Director Priscilla Hays and the Christian Education Commission continue to foster the vital ministries of Sunday School, Youth Group, and Adult Education.
Sunday School
Pre-School to Kindergarten, Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6
When & Where
10:30 am. each week in the Tabernacle Room (in the parish house, down the hall from the church office).
Activities
Biblical instruction though games, cooking, painting, and building-projects (such as a miniature Noah's Ark).
Children join the congregation mid-service for Holy Eucharist; they also contribute to the 10:30 Morning Worship on several occasions through playing handbells, singing, and reading.
Youth Group
Grades 7-12
When & Where
Sunday Mornings during the school year in the Parish House
Activities
Outreach programs such as wrapping Christmas gifts for local charities, fundraising for the Second Harvest Foodbank, mission trips, and serving in our Soup Kitchen on various Sundays throughout the year. The group also attends and hosts many youth conferences and conventions and actively participates in the acolyte program, Youth Sundays, reading in services for Advent and "Lessons and Carols," the Maundy Thursday communion, the Festival of the Gifts, and the annual Yule Log & Boar's Head Festival.
Adult Forum
When & Where
Adult Education takes place in a variety of venues. Each Sunday parishioners meet for a 9:00 am adult forum discussion either of the day's Scripture readings or of topics in the news. Different seasons of the year are observed with weeks-long series on such topics as "Science and Religion" or "Mahoning Valley History." Weekday morning Bible studies with the rector take place during the week and have included close readings of the works of St. John and the writings of St. Paul. Weekday afternoon courses offered in the recent past have included "Ten Bible Stories Everyone Should Know" and "Learning about Islam."