Session 1 |
Sept. 7 |
Registration Sunday |
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Sept. 14 |
Class 1 (First day Sunday school/ Catechesis Orientation) |
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Sept. 14 |
Session 1 Teacher’s workshop - After coffee hour in the 4-5grade Sunday school classroom. |
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Mon. Sept 15 |
Elementary Lead Teacher Gathering & lesson prep session 7:30 at the Presti house |
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Sept. 21 |
Class 2 |
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Sept. 28 |
Class 3 |
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Oct. 5 |
Class 4 |
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Oct. 12 |
Family Sunday - Blessing of the animals, baptism |
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Oct. 19 |
Class 5 |
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Oct. 26 |
Class 6 |
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Session 2 |
Nov 2. |
Family Sunday - All Saints |
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Nov. 9 |
Class 1 |
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Nov. 16 |
Class 2 |
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Nov. 23 |
Class 3 - Christ the King |
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Nov. 30 |
Class 4 – First Sunday of Advent Thanksgiving Weekend |
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Dec. 7 |
Family Sunday & pageant rehearsal for cat and elementary |
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Dec. 14 |
Pageant rehearsal |
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Dec. 21 |
Christmas Pageant, baptism |
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Dec. 28 |
No Sunday school - Christmas Vacation |
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Jan. 4 |
Family Sunday |
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Jan. 11 |
Class 5 - Epiphany |
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Jan. 18 |
Class 5 - Martin Luther King Jr 1/19 |
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Session 3 |
Jan 25 |
Class 1 - Conversion of St Paul 1/26 |
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Feb. 1 |
Family Sunday |
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Feb. 8 |
Class 2 |
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Feb. 15 |
No Sunday school - Beg of Feb. Vacation |
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Feb. 22 |
Class 3 |
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Mar. 1 |
Class 4 – first Sunday in Lent |
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Mar. 8 |
Instructed Eucharist in the Parish Hall |
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Mar. 15 |
Class 5 |
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Mar. 22 |
Class 6 |
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Session 4 |
Mar. 29 |
Class 1 |
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Apr. 5 |
Class 2 - Palm Sunday |
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Apr. 12 |
Easter Sunday |
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Apr. 19 |
No Sunday school - Beg. April Vacation |
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Apr. 26 |
Class 3 |
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May 3 |
Family Sunday |
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May 10 |
Class 4 |
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May 17 |
Class 5 |
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May 24 |
No Sunday school - Memorial Day Weekend |
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May 31 |
Class 6 – Pentecost Last day of Sunday school |
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Jun 7 |
Family Sunday Teacher’s appreciation Brunch |
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Jun 16 -Tue |
Last day of Bedford Public School (no snow) |
Suggested Lesson Ideas:
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class |
Grades 1-3 |
Grade 4-5 |
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9/14 |
Class1
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Topic: Our St. Paul’s Episcopal Community Welcome, Welcome back – Opening gathering/get to know each other game Our Community – The Episcopal church, St. Pauls Our Class Our class protocol/church manors Bishop mitres? |
Topic: Our St. Paul’s Episcopal Community Welcome, Welcome back – Opening gathering/get to know each other game Our Community – The Episcopal church, St. Pauls Our Class Our class protocol/church manors Cooperation collaborative games – outdoors? |
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9/21 |
Class 2 |
Topic: Bible Making a bible scroll |
Topic: Joseph,Moses birth – burning bush |
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9/28 |
Class 3 |
Topic: Baptism How we welcome people into the community of Christ. Baptism presentation Re-enact baptism - on each other |
Topic: Moses – burning bush & Exodus |
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10/5 |
Class 4 |
Topic: Moses & the 10 Commandments - Moses presentation - 10 commandment beanbags/games, hopscotch, memory…. |
Topic: Moses & 10 commandments |
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10/12 |
FAMILY SUNDAY Baptism & blessing of the animals |
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10/19 |
Class 5 |
Outreach: We each add an important piece to our community. St. Paul tell us that we all all babptized saints of God Can tabs /shriners/ Ed Lawrence |
Topic: 1- outreach Topic2: Stewards of the church Names of things: sanctuary, altar, gospel, epistle, Colors, linens, names, stacking a chalice, Ginni Maybe something else? |
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10/26 |
Class 6 |
Saints: I sing a Song of the Saints of God… Saint Francis St. Paul Saints we know |
Saints Jesus teaches us using stories – parables – Matthew tells us many of Jesus’ stories. Many of the stories tell us how God wants us to behave – towards God and towards one another. A saint is one who listens for God and lives the way God asks us to …. |
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Grades 1-3 |
Grade 4-5 |
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11/09 |
Class1 |
Carlton Willard boxes |
Saints |
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11/16 |
Class 2 |
Carlton Willard boxes |
Christ the King – Recap of Jesus Life |
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11/23 |
Class 3 Christ the King |
Christ the King – Recap of All of Jesus Life Activity: Thanksgiving chain |
We are thankful |
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11/30 |
Class 4 Thanksgiving Weekend |
Advent Activity Idea: 1-2 – Nativity story/coloring book 3 – Advent calendars |
Advent Activity Ideas: advent wreaths, advent calendars |
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12/07 |
Family Sunday & pageant rehearsal |
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12/14 |
Pageant rehearsal |
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12/21 |
Pageant & baptism |
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12/28 |
No Sunday school – Christmas Vacation |
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01/04 |
Family Sunday |
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01/11 |
Class 5 First Sunday after Epiphany |
Epiphany Alleluia Banners |
Epiphany Alleluia Banners |
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01/18 |
Class 6 Martin Luther King Jr. 1/19 |
St. Paul |
Life when Jesus was a boy or God Calls Sammuel |
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1-3 |
4-5 |
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Jan 25 |
Class 1 |
Baptism of Jesus |
Epiphany Skit |
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Feb. 8 |
Class 2 |
Jesus was a boy “A Boy Once Lived” – story from library |
Geography - lands where Jesus lived. |
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Feb. 22 |
Class 3 |
Jesus Calls his disciples “I will make you fishers of men” |
Life when Jesus was a boy |
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Mar. 1 |
Class 4 1st Sunday in Lent |
Jesus is tempted How do we resist temptations.
Prepare Pots of Paper whites for Garden of Repose? |
Lent – broad overview Games –jeopardy or Bingo Back drops for skits
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Mar.8 |
Class 5 |
Lent Bingo |
Puppet Skit – Raising Lazarus & Entrance to Jerusalem |
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Mar. 15 |
Instructed Eucharist in the Parish Hall |
Frank will lead instructed Eucharist in Parish hall |
Frank will lead instructed Eucharist in Parish hall |
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Mar. 22 |
Class 6 |
God’s covenant with Noah / Lent Bingo |
Puppet Skit – Last Supper Arrest of Jesus |
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