SUNDAY SCHOOL

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Program and Curriculum Overview:
​Sunday School is available for keiki 3 years old through 5th grade. 

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 to 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.

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.  

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. 

Scope and Sequence:

Year One: Weaving Our Faith

• 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.
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Year Two: Weaving Together the Family of God

• 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.

Year Three: Weaving God’s Beloved Community (Current: Aug. 2021-June 2022)

• 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.

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Teaching Teams:

TEAM A
Kirsten D.
Libby B.

TEAM B
Vikki S.
Mary Margaret S.

TEAM C
Cami P.
​Neva L.

ALTERNATE
Robin S.

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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. Safeguarding Certificates are renewed every THREE years. Teachers, to renew your certificate, please visit the Diocese SAFE CHURCH TRAINING page. 

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Additional Resources ​for Teachers:

 Children's Charter of the Episcopal Church