Program and Curriculum Overview

PHILOSOPHY
At All Saints' we believe the keiki (children) are the future of the Church! We are called by God to support, nurture, and empower their future in the Church! This is a responsibility that is be shared by the whole congregation, not just by a few individuals and not just by the parents/guardians of our current keiki. We are guided by the "Children's Charter" of the Episcopal Church.

​Sunday School is available for keiki 3 years old through 5th grade. 

WHEN SUNDAY SCHOOL OCCURS
All Saints' Sunday School meets in Memorial Hall during our Sunday 9:30AM service. The conclusion of Sunday School coincides with the "exchange of peace" in our worship. Sunday School students join their families for the celebration of Holy Eucharist.

OUR CURRICULUM
All Saints' utilizes Weaving God's Promises as the foundation of our Sunday School curriculum. Weaving God’s Promises is a comprehensive, three-year Christian education curriculum for children developed and written exclusively for the Episcopal Church. It is a program with a shared scope and sequence as well as common Episcopal content. 

The "Mission" of Weaving God's Promises:

1. To teach children how God’s promises of salvation are woven into our lives.
2. To teach children the way of Christ, not only in the church but also in the world as Christ’s ambassadors.
3. To give children a solid grounding for future youth and high-school formation programs, which prepares them for Christian adulthood.
4. To foster the spiritual formation and growth of our children in Christ’s love and mercy and to teach the spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Each Sunday Session is designed to offer each teacher and classroom to a wide variety of effective and classroom-tested lesson plans and activities. 

Through our Sunday School program, All Saints' hope and vision is that each child entrusted to our care:

1. Grows to love God--God the creator, God--the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit.
2. Learns the sacred stories of the Christian faith.
3. Explores the deeper questions of life and faith and demonstrates a willingness to be inquisitive, ask questions, and seek out answers.
4. Respects the beauty and diversity of God's people and the many faith traditions, theologies, and philosophies of thought throughout God's creation.
5. Develops their own spiritual identity nurtured in the Word and Sacrament of the Church.  

Scope and Sequence

Year Three: Weaving God’s Beloved Community
(Aug. 2018-June 2019)

• How we are called by God to live in loving community with one another and fulfill God’s promises for us in the healing of all creation.
• Theme: We are called by God to live as One Body in Christ, loving our neighbors as ourselves.
• Focuses on the Gospel of Luke, with emphasis on our holy calling to care for others and the gospel values of welcome, inclusion, compassion, mercy, forgiveness, justice, and liberation.

Year One: Weaving Our Faith
(Aug. 2019-June 2020)

• The story of our salvation and our story from the fall of humankind to our redemption by Jesus Christ and how we fit into this story.
• Theme: God loves us and stays with us—no matter what—to bring us back to God’s divine love.
• Focuses on the Gospel of Matthew, emphasizing the Kingdom of God and our Anglican tradition and faith.
  
  

Year Two: Weaving Together the Family of God
(Aug. 2020-June 2021)

• How we became God’s people and part of the household of God, the Communion of Saints.
• Theme: Once we were no people, but now we are God’s people.
• Focuses on the Gospel of John, with stories of individual encounters with Jesus, transformation in God’s love, and the saints of the church.
  
  

SAFEGUARDING GOD'S CHILDREN

The Episcopal Church is committed to nurturing and protecting children from sexual abuse. All of our Sunday School Teachers and assistant teachers have participated in the Episcopal Church's "Safeguarding God's Children." 

​Safeguarding God's Children is an in-depth educational and training program for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse in everyday life and in ministry.

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2018 - 2019 Program Year Schedule

Curriculm Appendix for Weaving God's Promise

ALL SAINTS’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND PRESCHOOL

2018-2019 Sunday School Schedule

 

ID	DATE	TEAM		LESSON
001	August 12	A		1.      God Made the World and Loves It
002	August 19	B		2.      God Begins a New World with Noah
003	August 26	C		3.      Abraham Entertains Angels
	September 02			No Sunday School: OHANA RETREAT
004	September 09	D		4.      Jacob and Esau Make Peace, Not War
005	September 16	A		5.      God Frees God’s People
006	September 23	B		6.      God’s Ten Commandments for Holy Living
007	September 30	C		7.      Donkey Knows Best
	October 07			No Sunday School: Blessing of the Animals Service
008	October 14	D		8.      God Gives Us Gifts of Life and Love
009	October 21	A		9.      Hannah and Samuel
010	October 28	B		10.   David and His Friends
011	November 04	C		11.   Elijah is Fed
012	November 11	D		12.   Elijah: Tight with God
013	November 18	A		13.   Elijah and Elisha
	November 25			No Sunday School: Thanksgiving Break
014	December 02	B		14.   The Trouble with Job
015	December 09	C		15.   The Eyes of the Blind Shall Be Opened
016	December 16	D		16.   God’s Kingdom of Peace
017	December 23	A		17.   Jesus is Born for Us!
	December 30			No Sunday School: Christmas Day
	January 06			No Sunday School: New Year's Day
018	January 13	B		18.   Jesus Grows Up
019	January 20	C		19.   “Whose Am I?”
020	January 27	D		20.   Loved and Forgiven, Forgiven and Loved
021	February 03	A		21.   Jesus makes People Well
022	February 10	B		22.   Around and About with Jesus
023	February 17	C		23.   Who Is My Neighbor? Good Samaritan
024	February 24	D		24.   Never Give Up: Stories of Unceasing Power
025	March 03	A	25.   Parables of the Growing Kingdom
026	March 10	B	26.   Parables of Invitation and Welcome
027	March 17	C	27.   Lost and Found: Parables of Joyful Finding
028	March 24	D	28.   A Son and His Father: The Parable of the Prodigal Son
	March 31		No Sunday School: Family Worship Sunday
029	April 07	A	29.   Jesus Goes to Jerusalem
030	April 14	B	30.   Jesus’ Last Meal
031	April 21	C&D	31.   Easter Story
	April 28		No Sunday School: Family Worship Sunday
032	May 05	A	32.   Jesus on the Road toward Emmaus
033	May 12	B	33.   Special Lesson Focus: Mother's Day
034	May 19	C	34.   Jew and Gentile; Peter Mets Cornelius
	May 26		No Sunday School: Memorial Day Weekend
035	June 02	D	35.   Philip Baptizes an Ethiopian Man
036	June 09	A	36.   Pentecost Day Lesson
037	June 16	B	37.   Special Lesson Focus: Father’s Day
038	June 23	C	38.   The Church: One Body, Lots of Parts
	June 30		No Sunday School: Family Worship Sunday
	July 07		No Sunday School: Family Worship Sunday
	July 14		No Sunday School: Family Worship Sunday
	July 21		No Sunday School: Family Worship Sunday
	July 28		No Sunday School: Family Worship Sunday

 

(as of 3.7.2019)

Teaching Teams

TEAM A
Chris K.
Carlina L.
Chris N.

TEAM B
Joe A.
Kirsten D.
Robin S.
Anna Y.

TEAM C
Vikki S.
Mary Margaret S.

TEAM D
Joe A.
Cami P.

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Additional Resources
​for Teachers

 Children's Charter of the Episcopal Church