Rotation Sunday School Information Sheet 2010

We are delighted to be starting a new year of Sunday School.  Some aspects of Trinity’s Sunday School will stay the same and some will be changing.

We will still be offering Godly Play classes with our fabulous teachers although the age make-up of those classes will be a little different. Our children pre-K to Kindergarten will be in Godly Play I and children in grades 1 and 2 will be in Godly Play II. 

Children and youth in grades 3 through 12 will be in our rotation program, which is brand new to Trinity. Our adult program will also be part of the rotation Sunday School. The rotation styled Sunday School has become fairly common in recent years as churches seek new ways to assist children in deepening their faith. The rotation Sunday School offers creative ways to learn that touch different parts of the brain and heart.

This year we will divide our classes into three groups: group 1: grades 3-5, group 2: grades 6-8, group 3: grades 9-12. The children/youth will remain in this one group all year.  The rotation will consist of three different “stations” that will all be a response to the scripture assigned to that particular rotation:

Creation Station: will consist of artistic endeavors: painting, sculpting, print making, etc. Very hands on.  (This station will be in the old classroom for 2nd/3rd graders in the basement of the Parish House)

Service Station: will emphasize service or outreach oriented projects, such as doing things for our parishioners who cannot make it to church, engaging with the students of St. Marc’s School in Haiti, or preparing food for the noon-day lunch guests. (This station will be in the old classroom for 4th/5th graders on the 2nd floor of the Parish House)

Observation Station: will focus on the reflective/prayerful side of things. It may include different methods of prayer, contemplation, listening in an intentional way, writing, observing nature, conservation. (This station will be in the Senior High Youth Group room on the second floor of the Parish House)

Our theme this year comes from Psalm 1: “Like a tree planted by streams of water.”

Our rector, Paul Nancarrow, suggests its meaning is that we are nourished and sustained by God’s grace and it is  in staying in touch with that grace that we grow.  Each rotation will last four weeks with the first three weeks focusing on the different stations and the fourth week being the intergenerational Eucharist and wrap-up. With each rotation, there will be one Bible story that relates to the overall theme and all activities will relate to that particular story. 

We need your help to teach one or more of the rotations described above and hope you will be able to join the fun! We will need two teachers per classroom per session.  Feel free to sign up on the schedule provided or contact Shelby Owens to discuss further.