Our Sunday School is comprised of classes for children age 3 years through High School.  (We also have a separate Cribbery for children under 3 years of age.)  Students in 2nd grade and older participate in the 10am church service and proceed to class following Communion. These classes last until 11:30am.

We've recently started a new program for our youngest Sunday School students, those in our Pre-K through 1st Grade class.  Read more about Godly Play below.

There are many volunteer opportunities with various time commitments. Please feel free to contact Linda Aries or Joan Tansi, our Sunday School Superintendents for more information or to volunteer.

GODLY PLAY AT TRINITY

We have begun an exciting new era in the religious education of our children with the introduction of Godly Play to our pre-K through 1st grade class. Godly Play, developed by Jerome T. Berryman, an educator and Episcopal priest, is theological education modeled on the principles of the Montessori method of education. Since its beginnings in the early 1970s it has spread throughout the world and across Christian denominations. The curriculum, designed for children from 2 to 12, will be introduced in the other classes over the next few years.

Godly Play invites children into the sacred story of God’s relationship with the world and humanity. The invitation is issued through sacred storytelling shared with a respectful adult presence and uses creative materials for both telling and responding to the story. For example, if the story takes play in the desert, we’ll use our ‘desert box’ to move figures through the sand as the story progresses. Much of each story asks questions, many of which start with “I wonder…” Moments of reflection and sacred silence are integral to the lesson. After the story children choose art materials that they’d like to work with. This is their opportunity to work with the story in a different way before sharing a simple snack at the end of the class. The children then process into the main church during the offertory to join their families and the rest of the congregation in the celebration of the Eucharist.
For more information on Godly Play, please visit http://www.godlyplay.org/