Our Sunday School Classes
It is exciting to begin another year of Faith Formation here at Good Shepherd. Our formation continues as we launch our theme for the coming year – The Heart of the Matter.
This year we will explore the ideas of belonging and mattering across four separate units – You Matter; Your Neighbor Matters; Creation Matters; What We Do Matters. This idea grew out of conversations among staff to build resilience and a whole-hearted response from our kids and youth as they meet the challenges of the world everyday – from climate change, technological disruption, racism, LGBTQ+ issues, to political division, poverty, and more! We want them to connect God’s love and our Christian faith with life in the real world. In addition to following with the Revised Common Lectionary texts with the congregation, we will be looking to many other voices to shape our experiences this year – particularly bell hooks and Gregory Boyle. We will draw from their texts Belonging: A Culture of Place (bell hooks), and Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times (Gregory Boyle). I highly recommend both books for your own reading as well! Please let me know if you would like to borrow a copy as the year goes by.
We begin our exploration of the heart of the matter Sunday, September 13, with our first unit – You Matter.
We hope to instill a sense of belonging and mattering for your kids and youth not only here at GSUCC but wherever they may go, and that they will transmit that same whole-hearted love to all they encounter.
There are two classes available – our elementary class (K-5th Grade) and our youth class (Middle and High School). Childcare is also available in our nursery for children younger than five.
Elementary aged children and younger are to be picked up from Sunday school and the nursery promptly following the worship service. Children will not be dismissed from the education building unless they are with an adult family member.
Parents are responsible for the supervision of their children during fellowship time and after the worship service. There is a playground behind the education building if children need a space to play.