Our Savior's Lutheran Church Christian Education
Rotation Sunday School
Children's Education Opportunities:
 
Our children are a vital part of our church.  Our education ministries hope to provide children opportunities to grow in their Christian faith, and to provide them with a strong spiritual foundation that creates a lifelong loving and personal relationship with our Lord.
Here they will:
  • Learn about God and Jesus
  • Explore Bible content in varied and exciting ways
  • Experience the Love of God and the joy of being one of God's children through laughter, play, and fun
  • Learn the teachings of the Lutheran Church and the benefits of being part of the community of believers.
  • Experience Milestones within the Christian life, including the presentation of Bibles, First Communion.
 
 
 
 

Rotation Sunday School Concept
 
The Rotation Sunday School Model redesigns classrooms into creative media-inspired kid-pleasing workshops focusing on one Bible story or lesson within a four or five week "rotation" period.   Workshop leaders repeat the lesson to a new group of children each week with some age appropriate modifications and through a different workshop medium. This multi-modal approach targets the many learning styles of the student.

Our Workshops:

  • Arts & Crafts

  • Drama

  • Audio-Visual

  • Story-telling (Bible Story)

  • Cooking

  • Science

  • Music

Rotation Volunteers:

The Workshop Leader commits to one workshop for one rotation.  This person teaches the same lesson the entire Rotation with grade appropriate adjustments each week.  

Sherpas (Shepherds) act as the guide for their assigned age group.  They stay with their group for the entire year on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, seeing to the pastoral needs of the children, and assisting the workshop leaders as needed. 

Storytellers assist the workshop leaders by sharing stories from Scripture in Drama formats.

Office workers maintain records and staff the office on Sunday mornings.

Youth assistants share by helping Rotation workshop leaders, sherpas, or being a sherpa.

Volunteering within this model is very flexible!  You can serve for one Rotation, or for all Rotations. 

Everyone works together as a team.  



Times and Classes:

Laughing2011-2012 Sunday School begins Sunday, September 18
Our Sunday School is offered at two different times:  9:15 AM and 10:30 AM. 
Registration forms for Fall 2011 are available at the church.

Preschool is designed for children ages 3 and 4.
Rotation Sunday School is designed for children kindergarten to 5th grade.
Underground Voyagers is designed for children in 6th grade.


 
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2011 - 2012 Rotation Units and Schedule:

The first rotation unit for this year is "This Train is Bound for Glory," September 26 - October 23.  The second rotation unit is "Advent-The Light is Coming," November 6 - December 18,  Please see Rotation Unit Resources for more information, including parent letters!