVING AND LEARNING TOGETHER (SALT) - FACILITATOR: KATHY SHELLY (Room 23 of Church Home) a newer class of couples and singles mid 40s – mid 60s, most with teenage or young adult children. We use DVD-based curriculum and are currently studying with a series "Discovering God's Will," by Andy Stanley. We also do various service projects.

 

ADULT BIBLE STUDY – CONTACT PERSON: DOUG CULLER (First Floor of Church Home, Front Lounge) This class consists of singles and married couples, many retired, but we welcome all. We will also study some contemporary writings on faith and the church.

 

ICHTHYS – LEADERS: MARY LOU MACKENZIE, EVELYN PALIK (First Floor of the Home, Dining Room) Couples and singles, 60 and over who meet together to study the Bible and contemporary authors that help us with our Christian spirituality.

 

Focus Groups:

 

 CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL – LEADER:  SHARON SAMPLE (South Sun Room) The Christian Women's Sunday School class will be doing a study of Ruth to begin this fall.  Our class is geared toward women who come to church alone.....single, widow, married but husbands don't come, divorced.  Our projects always include donations to Pastor Mitchell's Good Samaritan fund and we provide scholarships for Camp Mowana and Reading Enrichment.

 

CREATED TO WORSHIP – CONTACT PERSON:  JOHN AND DARLENE OSBUN (Meeting Room A) We will be starting this fall with a study of the Creed lead by Doug Zimmerman.  We like to get into the Bible.  We studied Jeremiah last year.  We like discussion. We welcome new people and love to share the joy of the Lord.

 

INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL/ LANGUAGE GROUP – LEADERS:  PEGGY BOSTIC and MARIELY DAWSON  (Luther Hall)  We will be continuing our study of the English language and culture, as well as offering a Spanish class for those wishing to learn the language.

 

GLORIES OF HEAVEN – COORDINATORS:  DENNY STEELE & ROGER SPECK  (Church Home, Breakfast Room, Kitchen area) A group of married couples with children and some with grandchildren.  Did you ever wonder what heaven is like?  Do you have questions about heaven?  Would you like to know what the Bible has to say about heaven?  Then come meet with us in the breakfast room, as we learn about the "Glories of Heaven."

 

TRUSTED FRIENDS – COORDINATOR:  RANDI BITTLE (Church Home, Room 25)  A group of women of all ages.  We will begin the year with a spiritual gifts inventory and continue with the study book “Encouraging One Another.”