Christian Education

Wednesday Nights @ St James’

Christian Education Opportunities

Faithweavers, Adult classes

6:30 PM Wednesday Night

Adult Christian Education - Great Hall Fr. Anderson

Faithweavers - For children K-4 through5th Grade

Faithweavers for children grades K – 5 and will meet during the Wednesday
evening adult classes. The curriculum consists of skits, games, crafts, and journal writing.

7:45 - 8:00 Compline - Church

Sunday Mornings around the parish church school classes...

Exciting things are happening at St. James'!

2008 First Holy Communion Class

2007 First Holy Communion Class

St. James' Church 2006 Confirmation Class with Bishop Stanton

First Holy Communion Class May 2006 with Father Tommy & Father Douglas

First Holy Communion Class May 2005 with Father Douglas Anderson

ST. JAMES CHRISTIAN EDUCATION PROGRAM

Sunday Mornings

Keys to the Kingdom and Living the Kingdom(Y GR6-8) & Individual Topics (Y GR9-12) classes will meet from 9:00 until 9:45, at which time the children will gather for a light snack.

Keys to the Kingdom

PreK & K

Grades 1 & 2

Grades 3 - 5

Keys to the Kingdom Rotation workshops will follow the same format as last year with the children rotating through four workshops during a unit.

Rotation Units 2007-2008

Bible Teachings(The “Hear, O Israel”/Beatitudes)

Teach Us How To Pray(The Lord’s Prayer)

Out of Egypt

Into the Promised Land

Good News!(The Annunciation)

The Lord’s Supper(Lent)

Road to Emmaus(Easter)

Feasts and Festivals

Living the Good News – Grades 6 – 8

Youth learn about their faith through scripture! Lessons are built around the lectionary using pertinent age appropriate connections to make the lessons alive and interesting.

Individual Study Topics – Grades 9 – 12

First Holy Communion

Children may be admitted to Communion before Confirmation with the consent of the parish priest, with the permission of the child’s parents and after age-appropriate instruction in the meaning of the Eucharist. (Guidelines of the House of Bishops, 1971). First and Second grade students will receive this instruction during the regular Sunday morning classes in the New Year. First Holy Communion will be celebrated on Sunday, May 20 at 10:00am. It is expected that those children who have not yet begun to receive Holy Communion will not begin to do so until they have received instruction and are formally admitted to Holy Communion. Children in First or Second Grades and younger who have already started receiving Communion will be allowed to continue to do so, but will receive the same course of instruction.

Youth Confirmation

According to the Prayer Book (p. 412), Confirmation is meant to be “a mature public affirmation of their faith” after due preparation. It is now generally agreed that the Sacrament of Confirmation should be administered at an older age than has been the custom in the past, with the consensus emerging throughout the Episcopal Church that “mature” means young adulthood, the 10^th through 12^th grade. In order to be a candidate for Confirmation, one must be baptized, active in worship, and participating in the EYC.

Bibles, knights, castles, stories, games, art, science…

These are the components of a new and exciting Church School program for this fall. Through the theme of Keys to the Kingdom our children K/4 through grade 5 will explore stories of the Bible in a variety of ways., curriculum by PowerXpress. The program develops over a series of three to four weeks in which a single Bible story is taught in workshops such as storytelling, science, art, games, puppetry and skits. Each Sunday the children will attend a different workshop and have the opportunity to explore the same story through yet another medium. Also, through attending regularly, reciting memory verses, and bringing friends, the children will be eligible to win fun prizes and gift certificates in a drawing at the end of each block. The more times each name is in the “hat” the better the chance of winning.

Groupings:

K/4 & K

Grades 1 & 2

Grades 3, 4, & 5

CHILDREN'S LITURGY OF THE WORD

Children, age 4 and up, attend Children's Liturgy of the Word during the first portion of the 10:00 service every Sunday that Church School classes meet. The children process into the chapel for a service conducted by a Lay Reader. The Liturgy of the Word is a "child friendly" service with prayers, singing and a reading of the gospel followed by a short homily. Children are brought into church after the sermon.

Faith Weavers

There is an exciting new program for kids from kindergarten to 5th grade taking place Wednesday nights. The program is fun from start to finish, including skits, games, arts and crafts, and journal keeping, all relating a Bible story to our everyday lives. The children enjoy making the Bible a personal experience.

Youth PROGRAM

The youth program is divided into Jr. Youth, grades 6, 7, 8 and Sr. Youth, grades 9, 10, 11, & 12. Both groups meet on Wednesday night at 7:00 following the parish supper. The groups’ activities include such things as service projects, scavenger hunts, movies, dinner, Compline, serving meals at the Randy Sams' Outreach Shelter, and attending diocesan youth events.

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