Our Sunday School program has Sunday morning classes for children age 3 years through High School. Classes are broken down into the following groups: Preschool/kindergarten, 1-3rd grade, 4-6th grade, middle school, and high school. (We also have a separate Cribbery for children under 3 years of age.)

For the 2011-2012 Sunday School year, all classes will meet at 9:00 AM, the same time as the Rite II Service. Classes meet for approximately 45 minutes. The teachers and children/youth will return to church for communion. New this year: Grades 1-8 will be using the Living The Good News curriculum . The Preschool/Kindergarten class will continue to use Godley Play program (read more about Godly Play below).

There are many volunteer opportunities with various time commitments. Please feel free to contact Rachel Flum or Donna Gibson, 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/