Sunday Church School is offered from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM every Sunday from September through May.
There are classes available starting with preschoolers (age 3+) through senior high students (9-12th grade). Students in preschool through eighth grade use Augsburg Fortress’s curriculum “Witness”, a story based system designed to give children mastery of a hundred bible stories.
2009-2010 Sunday School Directors
Ellen Lyman – (860) 585-8053
Christine Spataro – (860) 621-6289
Sunday School Grade-by-Grade Learning Goals as established by the Gloria Dei Church Council:
Pre-K: Free Prayer
Kindergarten: The Lord’s Prayer
First Grade: Names of Jesus’s Disciples
Second Grade: The Ten Commandments
Third Grade (Third Graders receive Bibles):
The Pentateuch (First Five Books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy)
The Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)
Fourth Grade: Luther’s Morning Prayer and Luther’s Evening Prayer
Fifth Grade: The Apostles’ Creed
Sixth Grade: Seasons and Major Festivals of the Church Year
Seventh Grade & Eighth Grade: Basic Structure of the Liturgy of Holy Communion
Sunday School closing program Sunday May 23 10:30
With the celebration of Pentecost comes the closing of another Sunday School year and the beginning of summer holidays. Sunday morning worship on this special holiday will include the Sunday School closing program during the 10:30 service. It will be a very special event for all Sunday School classes and their teachers, parents and friends. Please join us in the festivities!
