Welcome

We welcome you and your family to Church School at All Souls Congregational Church. Whether you are a new visitor to this beautiful place of worship or a longtime friend, we hope that this site will be useful to you in explaining some of the details, logistics, and policies of the church school program. We encourage you to take a few minutes to review this material as you consider having your child participate in the educational program this year.

 

The Board of Christian Education feels strongly that a firm grounding in the basic beliefs, practices, and principles of our Christian faith is tremendously important as a first step of a life-long faith journey. The church intends to be a welcoming place, a safe place (see our Safe Church Policy), and a place full of smiles, songs, and nurturing encouragement. We hope that we can share that spirit with you and your child as we work together.

 

Our Sunday educational programming for Preschool through 3rd Grade is called EPIC, Educational Program Imparting Christianity. Grades 4 & 5 and 6-8 meet in a more traditional classroom with their teachers.

 

Curriculum

At the beginning of the Church School Year 2017-2018, the Board of Christian Education decided to use the teaching material developed for the Narrative Lectionary. The Narrative Lectionary is a four-year cycle of readings for use in congregational worship, preaching and teaching. The goal is to preach annually through the biblical narrative in order to center the lives of followers of Christ Jesus in God’s salvation story. Spirit and Truth Publishing has developed the curriculum for all ages that we are currently using throughout All Souls Church